Your blue jay looks very different from ours, listener. I will have to look closely, but suspect ours are Steller's Jays, less white and darker blue; maybe larger.----Alan
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I had to do a goodseearch to find actual news coverage of this event. United Healthcare via AARP is the provider for my Medicare Part D and supplement policies.
I saw a purported video of American A-10 Warthog planes attacking government troops in Syria, allegedly in support of Kurdish troops. Sure looked and sounded like A-10's to me, but I have never actually seen or heard the Real McCoy. American forces engaged in Syria gives me pause. -----Alan
I see that there have been some earthquakes up where I am originally from; some 3+ and 4+ evident foreshocks followed by a 7.0, tsunami warnings posted. Located at or near the Mendocino Triple junction, where the San Andreas and Cascadia faults meet. The most earthquake-prone area in the Lower 48. -----Alan
I saw one photograph of a store that had some things thrown off the shelves. That's noticeable, but not all that much. I haven't noticed any mention of damaged buildings. So it was more than a dish-rattler, but not a big quake. -----Alan
The great majority of houses that are significantly damaged in California earthquakes were built before the 1940's. There are probably still some people who make romantic statements about Victorian era houses being better built than modern ones, but that's generally nonsense. In addition to being weaker, they are also far less fire resistant than modern houses. Of course there are some fairly new houses that are poorly built, but not many. Our house was built to the same earthquake resistance standards as houses in the San Francisco Bay Area--- it was required. I remember a story about a fancy house built on a hill in Southern California that was wrecked in an earthquake; the architect was shocked because he had designed it to be very earthquake-resistant. So he went up and inspected the house; it had not been built as he designed it. I suppose it was built to code (which was inadequate for the location) and therefore passed inspection. ----Alan P.S.: There have been no seriously damaging earthquakes recorded hereabouts. The worst happened back in 1870-something and damaged or broke some chimneys. In those days chimneys were often rather tall, and had neither steel reinforcement nor separate foundations.
Well, it *was* a big quake. A 7 is really big and fairly rare. Only 15 worldwide in any given year. But it wasn't very damaging and that's excellent news indeed.
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Your blue jay looks very different from ours, listener. I will have to look closely, but suspect ours are Steller's Jays, less white and darker blue; maybe larger.----Alan
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I see that there have been some earthquakes up where I am originally from; some 3+ and 4+ evident foreshocks followed by a 7.0, tsunami warnings posted. Located at or near the Mendocino Triple junction, where the San Andreas and Cascadia faults meet. The most earthquake-prone area in the Lower 48.
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I'm so glad it wasn't much worse!!
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I saw one photograph of a store that had some things thrown off the shelves. That's noticeable, but not all that much. I haven't noticed any mention of damaged buildings. So it was more than a dish-rattler, but not a big quake.
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The great majority of houses that are significantly damaged in California earthquakes were built before the 1940's. There are probably still some people who make romantic statements about Victorian era houses being better built than modern ones, but that's generally nonsense. In addition to being weaker, they are also far less fire resistant than modern houses. Of course there are some fairly new houses that are poorly built, but not many. Our house was built to the same earthquake resistance standards as houses in the San Francisco Bay Area--- it was required. I remember a story about a fancy house built on a hill in Southern California that was wrecked in an earthquake; the architect was shocked because he had designed it to be very earthquake-resistant. So he went up and inspected the house; it had not been built as he designed it. I suppose it was built to code (which was inadequate for the location) and therefore passed inspection.
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P.S.: There have been no seriously damaging earthquakes recorded hereabouts. The worst happened back in 1870-something and damaged or broke some chimneys. In those days chimneys were often rather tall, and had neither steel reinforcement nor separate foundations.
Well, it *was* a big quake. A 7 is really big and fairly rare. Only 15 worldwide in any given year.
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