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rmack350 wrote on 12/30/2004, 12:31 AM
Looking at the BBC News site it seems as though a regional government was trying to advise against the possibility of aftershocks causing more waves. They advised people to move inland and many people took it to mean there was a wave coming.

Of course there probably really is a risk and it really would be a good idea to move inland. I'm pretty sure people are very shakey right now though and any warning could be pretty frightening.

After the recent big quake in Japan with all the mudslides of the monsoon soaked hills, many people there decided to sleep in their cars. Even if the house was intact people didn't want to go inside. Same thing happened to friends in LA after the last big quake. I know people who still won't park in parking garages for fear of being crushed.

Of course, you may have something more recent than the internet to look at...

Rob Mack
Grazie wrote on 12/30/2004, 12:43 AM
Hi Rob,

Yes I've always got my TV News monitor tuned to BBC News 24 . .. caution is the word here . . and yes a lot of understandably very very frightened people. - G
Skywatcher wrote on 12/30/2004, 2:46 PM
I remember in the mid 90's after the big Northridge Earthquake (pretty small now), people moved out of their homes and slept on the lawn (you can do this in Southern California in January). The geoligists reported (pre-maturely) of sizable after-shocks...did more harm than good.

I was a building inspector then and had to condem many buildings. Even through Northridge first hand I can't even began to fathom South/East Asia...

speechless,

Skywatcher