Alaska is Just 15 Minutes from Anchorage

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No, it's not the scene from Frozen where they are harvesting ice. These guys are looking for their missing neighbor.

That's some scary/sad shit right there.....:(

I'm sure even the most mindful bush whackers get taken out by mother nature in AK but I imagine complacency takes a few more, stay frosty out there.
 
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That's some scary/sad shit right there.....:(

I'm sure even the most mindful bush whackers get taken out by mother nature in AK but I imagine complacency takes a few more, stay frosty out there.

Alcohol is often involved.
 
That was a big shaker at 7.1. Stuff fell off shelves and broke. Heart racing, but ok.
 
Don't you sometimes feel like you are trapped in a cloud?

Trapped? Never.

That was a big shaker at 7.1. Stuff fell off shelves and broke. Heart racing, but ok.

It knocked my toothbrush over. Popped the shower door open. A glass art vase was knocked over, but didn't break. Importantly, my cellar of wine and beer was not affected. I will check everything out once I have breakfast.
 

Yeah, I was in the Whittier quake (5.9) and the Los Gatos quake (6.9) in California and a lot of others in between.

They are terrifying but the California culture is mostly to ignore them. After Los Gatos we went into the pool for the aftershocks...

But it all eventually caught up to me and I probably will never travel to California again, much less live there. Seeing an infant daughter in front of a plate glass window...

Being a mom ruined all my suicidal fun.

Here's to hoping you guys don't have to develop a culture on the subject.
 
Yeah, I was in the Whittier quake (5.9) and the Los Gatos quake (6.9) in California and a lot of others in between.

They are terrifying but the California culture is mostly to ignore them. After Los Gatos we went into the pool for the aftershocks...

But it all eventually caught up to me and I probably will never travel to California again, much less live there. Seeing an infant daughter in front of a plate glass window...

Being a mom ruined all my suicidal fun.

Here's to hoping you guys don't have to develop a culture on the subject.

We don't ignore, we just prepare. To some it might seem cavalier, but that's about all you can do.
 
We don't ignore, we just prepare. To some it might seem cavalier, but that's about all you can do.

How often do you guys have quakes?

I left California (earthquakes) and then Florida (hurricanes) with a huge emergency preparedness box including batteries, radios, armageddon-style food and water, LifeStraws...I go through it every year, check all our flashlights and supplies every year.

Yeah, I prepare.

On the bright side that box traveled with us from Florida and the weekend we moved here, Hurricane Sandy hit, and I had solar rechargers...

My family was impressed when everyone came to stay here and I had everything I needed in the biiiiiig box.
 
Awful close to iliamna.
Not good to wake up the sleeping volcano.

Might be fun for the volcano geo-types.

How often do you guys have quakes?

I left California (earthquakes) and then Florida (hurricanes) with a huge emergency preparedness box including batteries, radios, armageddon-style food and water, LifeStraws...I go through it every year, check all our flashlights and supplies every year.

Yeah, I prepare.

On the bright side that box traveled with us from Florida and the weekend we moved here, Hurricane Sandy hit, and I had solar rechargers...

My family was impressed when everyone came to stay here and I had everything I needed in the biiiiiig box.

We have earthquakes all the time. See map.
 
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