1/17 Giant Earthquake in Los Angeles. 6.7 or so on the scale, major
damage, centered in the San Fernando Valley two miles or so from
Northridge.
\_6.6 Worst damage is around Sylmar and Hollywood.
fires in the Valley. It was the biggest earthquake I've ever
been in...
\_telnet oes1.oes.ca.gov 5501 for the latest from the Governor's
Office of Emergency Services
\_ at 4:31 a.m. 15 confirmed casualties so far--half from
heart attacks, some from highway accidents, some from
apt. building sitting on/near epicenter. Phone lines to
SoCal closed to LD calls -jctwu
\_ As of 13:05, 26 confirmed dead. Many aftershocks (7 large ones)
A couple of collapsed apartment buildings. I-5, I-14, hwy 118
shutdown. Santa Monica Fwy buckled. A couple of collapsed
overpasses slides.
\_ How did UCLA do in the quake? Anyone know?
\_ They're better off than CSUN which got hit pretty badly.
\_ It seems that http://seas.ucla.edu is down......The Valley will
be in bad shape tomorrow if anyone tries to go to
work..all but one of the freeways are closed....good thing
this didn't happen on a late weekdy afternoon while everyone
is trying to get home, like the Loma Prieta one.
\_ Over 600,o00 people still have no power.
\_ More place to find news:
trn la.general alt.current-events.la-quake
irc #earthquake
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