[Cyncceply]

It doesn't matter. DEY TK R JRRRBS!

[enencephoth]

Shaken, not stirred

[ditpiler]

It likely wasn't strong on your floor and instead the actual shaking was minor but because you were in a high rise, and because high rises are engineered to sway in an EQ (instead of structurally fail like what happened in the 1981 Mexico City quake), so you likely felt the swaying which was amplified due to how high you were up in the skyscrapper. Just a guess.

I wonder if a physicist would know such things !

[xanonlinexan]

Normally I would make a smartass response to such a question, but since your picture was the best thing posted on poly for weeks ... perhaps months ... I will simply say it was "drinks".

[Speareerfug]

Why the **** would you assume he didn't know?

His comment implies no such thing.

[aNoBVsUW]

We can find out if this is true simply by asking KH what floor he works on (or rather which floor he was on when the EQ hit). Or rather that would help though we'd need to know the wave frequency and amplitude as well as the magnitude of the quake where he was as well as how much the tower swayed during the quake (which could be determined based on design specs). A great place to start is which floor in the GS building he was at the time though. In any event you're out of your depth here.

[antipenq]

We can find out if this is true simply by asking KH what floor he works on (or rather which floor he was on when the EQ hit). Or rather that would help though we'd need to know the wave frequency and amplitude as well as the magnitude of the quake where he was as well as how much the tower swayed during the quake (which could be determined based on design specs). A great place to start is which floor in the GS building he was at the time though. In any event you're out of your depth here.

WTF?

Doesn't everyone know the higher floors sway more?

I'm saying you're stating something ****ing obvious to someone with a PhD in physics and acting like it's insightful.

[DF9sLGSU]

My only conclusion is you've no ****ing idea how to read, Oerdin.

How can I not know that is true when I'm not only stating it but chastising you for stating the obvious?

[cliceperperIa]

5.8 isn't jack.

QFT

[ariniaxia]

We just had a 3.6 in the bay area. it scared the cats.

Which floor were your cats on? They probably felt it because they are at a higher level. If we could confirm which level your cats are on we could look up your house plans and perform some calculations. I'm assuming you do not have a dampener installed. When earthquakes hit, the higher you are the more the sway happens. What are you, an idiot? You're out of your depth here.

[maxsobq]

I like watching Asher try to cover up his errors.

[Coededgeme]

What error would that be?

You put a space between "things" and "!".

[truttyMab]

Post #60 explains it well.

[DurryVony]

It was to emphasis the exclamation !