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**Pax** · 01-13-2007, 06:41 AM

Originally Posted by mimitabby

Gee, i hope a moderator wakes up soon, the spammers are in full feather today!

The quake was in the pacific and no one was hurt. Further, they are calling off the tsunami warnings. But it WAS a big quake 8.3!!!

Is it just me or do there seem to be an awful lot of earthquakes happening lately??

**KnottedYet** · 01-13-2007, 06:47 AM

I saw a really great graphic once of the "Ring of Fire" in the pacific with EQs as dots all along the edges of the pacific ocean. It was very neat. It might've been in one of my geology textbooks. (now long gone)

<Knot wanders off into cyberspace to find pretty pictures>

Edit: I'm baaack! Here it is, only better because you can layer the data. Look, it's so COOL (and it's from New Zealand)

http://www.teara.govt.nz/EarthSeaAnd.../Standard/3/en

**KnottedYet** · 01-13-2007, 07:00 AM

Hey, PNWers, we had an EQ this morning, too! Look! http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/...007011312.html

There are seismographs for lots of PNW spots, and you can see the excitement! Oooh, boy! (there used to be one in the lobby of the science building at WWU. I'm not ashamed to admit I'd watch it for minutes at a time...)
http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/welcome.html

Where is Striped Mountain? This recorder was bouncing around, too. http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/...007011312.html

So was Blyn Mtn, but I won't post the link, cuz y'all must be getting bored with my geologic excitement by now... A couple of the recorders look like they might have set-up errors. Like the one for the Olympics shows non-stop monster EQs for the last week... um, guys? Is this set up on a bridge or trampoline or something? There's another one that looks goofy, too, but I can't remember which one.

Oh, I can't help myself! Look, little EQs 2hrs-2weeks ago! http://www.pnsn.org/recenteqs/latest.htm

**mimitabby** · 01-13-2007, 07:08 AM

I guess it wasn't the big one KNot.
Didn't feel a thing.

I don't know where that is either. I know there's a lot that happen around Mt St. Helens

**KnottedYet** · 01-13-2007, 07:16 AM

Kuril Islands Event

Neah Bay WA had a 3 cm tsunami from that EQ this morning. Now, how do you measure a 3 cm tsunami?
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/

Yes, I am a geek. A nerd. A wannabe egghead.

**mimitabby** · 01-13-2007, 07:18 AM

Knot
you're not a wannabee, you're the real thing! exalt in your eggy headed ness!

I think today I'm going to visit a new bike shop

**KnottedYet** · 01-13-2007, 07:24 AM

Naw, the ones on these recorders this morning are just little stinkers. Somewhere I saw the recorder from the Nisqually quake, that was nice and juicy. the ones for Mt. St. Helens are busy little boogers.

The recent EQ history page is pretty cool. Never felt any of those. Little bitties going on all the time.

**snapdragen** · 01-13-2007, 07:26 AM

I have the usgs earthquake map in my favorites at work. Shows all the quake activity for my area. Those suckers are happening all the time!

Today is dog torture day. Toenails and Bortadella booster. Good thing she loves her vet, and riding in the car.

No snow. I'm disappointed - clear blue sky and 32 degrees when I woke up. Yesterday, Dad decided all my lemons and oranges need to be picked RIGHT NOW. So I have 3 grocery bags of Meyer Lemons, and 2 bags of oranges. I found a recipe for Yucatan Lemon Soup, guess I'll give it a try.

**KnottedYet** · 01-13-2007, 07:41 AM

whatever little hiccup we had at around quarter to eight this morning looks like it might've originated with Mt. St. Helens. Those recorders had the juiciest bounces: http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/VOLC/...007011312.html Especially the one I just posted the link to.

Interesting how the different areas did or didn't react to it.

The urban Strong Motion sensors didn't pick up a thing.

**Trek420** · 01-13-2007, 07:49 AM

I signed up many moons ago to lead a Velo Girls ride, the Velo Girls Single Gals only ride (this was before Trek and Knott were Trek_n_Knott).

Wouldn't you know it's the coldest earthquakiest tsunamiest day of the year. Weather report in Portola Valley is saying 27 degrees...but hey, it's warming up!! One dgree an hour or so.

What do you bet we'll have coffee and file a fictitious ride report?

**chickwhorips** · 01-13-2007, 11:53 AM

mimi we are about 60 ft from sea level. though being in a bay we are pretty safe. nothing major happened. thankfully

**mimitabby** · 01-13-2007, 01:11 PM

Good, then you are pretty safe.

**Trek420** · 01-13-2007, 01:15 PM

I heard there was a Tsunami warning in Crescent City, CA.

Well, I thought no one would be there but 11 brave women showed up for the Velo Girls ride.

It was coooooooold. But I'm checking out the cold weather gear, right?

Note to self: self? your full finger gloves have tiny ventilation holes in them, if it's that cold again-get glove liners or disposable plastic gloves I hear is a very cheap effective solution.

Also most there had the ear flap things, I don't wear them because for some odd reason they make my glasses fog up.

Need to figure out another way to keep my ears warm.

Hey, here's one I like!!!....don't ride when it's that f*&^ cold

But it really was beautiful. Clear, crisp, NO wind which was great, if there had been windchill that would be bad.

The Alpine Inn where we start and end has no coffee, well they have instant...therefore look for the Velo Girls Girls who like Girls ride to move locations in the future.

**salsabike** · 01-13-2007, 01:22 PM

So no coffee and a non-fiction ride report. But excellent prep for your February ride here. I have many glove iterations, and also multiple headbands---you can borrow from me if need be. Not to mention Knot and her vast collection of woolies.

**snapdragen** · 01-13-2007, 02:05 PM

Trek - have you tried earbags? I have leopard print 'bag for my shell like ears, they keep them toasty warm.

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