Monster shaker foreseen (Scientists say Seattle area vulnerable to 9.0 quake)

Tri-Valley Herald Online ^ | December 21, 2003 | By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER

[Amerigomag]

6.2 at San Simeon, no reports of damage at Hearst Castle yet.

[TomGuy]

Magnitude 6.5 - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
2003 December 22 19:15:56 UTC

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

A strong earthquake occurred at 19:15:56 (UTC) on Monday, December 22, 2003. The magnitude 6.5 event has been located in CENTRAL CALIFORNIA. The hypocentral depth was estimated to be 8 km ( 5 miles). (This is a computer-generated message -- this event has not yet been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	6.5
Date-Time	Monday, December 22, 2003 at 19:15:56 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Monday, December 22, 2003 at 11:15:56 AM = local time at epicenter
Location	35.706°N, 121.101°W
Depth	7.6 km (4.7 miles)
Region	CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
Distances	11 km (7 miles) NE (49°) from San Simeon, CA 17 km (10 miles) N (356°) from Cambria, CA 20 km (12 miles) W (260°) from Lake Nacimiento, CA 39 km (24 miles) WNW (283°) from Paso Robles, CA 195 km (121 miles) SSE (158°) from San Jose City Hall, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.8 km (0.5 miles)
Parameters	Nst=250, Nph=250, Dmin=5 km, Rmss=0.05 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=3
Source	U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California U.C. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, Berkeley, California
Event ID	nc40148755

[HairOfTheDog]

The way I am thinkin' it oughta help clear out some of the traffic.

[Momaw Nadon]

Impressive timing. Perhaps someone should check FRs clock.

Nothing wrong with the clock.

I just happened to find a news article that I thought people might find interesting.

[William Tell]

Here is an attempted post at 11:35:00 PST.

[carton253]

Way off topic... but tell me what you thought of Return of the King! (how many times have you seen it by now?)

[Amerigomag]

Perhaps someone should check FRs clock.

Probably because no more than a couple of minutes had gone by before I hit the post button. Didn't edit. Just posted.

[HairOfTheDog]

Loved it... Only seen it twice! - ecurbh is sick as a dog, and we had to cancel our weekend view that was planned. I am trying to get him better.

[William Tell]

I believe you. But I wouldln't put it past a clever Freeper to tie some earthquake alert service into an automatic posting mechanism. Trust but verify.

[Amerigomag]

Guess I type slower than I thought. Thanks for the test.

[JenB]

We've got a Freeper review thread! Come check it out, it should be listed under the LotR threads!

[carton253]

What did you think of it?

[Professional Engineer]

6.5, Pretty respectable as earthquakes go.

[Mama_Bear]

Yes, that is what I am hearing.

It is always unnerving when we feel an earthquake in the central valley. My first thought is, what part of the state got hit?

Just heard there are some minor injuries and some fires in San Simeon.

[CounterCounterCulture]

This is all your fault (pun unintended)...I hope you're happy now.

[JenB]

Best of the lot. I'm going tonight (time 4). Some of it was really, really wrong - have you seen it? The "lembas" scene, I hated that. Some of it was really, really good.

[carton253]

Did you have a favorite part?

[Momaw Nadon]

This is all your fault (pun unintended)...I hope you're happy now.

I've been blamed for a lot of things before, but not for an earthquake.

[HairOfTheDog]

I love the way they wrapped it up.... I needed to see Frodo at peace again on the boat. And the ending coming back to Sam.

And I keep thinking about the beacons. I loved the lighting of the beacons!

Did you like it?

[carton253]

I didn't like the lembas scene because I think it changed Sam's character... but, I understand why Jackson chose to do it... (perils of Pauline kind of thing) But... it gave Smeagol some more screen time, so I like that part of it.

The only thing I didn't really like was the Aragorn's speech after his coronation... he seemed really stiff and awkward. I changed my mind (after seeing it the 2nd time) about his "rally the troops" speech. At first, I didn't think he had done a good job... but, on a second look, I realized he really did deliver...though, compared to Stephen Lang's rally the troops speech in Gods and Generals...Viggo's was pretty lame.

Thought Billy Boyd as Pippin was remarkable. He delivered in spades.

Overall... I will give it the highest of marks.