Comments on: Let the Good Times Roll http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/07/29/let-the-good-times-roll-2/ Our Unique Perspectives on Life and Politics Thu, 17 May 2012 01:06:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Cap'n Bob http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/07/29/let-the-good-times-roll-2/#comment-26889 Cap'n Bob Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:11:26 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/07/29/let-the-good-times-roll-2/#comment-26889 Most of the damage was at or near the epicenter and minor at that. We were just riding the waves where we were. I had a short-term job years ago flying a helicopter to the peaks surrounding the Salton basin. A USGS contractor set up lasers and sensors on the peaks periodically to measure land shift in the area. Quakes like the ones you experienced in Calexico, which is within the Salton Net, are numerous and frequent. Most don't exceed 3.0 though, but when they do, everyone from Palm Springs to Mexicali gets a ride. We were overdue for this one. Glad it was minor. Most of the damage was at or near the epicenter and minor at that. We were just riding the waves where we were.

I had a short-term job years ago flying a helicopter to the peaks surrounding the Salton basin. A USGS contractor set up lasers and sensors on the peaks periodically to measure land shift in the area. Quakes like the ones you experienced in Calexico, which is within the Salton Net, are numerous and frequent. Most don’t exceed 3.0 though, but when they do, everyone from Palm Springs to Mexicali gets a ride.

We were overdue for this one. Glad it was minor.

]]> By: Glenn B http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/07/29/let-the-good-times-roll-2/#comment-26888 Glenn B Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:48:14 +0000 http://capnbob.us/blog/2008/07/29/let-the-good-times-roll-2/#comment-26888 Good to hear you are okay; hopefully your home was not damaged. When I heard the initial reports I was hopeful there would be little damage; I sort of figured that the L.A. area could weather a 5.4 pretty well. I remember several earthquakes from my 4 years in Calexico. I was in a 5.9 and I think 6.3 that really shook things, plus several smaller ones. Seeing the blacktop swell up like a wave on the ocean, and raise me up about 2 feet above normal level, and do it 2 or 3 times was pretty awesome and humbling; that was the 5.9. The power of nature is tremendous. If I rememebr the advice they gave us, it went something like this: "Earthquake: hit the ground and grab hold of a blade of grass." I do not miss earthquakes at all. All the best, Glenn B Good to hear you are okay; hopefully your home was not damaged. When I heard the initial reports I was hopeful there would be little damage; I sort of figured that the L.A. area could weather a 5.4 pretty well. I remember several earthquakes from my 4 years in Calexico. I was in a 5.9 and I think 6.3 that really shook things, plus several smaller ones. Seeing the blacktop swell up like a wave on the ocean, and raise me up about 2 feet above normal level, and do it 2 or 3 times was pretty awesome and humbling; that was the 5.9. The power of nature is tremendous.

If I rememebr the advice they gave us, it went something like this:

“Earthquake: hit the ground and grab hold of a blade of grass.”

I do not miss earthquakes at all.

All the best,
Glenn B

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