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So....Let's talk about earthquakes.....................real ones.
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<blockquote data-quote="IndVet" data-source="post: 2839396" data-attributes="member: 24467"><p>I was deployed to Incirlik Turkey with AWACS in 1998. Mid afternoon we had a 6.3 (thereabouts) hit. I was scheduled to leave later that day to return home. We were in the alert facility and realized what was happening, also realized we had two foot of concrete over our heads and hoofed it outside pretty quick. Telephone poles were swaying, line almost touching the ground, then snapping tight and sounding like a bullwhip.</p><p></p><p>It bounced a couple planes on the runway so hard their landing gear got damaged. Our plane out of there was in the air at the time inbound from Italy, they made it turn around and we were pissed. They sent another after they did a FOD walk and saw the runway was undamaged. An aftershock hit with our jet about an hour out, but they let it proceed. We got out of there around midnight.</p><p></p><p>Not very stringent building codes in Turkey. 145 people were killed within a couple miles of the base. Mostly collapsed balconies and walls.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IndVet, post: 2839396, member: 24467"] I was deployed to Incirlik Turkey with AWACS in 1998. Mid afternoon we had a 6.3 (thereabouts) hit. I was scheduled to leave later that day to return home. We were in the alert facility and realized what was happening, also realized we had two foot of concrete over our heads and hoofed it outside pretty quick. Telephone poles were swaying, line almost touching the ground, then snapping tight and sounding like a bullwhip. It bounced a couple planes on the runway so hard their landing gear got damaged. Our plane out of there was in the air at the time inbound from Italy, they made it turn around and we were pissed. They sent another after they did a FOD walk and saw the runway was undamaged. An aftershock hit with our jet about an hour out, but they let it proceed. We got out of there around midnight. Not very stringent building codes in Turkey. 145 people were killed within a couple miles of the base. Mostly collapsed balconies and walls. [/QUOTE]
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