bertha katzenengel
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:20 PM
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I've been out of CA for 8 years and I am STILL sick of this: |
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"EARTHQUAKE WEATHER!"
I'm listening to KFWB (L.A. news radio) online and this question was just posed to an expert:
"Is there such a thing as earthquake weather?"
Well, of course there is. Anecdotally.
But asking the question of an expert? Please. :banghead:
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:21 PM
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Earthquake weather is sustained hot temperatures, right?
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bertha katzenengel
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:23 PM
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2. In So. Cali., yes. In No. Cali., it's cool, foggy weather. |
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:23 PM
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3. And that's the more rational end of the spectrum. |
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Just wait for this evening's news, when they uncritically interview every rune-caster, entrail-gazer, and tealeaf reader for their take on predicting earthquakes. It's as if the Enlightenment never happened.
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:27 PM
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:rofl:
Sounds just like the midwest when there are super severe storms...
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:29 PM
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6. How are you doing, KW? |
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It was my wife's first quake too, so she was a bit unsettled, to say the least. I, naturally, totally faked calm insouciance, which she saw straight through in an instant.
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:33 PM
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7. I am freaked. It was not my first but is my strongest. |
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My husband called me from his office. He works in Brea, so he was a lot closer.
My MIL called to check on us too.
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:36 PM
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9. I was at home in Brea, too. |
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Our apartment building is mostly wood, though, so it simply flexed a bit. Can't see any visible damage to the complex, but I did hear something in our upstairs neighbor's apartment go thud. Nobody's home so I texted her at work to let her know.
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:29 PM
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Same old garbage that our idiot local newscasters always bring up when they have nothing else to say. Someday we'll have a quake in the middle of a storm, and they'll be so caught up in "storm watch" that they won't know what to do.
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bertha katzenengel
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:34 PM
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:38 PM
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10. Someone who obviously knows exactly what I'm talking about... |
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NEWSCASTER: OMG! OMG! Water is falling from the sky, there is no explanation for this phenomenon, the world as we know it is coming to an end!!!
:crazy: :silly: :freak:
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bertha katzenengel
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Tue Jul-29-08 03:50 PM
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" . . . and we have no idea what will happen when we reach ten raindrops, but stay with us throughout the deluge . . . "
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Tue Jul-29-08 04:02 PM
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12. And there will always be one guy in the yellow poncho |
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Standing in the middle of a burn area, just in case some house comes sliding down...
Sigh... I miss the news, you don't suppose they'll ever bring it back?
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bertha katzenengel
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Wed Jul-30-08 07:02 AM
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14. News? You mean coverage North, East, West, South? |
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Not a chance. The fourth estate is dead.
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Tue Jul-29-08 04:12 PM
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13. I particularly like it when they send a crew out.... |
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...to cover a puddle. "Look viewers: an actual occurrence of standing water. In the open. In CALIFORNIA!"
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Wed Jul-30-08 08:32 AM
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15. That's when you're supposed to put your earthquake coat on, silly! |
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;)
Don't forget your earthquake shoes!! :hi:
:silly:
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Wed Jul-30-08 10:46 AM
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16. now, don't laugh at me bertha, but the day before the Northridge quake |
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I was sitting outside with friends, and said "feels like an earthquake is coming" - Perhaps because it was so damn hot and still on January 16 (but then again, that's not totally unheard of in LA, either).
Maybe people actually can tell, too, just like animals, but don't listen to themselves other than to say dumb stuff about weather. :shrug:
PS - glad the talk with your boss went well :)
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Wed Jul-30-08 10:58 AM
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17. I was listening to that too. |
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After the quake, I turned off AAR and turn on KFWB.
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Wed Jul-30-08 12:11 PM
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18. Not to mention: "Did your pet predict the earthquake?" ( nt) |
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Wed Jul-30-08 12:53 PM
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19. My favorite is live on location newcasts in total pitch darkness. |
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Can't see anything, and the reporter could be anywhere! Like on the Daily Show, just across the stage with a rear-projected backdrop. What is the value of being there?
Earthquake weather is hot and dry
well, it seems that way.
Northridge happened at 4:30 am in January, which disproves the whole thing.
5.4 quakes are not that uncommon, though.
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