Once upon a time in alt.atheism, dear sweet Feather Forestwalker
) made the light shine upon us with this:

Yeah, I moved to northern California 20 years ago. . FROM northern
Nevada....and before that, was on the Central coast of California for
most of my life (born at Vandenberg)

I'm heading out that way (again) on Sunday, weather permitting.

http://home.comcast.net/~vickman/trip7.htm

--
Uncle Vic
aa Atheist #2011
Supervisor, EAC Department of little adhesive-backed "L" shaped
chrome-plastic doo-dads to add feet to Jesus fish department

It is fair to say the bible has equal amounts of fact, history, and pizza.
-Penn Jillette

"Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting Ass"
wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:01:58 GMT, "Feather Forestwalker"
wrote:

Question:

Have you ever been in an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale?
They're not "tiny" by any shred of the imagination; in fact, the word
"moderate" does not describe "tiny."

That's probably a bit glib on my part...

Yeah...especially considering the 6.0 that hit Iran just a half an hour or
so ago.


As for my earthquake credential: Whittier, Northridge, Big Bear
(Ground Zero!) and a bunch of earthquakes growing up in Taiwan.

Excellent credentials. Been in many from 1964 - 1981 on the central and
southern coast of CA.....and later where I am, which doesn't see much *felt*
activity, but which does see a lot of micro seismic stuff. . .

TTYL,
Feather

"Feather Forestwalker" wrote:

Yeah, I moved to northern California 20 years ago. . .


"NIGHTMARE #71" - Larry Norman

.....

the california earthquake it tore the land in half
while san andreas cleared her throat i heard tsunami laugh
the ground began to tremble the land began to sway
and people in the other states they were glad they'd moved away
but suddenly california just floated in the breeze
while every state that wasn't sank down into the seas

.....

Too bad for Chung that Japan averages around fifty minor tremors per
day. G

Even if Japan had had a huge earthquake, it would not qualify as
"global."

""Mark T"" thinkaboutwh@youaredoing984658758793544 wrote in message
...
"Feather Forestwalker" wrote:

Yeah, I moved to northern California 20 years ago. . .


"NIGHTMARE #71" - Larry Norman

....

the california earthquake it tore the land in half
while san andreas cleared her throat i heard tsunami laugh
the ground began to tremble the land began to sway
and people in the other states they were glad they'd moved away
but suddenly california just floated in the breeze
while every state that wasn't sank down into the seas

That's where legends come from. Love it.....

Can you believe this, Mark? Twenty years ago TODAY, I moved to the area I am
in now.

Lived in Nevada for 5 years prior to that........

......some folks were saying that Reno would have beachfront property. .
..*LOL*

Ahhh, legends. Earthquakes. We're still waiting for "the big one" that will
"rip California in two"

Where's the one that was 'supposed' to hit YOU today?

Feather

....

On Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:22:09 GMT, "Feather Forestwalker"
wrote:


"Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting Ass"
wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006 17:01:58 GMT, "Feather Forestwalker"
wrote:

Question:

Have you ever been in an earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale?
They're not "tiny" by any shred of the imagination; in fact, the word
"moderate" does not describe "tiny."

That's probably a bit glib on my part...

Yeah...especially considering the 6.0 that hit Iran just a half an hour or
so ago.


As for my earthquake credential: Whittier, Northridge, Big Bear
(Ground Zero!) and a bunch of earthquakes growing up in Taiwan.

Excellent credentials. Been in many from 1964 - 1981 on the central and
southern coast of CA.....and later where I am, which doesn't see much *felt*
activity, but which does see a lot of micro seismic stuff. . .


I was an undergrad at UCLA in 1994. The winter quarter after
Northridge was... interesting. Everyone was on edge because at any
given point you would be hit with an aftershock.


-----

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a.a. pastor #-273.15, the most frigid church of Celcius nee Kelvin
EAC Econometric Forecast and Sorcery Division
Proudly plonked by Lani Girl and Crazyalec (aka aka Yang's little poltregeist bitch)

The Bush 'balanced' budget: 2 trillion and worsening
The Bush 'economic' policy: 12.5 million FEWER jobs than Clinton and counting
The Bush Iraq lie: -2326 GIs, one friend's co-worker's son and mounting

Having Bush **** up my country: Worthless

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year old mateless, heirless biological failure
of Afton Oaks Apartment, Baton Rouge,who pussied
out of the Vietnam draft, showing his gay side
despite his avowed anti-gay bigotry

Contact duke's priest and ask
him why duke is such a racist:

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816

On 31 Mar 2006 06:18:11 -0800, "Christopher Helms"
wrote:

Too bad for Chung that Japan averages around fifty minor tremors per
day. G

Even if Japan had had a huge earthquake, it would not qualify as
"global."

True.

"Feather Forestwalker" wrote:


"NIGHTMARE #71" - Larry Norman
....
the california earthquake it tore the land in half
while san andreas cleared her throat i heard tsunami laugh
the ground began to tremble the land began to sway
and people in the other states they were glad they'd moved away
but suddenly california just floated in the breeze
while every state that wasn't sank down into the seas

That's where legends come from. Love it.....

