PeterLucas wrote:
> Serene Vannoy > wrote in
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>> SBarbour wrote:
>>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>>> You argue with people over a few tenths of a point
>>>> on the strength of the earthquake you just felt.
>>>>
>>>> "That's about a 4.5!"
>>>>
>>>> "No way -- 4.2 tops!"
>>> Actually, most of us barely pause to notice an earthquake, even if
>>> it's big enough to feel.
>> Not true of my circle of friends and relatives. The second there's
>> an earthquake, everyone posts to their LiveJournal and adds an entry
>> to http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/ca/
>>
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> Why bother??

For science!

> Big friggen deal.
>
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> SoCal is always going to rock'n roll.


So is NorCal, where I live, but it's fascinating to some of us.

Serene