California heating up?

[LittleJoe]

I live in the Sierras about 100 miles north of Sacramento. The water from my well has turned hot. The county inspector just left. He said he has been inspecting wells in this county for over twenty years and this is the first time he has seen this happen!

Anyone else have water turning hot? This is really weird!

[Kevin Curry]

Men in Black?

I guess we'll know if he comes back and he's asked, "What about the SUVs?" and he says, "What SUVs?"

[vikingchick]

Scully and Mulder? :)

[Frank_Discussion]

The Lone Gunmen?

[OneShotJohnny2000]

Wouldn't scalding and moldy be better names in this case?

[freeasinbeer]

bump to bookmark this...

[cmsgop]

With the SUV'S it seem we have a Soap Opera on our hands till Little Joe Returns.....

[vikingchick]

ROFL!!

[NorseWood]

bump

[wjcsux]

Men in Black?
Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith maybe?

[RightWhale]

A line of seismic events might be seen on the quake map on this website: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsUS/

Interesting if the supervolcano could develop so quickly.

[OneShotJohnny2000]

Wonder if little joe has invited all the presidential nominees over for a one HOT party! Bet they would boil with laughter!

[Rushmore Rocks]

Yaelle, have you ever considered the Black Hills? It is really beautiful here, and despite the reputation, the weather is quite nice. Rapid City is a vibrant small city, about 60,000, and (despite Daschle) VERY conservative! He pulls his support from the eastern part of South Dakota. Oh yes, we have trees, lots of trees. The Black Hills National Forest is here. SSShhhh, don't tell anyone else about our little paradise.

[Boot Hill]

LittleJoe says:   "The water table has come up to seventy feet from ninety."

Well, that explains the lower pump current you reported in post #53.

I'm surrounded by 5 major earthquake faults and see unusual changes in water flow occasionally. A while back the river out front of my home lost half of its flow in 30 minutes. Within a couple of days we experienced a series of low level quakes (2's, 3's, etc.) and then the river returned to normal flow.

Without sounding like too much of a geek, I view your situation as a golden opportunity for a little science experiment. Record your ground water level and water temperature and plot it over time. If you don't have a convenient way to obtain water level, substitute pump pressure for that number.

Also record the earthquake info for your area. Don't depend on your "butt" to tell you when there's been an earthquake, go to this USGS site: Maps of Recent Earthquake Activity in California-Nevada. Their maps are updated real-time. Mark this info on your plot of water table level and temperature. I suspect you'll start to see a correlation between the data sets.

Would I worry? Hell no! Well at least not based on the info you provided so far, anyway.

Have fun with it! You're lucky to be part of this once in a lifetime opportunity!

--Boot Hill

[Kozak]

Uh, if I were you I would make sure my insurance is up to date. I don't know about volcanoes and earthquakes but I have stayed at a Holiday Inn.

Think volcanos and earthquacks fall under the "act of God" clause of most policies. Get a rider quick.

[Agnes Heep]

What kind of thermometer are you using? Oral or rectal?

[Kozak]

I believe the last virgin sighted in California was in 1963.

Well actually, they are a renewable resource, like trees. They may be scarce, but nature always manages to produce some new ones...

[jetson]

If you a big head coming up out of the ground...RUNNNN!!!!

godzilla awakens!!

[MarkeyD]

Bogus Basin. Headed there tomorrow.

[Lokibob]

Is this e-quake close???

 

ANSS Maps of Recent Earthquake Activity in the USA

If there are earthquakes on this map, click on them for more info.

Earthquake list (with map in frames)

 

Magnitude 2.3 - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
2004 January 15 10:43:08 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California
U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California

A micro earthquake occurred at 10:43:08 (UTC) on Thursday, January 15, 2004. The magnitude 2.3 event has been located in NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 14 km ( 9 miles). (This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	2.3
Date-Time	Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 10:43:08 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 2:43:08 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	40.035°N, 122.041°W
Depth	14 km (9 miles)
Region	NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
Distances	5 km (3 miles) ENE (76°) from Los Molinos, CA 7 km (4 miles) E (80°) from Tehama, CA 10 km (6 miles) ESE (106°) from Gerber, CA 17 km (11 miles) NE (44°) from Corning, CA 37 km (23 miles) NNW (332°) from Chico, CA 172 km (107 miles) NNW (344°) from Sacramento, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 1.3 km (0.8 miles)
Parameters	Nst= 31, Nph= 31, Dmin=21 km, Rmss=0.11 sec, Gp= 76°, M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Event ID	nc51136679

[glasseye]

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