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Archive for March, 2003
So, last night at about 9:45pm, a 2.9 Magnitude quake hit Encino.
While I’ve felt a 5. quake. I was far enough away that it felt more like a 2.0.. This was pretty much all 3. Encino is about 2.5 miles away. So I got to feel the full force. Now… mind you a 2.9 has about the force of sitting against a wall when someone slams the adjoining door really, REALLY hard. The wall rumbles abit.
The difference is… in a 2.9 quake. The whole room has that minor jarring feeling and no one is moving.
My initial reaction was to sit there and take note… I tensed a little in the event that that was the ‘first’ pre-shock…
That was it.
Fortunately, still no real 5s… Which I’m really not looking forwards to.
Such is SoCal…
more soon.
Only from CMU:
From an article in the Post Gazette:
About a dozen members of Carnegie Mellon University’s College Republicans gathered around a flagpole at the center of campus yesterday to express their support for President Bush and American troops on the verge of war with Iraq.
snippage to relevant part…
Members also waited patiently, though with a trace of annoyance, as about 10 counter-demonstrators calling themselves KGB picketed with signs that appeared to have no relevance, like “You have a secret admirer — in bed.”
At one point, the KGB group marched in a circle around the flagpole and other students.
“It is my firm belief that it is a great mistake to hold firm beliefs,” said one KGB member who identified himself as John Balthazar, only to later tell someone that his name was Ed. He said he was a sophomore at the university and that his group wasn’t objecting to the College Republicans’ position but was “committed to hijacking protests and college tours.”
I tried to answer each as honestly as I could…
I scored a 72% on the “How Pittsburgh are you?” Quizie! What about you?
This will of course prompt a personal group post. If you don’t see it, don’t worry… It’s not meant for you…
😉