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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
         lynx http://www.seas.upenn.edu/~mengwong/irc.quake.txt
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