FeedTacoma Forums

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

Twisty — Tue, 27 May 2008 05:52:46 -0700

I was driving southbound on I-5. I figured out later I must have been at about Port of Tacoma Road when it happened. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

EtherealDarke — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:18:00 -0700

That's right down the street from my house, and thankfully I wasn't home but my boyfriend was. I felt it at my friends house (right near Tacoma Dome) and thought something hit into her house. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

Nick K. — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:07:10 -0700

At South Puget Sound Community College (Tummwater) standing over my seat, spacing out in a mid- morning haze, waiting for my History class to begin. My first reaction was "Oh, it's just the construction work going on in the floor above.;" that was the first jolt. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

beerandhotdogs — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:02:21 -0700

I was on the porcelain throne taking care of my morning paperwork during my first day off in months. I heard the dog whimpering outside the door and the house started a' swaying. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

KevinFreitas — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:19:03 -0700

I was in a meeting on the PLU campus in the Admin building. Got right under a desk and worried about a computer monitor (the old, heavy, non-LCD kind) atop a file cabinet taking a tumble. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

tacomachickadee — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:39:00 -0700

Sitting at the computer in our tiny little rental house in the North Slope. It hit, and the first thing I did was run and grab Baby Girl. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

FunkomaVintage — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:12:41 -0700

sitting in Dr.Duchins anthro class with Mark. we streamed out to stand under a concrete awning. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

thriceallamerican — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:21:24 -0700

I, too, was in Dupont, but at Intel. I eventually just drove home once I realized they weren't letting us back in the building for a while. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

zastica — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:55:54 -0700

I was at lunch in Mr Carins' room at Foss. I thought kids were running down the halls beating on the walls. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

jenyum — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:10:34 -0700

I wasn't here for that one, but I was living in a high rise in downtown Seattle during the 1995 Point Robinson earthquake, which at a 5.0 was only very scary if you happened to be in a high rise and got to swaaaaaaaaaaaay to one side and then another and then back again about 6 or 7 times. The entire 6-7 years I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area we never experienced more than a 5.0 (thankfully). More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

AP — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 09:04:06 -0700

I was standing in the DuPont State Farm compound parking lot. Lots of shaking windows on the building, cars creaking and rocking, streetlamps swaying. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

Mandiferous — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:29:07 -0700

ASL class on the 4th floor of Seattle Central Community College. Took hours to get home on the bus. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

izenmania — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:13:25 -0700

Second year Spanish class at Curtis High School. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

Steph DeRosa — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:59:32 -0700

Coincidentally, my friend texted me this morning that his family was hit by an earthquake last night in Chicago. During the Feb 2001 earthquake I was working at Bellarmine Prep in one of the really old buildings. More »

Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Nisqually quake hit?

KevinFreitas — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:42:36 -0700

In Feb. of 2001 this area was dutifully reminded that we're in Earthquake country. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

jenyum — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:14:10 -0800

I was in Connecticut and didn't hear about it until hours after it happened. My neighbor said it blew her front door open, which I can believe, these old houses are pretty rickety. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

Mandiferous — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:11:56 -0800

I was at a friend's house at the far end of Puyallup, so I didn't hear a damn thing. My mom called and warned me about it since I usually take hwy 16 to get home. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

AP — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 12:34:07 -0800

Pretty powerful sound wave to move something as physically porous as blinds! Did it hurt the ear drums at all? More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

izenmania — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:16:16 -0800

Sitting in my apartment. It was pretty loud, and I had my windows open but blinds closed, so the shock wave blew all my blinds inward for a moment. More »

Re: Where Were You...? | Where were you when the Atlas Foundry explosion happened?

cassioposa — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:10:18 -0800

Earlier that day, I had returned from our company retreat via Hwy 16. Came home, took a nap for a bit. More »