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Re: Anyone know if Alvaro is OK?
Hi. We're out of town right now, and it seems I can't get to my home machine (probably just a loose cable). Our building was shaken badly enough that we'll have a lot of work to do to make it usable again. Our earthquake was 8.3 or 8.8 depending on who you ask, and whatever it really was, it was strong enough to tear down a bunch of buildings. Not on my zone though, fortunately for us. I have several friends on the worst area though :-( (I have to note that buildings here are built to resist this kind of thing, so the fact that some went down means that it was really strong) Re: the more frequent earthquakes, yeah I was thinking the same today. An actual scientific study would be more useful than idle speculation though ... At Saturday, 02/27/2010 on 4:21 pm "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: Is there a higher then normal amount of earthquakes happening recently? haiti, japan just had one for 6.9, there was apparently one in illinos a few weeks back, one on the Russia/China/N.Korean border and now Chile?
On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Hi. We're out of town right now, and it seems I can't get to my home > machine (probably just a loose cable). Our building was shaken badly > enough that we'll have a lot of work to do to make it usable again. > > Our earthquake was 8.3 or 8.8 depending on who you ask, and whatever it > really was, it was strong enough to tear down a bunch of buildings. Not on > my zone though, fortunately for us. I have several friends on the worst > area though :-( Glad to hear you were in a safer zone .. something I've never had to weather so far in my life, and would rather keep it that way ;( > Re: the more frequent earthquakes, yeah I was thinking the same today. > An actual scientific study would be more useful than idle speculation > though ... One comment that one guy at work had about this was along the lines of aftershocks, where there is a ripple effect that radiates out from a big one affecting seemingly unrelated areas ... not sure how much I subscribe to that theory, as one would think that the 'aftershocks' would be less intense then the original, and, so far, 8.3/8.8 sounds *alot* higher then anything I've heard of recently ... My thoughts and prays go out to you and your family ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. scrappy(at)hub(dot)org http://www.hub.org Yahoo:yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ:7615664 MSN:scrappy(at)hub(dot)org
Hi Alvaro. Ooops, surprised at news now:-( I'm wishing you and your familys is no trouble..... However, I look at one relief because your mail has arrived. ! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> > On Sat, 27 Feb 2010, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > >> Hi. We're out of town right now, and it seems I can't get to my home >> machine (probably just a loose cable). Our building was shaken badly >> enough that we'll have a lot of work to do to make it usable again. >> >> Our earthquake was 8.3 or 8.8 depending on who you ask, and whatever it >> really was, it was strong enough to tear down a bunch of buildings. Not on >> my zone though, fortunately for us. I have several friends on the worst >> area though :-( > > Glad to hear you were in a safer zone .. something I've never had to > weather so far in my life, and would rather keep it that way ;( > >> Re: the more frequent earthquakes, yeah I was thinking the same today. >> An actual scientific study would be more useful than idle speculation >> though ... > > One comment that one guy at work had about this was along the lines of > aftershocks, where there is a ripple effect that radiates out from a big > one affecting seemingly unrelated areas ... not sure how much I subscribe > to that theory, as one would think that the 'aftershocks' would be less > intense then the original, and, so far, 8.3/8.8 sounds *alot* higher then > anything I've heard of recently ... > > My thoughts and prays go out to you and your family ... > > ---- > Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Hosting Solutions S.A. > scrappy(at)hub(dot)org http://www.hub.org > > Yahoo:yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ:7615664 MSN:scrappy(at)hub(dot)org > > -- > Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org) > To make changes to your subscription: > http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
At Saturday, 02/27/2010 on 4:21 pm "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote: >> >> Is there a higher then normal amount of earthquakes happening recently? >> haiti, japan just had one for 6.9, there was apparently one in illinos a >> few weeks back, one on the Russia/China/N.Korean border and now Chile? > > Re: the more frequent earthquakes, yeah I was thinking the same today. An > actual scientific study would be more useful than idle speculation though > This is a technical list so i won't insist on this but those of you that wanna give a try can read Matthew 24:3, 7, 8 and Luke 21:11 -- Atentamente, Jaime Casanova Soporte y capacitación de PostgreSQL Asesoría y desarrollo de sistemas Guayaquil - Ecuador Cel. +59387171157
I'm happy that you and your family are fine, Alvaro. Same from my wife, too. On Sat, 2010-02-27 at 19:45 -0800, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Hi. We're out of town right now, and it seems I can't get to my home > machine (probably just a loose cable). Our building was shaken badly > enough that we'll have a lot of work to do to make it usable again. > > Our earthquake was 8.3 or 8.8 depending on who you ask, and whatever > it really was, it was strong enough to tear down a bunch of > buildings. Not on my zone though, fortunately for us. I have > several friends on the worst area though :-( > > (I have to note that buildings here are built to resist this kind of > thing, so the fact that some went down means that it was really > strong) > > Re: the more frequent earthquakes, yeah I was thinking the same > today. An actual scientific study would be more useful than idle > speculation though ... > > -- Devrim GÜNDÜZ PostgreSQL Danışmanı/Consultant, Red Hat Certified Engineer devrim~gunduz.org, devrim~PostgreSQL.org, devrim.gunduz~linux.org.tr http://www.gunduz.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/devrimgunduz
Jaime Casanova wrote: > At Saturday, 02/27/2010 on 4:21 pm "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> wrote: >> On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:45 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> wrote: >>> Is there a higher then normal amount of earthquakes happening recently? >>> >> Re: the more frequent earthquakes, yeah I was thinking the same today. An >> actual scientific study would be more useful than idle speculation though > > This is a technical list so i won't insist on this but those of you > that wanna give a try can read Matthew 24:3, 7, 8 and Luke 21:11 I find these links useful: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2010/ http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/2009/ ... I note an 8.1 in Samoa in Sep 2009 no 8.x's in 2008 an 8.5 in Sumatra Sep 12 2007 an 8.0 in Peru, Aug 2007 an 8.1 in Solomon Islands Apr 2007 an 8.1 in Kuril Islands Jan 13 2007 an 8.3 in Kuril Islands Nov 2006 an 8.7 in Sumatra, March 2005 an 8.1 in Macquarie Island Dec 2004 an 8.3 in Hokkaido Japan, Sep 2003 So yeah, if we're counting 8.8+'s this year's worse than usual; but 2005's 8.7's close. But if we're counting anything over 8.0, 2007's up there as well.