Natural Science Forum / Earth Science / Earthquakes / May 2006

Some of the people I work with have recently published a paper about
their Terashake [pun intended, I'm sure] simulation work.  An extensive
press report can be found at
 http://www.hpcwire.com/hpc/658674.html

I live by one of these impoundments in Alabama; it is one of the bigger
lakes and has the shape of the valley through which a river (the North
River, I think) once flowed before the TVA dammed it up.  Was just
wondering today: When the TVA got going with their impoundments, did

I got to thinking how selfish I've been in not sharing
my earthquake predictions with you and since I've
issued two of late I thought you might enjoy something
with a little flare.   Both are using entirely different

I'm surprised no one mentioned it, but today was the
26th anniversary of Mount Saint Helens eruption in 1980.
Brian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOSUS
Basically its a warning system dating back to the Cold war.  It would
listen for Soviet subs in the North Atlantic Ocean.
Could this system be used to detect and thus warn authorities on the

Hi All.  Petra had her operation.  The doctors survived Petra and Petra
survived the doctors.  Not sure how the nurses are holding up though.
The doctor that did the operation said he removed a tumor the size of
an apple, but didn't say what kind of apple.  From the opening he

Hi All.  Petra is in the hospital in Santa Rosa.  She had sever pain in
her tummy this morning and was bleeding so off to the hospital she
went.
If anyone wants to send any messages to her you can email me at

Despite my growing confidence that all would be well when I went to the
hospital, the presurgery check in didn't go quite so well.   The
doctors instructions for surgery were wrong.  That was not a confidence
builder at all.  Then the Surgical Nurse started giving me some of her

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LOVE AND PEACE

I woke up this morning to a beautiful sunny day and that old urge to
get out and touch and see geology was buzzing in my head.  Before I
knew it I was packed up and ready to head out to Marin County.
Today I revisited a place I had only been to before briefly, Nicasio,

In case anybody is headed Parkfield way Mother's Day Weekend...
http://www.parkfieldbluegrass.com/
These festivals are a lot of fun for pickers or listeners! Combine the
music with camping out and checking out the geological sights of

I've taken some raw pics from the US Geological Survey files,
processed them and put them in a small gallery. A couple of the
resulting images turned out pretty sweet, Mount Shasta in particular.
As a common prelude to a volcano erupting is an earthquake swarm you

Just wanted to mention that this Tonga quake is a clear hit
for my Earthquake Dart Board. Yesterdays map (06-05-02) has
a circle almost centered on Tonga.
The map is still up on the main page as I write this, but in

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