2024-10-26, 12:53 PM (This post was last modified: 2024-11-09, 02:36 PM by AlanMcR.)
I was camped out in Chloride Cliffs that night and happened to be awake.
It sounded a bit like a freight train rumbling by a couple of blocks away. Then the camper swayed around once or twice. I was parked at the edge of a spectacular view of the valley. As such, the immediate thought was "how firmly did I pull the parking brake?".
Not big enough to have done any rearranging, in my opinion.
Haha! I've thought that more than once myself. Most of the time it's been jet though not earthquakes. I'm surprised that it made so much noise.
My main thought was some of the more delicate natural bridges in the Tucki area.
I did think that it was pretty interesting in one of the articles that I linked that there's pretty much only been 3 quakes this size in the park since 1945? Pretty wild seeing as how many weird faults there are all over the area.
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I have to assume Tucki bridge has experienced many earthquakes over its life, but earthquakes centered basically right underneath it must be pretty rare, even on geologic timeframes. It's a pretty thin bridge. I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of those small boulders that are perched on its edges might have fallen. Beardilocks photo for reference
With respect to AlanMcR's comment about noise. I've had a similar experience. At home, Sunday morning some years ago, I was awakened. I heard what sounded like a HUGE truck coming up the hill a block away.. but Sunday early AM? And then I noticed the hanging doors swaying. Not a big quake, but I was surprised by the sound.
2024-11-18, 04:40 PM (This post was last modified: 2024-11-18, 04:53 PM by jesportland.)
I was there then up at the top of Texas Springs CG with my RPod for nine nights. About one am it felt like something had smashed into the trailer, which not having a foundation per se really rock and rolled for about fifteen seconds? That morning about nine am while getting ready to walk up into the hills behind there everything started to shift and waver about. I thought, hey I didn't put any shrooms into my omlet, did I?, lol. It was the after shock. I believe the quake was centered somewhere close to Salt Creek from what I have read. During that walk up the hills there was a sherriff helicopter circling around very low in a circle. At first we thought they were looking for a possible missing person as they were then centering the search above the campgorund, going very low and kicking up a lot of dust. They had the door open and were scoping things out. They were following the powerlines that go to Cow Creek, looking for possible damage as it turns out.
2024-11-18, 09:22 PM (This post was last modified: 2024-11-18, 09:23 PM by Brice.)
(2024-11-18, 04:40 PM)jesportland Wrote: I was there then up at the top of Texas Springs CG with my RPod for nine nights. About one am it felt like something had smashed into the trailer, which not having a foundation per se really rock and rolled for about fifteen seconds? That morning about nine am while getting ready to walk up into the hills behind there everything started to shift and waver about. I thought, hey I didn't put any shrooms into my omlet, did I?, lol. It was the after shock. I believe the quake was centered somewhere close to Salt Creek from what I have read. During that walk up the hills there was a sherriff helicopter circling around very low in a circle. At first we thought they were looking for a possible missing person as they were then centering the search above the campgorund, going very low and kicking up a lot of dust. They had the door open and were scoping things out. They were following the powerlines that go to Cow Creek, looking for possible damage as it turns out.
I don't doubt they were checking due to the earthquake on this particular occasion, but all the powerlines are checked via helicopter periodically. I remember hiking across the salt/mud flat between Furnace creek and Dinosaur ridge when a helicopter made a very low pass along the powerlines out there.
It got me wondering how they would ever do a major repair if one was needed. How were those poles put up in the first place for that matter? The ground integrity isn't exactly vehicle friendly. Horses, a sled, and however many people it takes to raise a pole maybe?
2024-11-20, 07:54 AM (This post was last modified: 2024-11-20, 07:55 AM by MojaveGeek.)
I suspect they would use helos for repair jobs, depending on what equipment is needed on the ground. During a major power line rebuild in the mountains of Montana I saw helos carrying in the poles - imaging this big honking long power pole dangling vertically. Now in that case at least the places I saw had some sort of road / track access for the ground equipment. I don't know if air lift would be able to get a bucket truck in there but perhaps some line work can be done dangling from above?
It just have been an "interesting" experience, Jes!
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