Great session musicians on that track. One of Larry's best.


Ahhh, legends. Earthquakes. We're still waiting for "the big one" that
will "rip California in two"

Where's the one that was 'supposed' to hit YOU today?


One of my mates was the head geologist on the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. He
once told us that Newcastle (NSW, Oz) would never be hit by a major
earthquake. That was just before the big earthquake at Newcastle which we
felt miles away in Maitland.

See report and pics at
http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/factsheet..._newcastle.jsp

My kids were playing "Tippit" at the time ... a game of balance. Nothing
fell though the house shook.

"Rusty" wrote in message
oups.com...

Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting Ass wrote:
Ahh!!!! Everyone grab your emergency Bible!!!!!


http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/nation...na027000c.html

Moderate earthquake rocks Fukushima Prefecture
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook northeastern Japan on
Wednesday, but there was no danger of tsunami, the meteorological
agency said.

The quake, which struck at 7:32 p.m., was centered about 80 kilometers
under the seabed off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, according to
the agency.

Moderate shaking was felt in Fukushima and neighboring Miyagi, the
agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Japan, which sits atop four tectonic plates, is one of the world's
most earthquake-prone countries. (AP)


Here is the USGS world map showing recent worldwide earthquake
activity.
The area near Japan has minor quakes all the time, as does Alaska and
California.

Just monitor this self-updating map for a few days and you will see.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

I predict the sun will rise tomorrow! ;-)


Rusty
But you can't predict an earthquake can you.

"Richard Dawkins" wrote in message
...

"Rusty" wrote in message
oups.com...

Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting Ass wrote:
Ahh!!!! Everyone grab your emergency Bible!!!!!



http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/nation...na027000c.html

Moderate earthquake rocks Fukushima Prefecture
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook northeastern Japan on
Wednesday, but there was no danger of tsunami, the meteorological
agency said.

The quake, which struck at 7:32 p.m., was centered about 80 kilometers
under the seabed off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, according to
the agency.

Moderate shaking was felt in Fukushima and neighboring Miyagi, the
agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Japan, which sits atop four tectonic plates, is one of the world's
most earthquake-prone countries. (AP)


Here is the USGS world map showing recent worldwide earthquake
activity.
The area near Japan has minor quakes all the time, as does Alaska and
California.

Just monitor this self-updating map for a few days and you will see.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

I predict the sun will rise tomorrow! ;-)


Rusty
But you can't predict an earthquake can you.

Can you?

On Sun, 2 Apr 2006 21:14:07 -0700, "GaryG"
wrote:

"Richard Dawkins" wrote in message
...

"Rusty" wrote in message
oups.com...

Yang, AthD (h.c), Kicking AWOL's Cocaine Snorting Ass wrote:
Ahh!!!! Everyone grab your emergency Bible!!!!!



http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/nation...na027000c.html

Moderate earthquake rocks Fukushima Prefecture
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.0 shook northeastern Japan on
Wednesday, but there was no danger of tsunami, the meteorological
agency said.

The quake, which struck at 7:32 p.m., was centered about 80 kilometers
under the seabed off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, according to
the agency.

Moderate shaking was felt in Fukushima and neighboring Miyagi, the
agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Japan, which sits atop four tectonic plates, is one of the world's
most earthquake-prone countries. (AP)


Here is the USGS world map showing recent worldwide earthquake
activity.
The area near Japan has minor quakes all the time, as does Alaska and
California.

Just monitor this self-updating map for a few days and you will see.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/

I predict the sun will rise tomorrow! ;-)


Rusty
But you can't predict an earthquake can you.

Can you?

I can:

Forecast:
transitive senses
1 a : to calculate or predict (some future event or condition) usually
as a result of study and analysis of available pertinent data;
especially : to predict (weather conditions) on the basis of
correlated meteorological observations b : to indicate as likely to
occur (Brittannica)

Thus a japanese seismologist could predict an earthquake for any
given day in Japan and state the likely magnitude based on data for
previous earthquakes. Based on my knowledge of earthquakes
I think I can predict with a considerable degree of accuracy that
there will not be a noticeable earthquake where I am now before the
end of the month. I can say with confidence that the worst that
could happen would be a minor tremor that very few people will
notice. These occur roughly one per year. I say this even
knowing that there is a major fault line (The Craven fault) not far
north of here and an even bigger one (The Great Glen Fault) in
Scotland.

I can predict with absolute certainty that there will not be
a volcanic eruption in the British Isles before the end of the
month, even though there are several dormant vocanos here,
one of which was very active at one time (the one overlooking
Edinburgh once produced larva flows as far south as the line
of Hadrian's Wall between Newcastle and Carlisle)

I can also predict there will be no Hurricanes here in Yorkshire
but maybe a gale or two by the end of the month.

I can also predict with absolute certainty that there will not
be a Tsunami over the beaches on the Holderness Coast
this year. There is however a remote possiblity that one
might strike the West Coast of Ireland as well as the Eastern
Coast of North America.

--
Les Hellawell

Greetings from:
YORKSHIRE The White Rose County