Posted on 02/04/2010 12:42:05 PM PST by BIOCHEMKY
Thanks for looking that up. You’re a keeper!
nothin’ special
That’s a really interesting thought Nikki. If they come back relatively soon perhaps that is why. I’ll be curious to know when they return! Post a comment here if you live in the Bay Area and you read that they’ve returned :)<<
When the original earthquake happened someone on FR had a similar thought. I went to the USGS earthquake map and saw what I think is the most hilarious graphic possibly saying yes.
When I looked at the map, all of the southern coast of California was dotted with minor earthquakes and the Oregon coast was free of any dots. So if you were a hungry earthquake detector in search earthquake free zones I’d go to Oregon too.
Take a look!
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
DK
No not everyone will die only those who live to the west of it and all the way to Illinios will be gone from the gases and or feet of ash the further east you go the less ash. Those of us who have been hording food should be ok. I have an old hand crank sewing machine and my hubby would no longer ever complan about the yards and yards of fabric I have stashed if we needed to make as many blankets as we had to to stay warm during the volcanic winter that would stay for about a year and 1/2.
The First Wife and I were pruning the Roses and the short answer to your question is, No we did not feel it! More news over here... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2444453/posts?page=76
I’ll tell you something weirder then that... We had very few Cananda Geese show up on the wildlife preserves around Humboldt Bay this fall.
Pier 39 sea lion celebration postponed
Bay City News, San Francisco Examiner
January 13, 2010
http://www.sfexaminer.com/local/Pier-39-sea-lion-celebration-postponed-81405972.html#ixzz0ebudvtgE
SAN FRANCISCO — A 20th anniversary celebration honoring the Pier 39 sea lions has been rescheduled until the animals, most of which inexplicably disappeared in November, return to their old post.
The celebration was supposed to be held Friday, but after a record-high 1,701 sea lions in October, the animals fled without warning the
following month.
Jim Oswald, a spokesman for the Marine Mammal Center, said there were about 20 animals out on the dock Wednesday. The marine center has been monitoring the sea lions since they first appeared in 1990.
“It’s going to be a scaled back event,” Oswald said of Friday’s anniversary celebration.
He said docents from the Marine Mammal Center would be available to educate guests about the animals, but Pier 39 will wait until some of the sea lions return before throwing them a party.
Oswald said it could take anywhere from weeks to months for the sea lions to return, depending upon food sources and other environmental factors.
The sea lions first came to Pier 39’s “K” dock in large numbers in mid-January of 1990, when about 150 of them appeared without warning, according to the Marine Mammal Center.
About 150 to 300 of them have been hauling out every year since. This year they came out in record numbers, according to Oswald.
During the summer, most of the sea lions go to breeding grounds in the Channel Islands, off the coast of Santa Barbara.
Then in the winter, they gather at the dock to take advantage of the area’s abundant winter herring supply, according to the Marine Mammal Center.
Although no one knows why the sea lions began coming to Pier 39, experts suspect it is partly because great white sharks and Orcas, which feed on the 6- to 7-foot sea lions, do not come into the San Francisco Bay.
I’m curious what your evacuation plans are for the big eruption of a killer volcano on Maui. Will you take Greyhound or the Train...
Now that is positive thinking.
That’s about as dumb as canceling the wedding when the bride doesn’t show up...
I’m taking the Rapture.
My Mother and her Sister made lots of Quilts on their Singer Treadle Sewing machines...
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