7.2 magnitude quake hits near Solomon Islands (about 185 mi. WNW of Honiara, Guadalcanal)

Las Angeles Times ^ | January 3, 2010

[painter]

He was a true hero.Every Marine in that early fight was.I have read many stories about that battle. It was either fight or die. No middle ground.

Did he ever tell any war stories of his experience there?

[Wiggins]

Thank you. He was with the 1st Marine Division and mostly talked about the sacrifices that were made by so many young men to preserve freedom and liberty. It's too bad so many people today have forgotten.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That is a big one.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

I think that you always get a triangle except when you get a line.!!!

Consider that close to an axiom of Flatspace geometry which holds true in 3 dimensions also....

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That’s likely sunspot 1039

That may be bigger news than the earthquake....

[Global2010]

Any ping to a thread of the tsunami that hit Solomon yet.

I had a wake/sleep/wake filled night uhg.
So I see a 7.9 hit and a blip on Fox about a tsunami that hit really hard on a Soloman island like 1000 people homeless (basically wiped out the island if I heard correctly).

Been quite quakey in the lower world latitude this last few weeks.

And a few US/Mexi border area shakes.

Hopefully post blue moon things will simmer down to dullsville in the quake world .

I half expect an offshore here on the Oregon Coast (usually 4.3 ers and 200 plus miles on the souther end of the Coast so no worries for the coast dwellars esp those who have lived here foreever just to now find out via the science folks what areas are full blown tsunami zones.

So not like they moved in knowingly that a history making quake would wipe them all out.

On the area KV and I live our lil piece of property/heaven is the only spit of land along the water that is a safe haven from a catostrophic event.

What a good feeling, as I prayed hard for a year when deciding where our life long home would be.

Wish I could have my heart ears open all that well more often when asking the good Lord for guidance.

[painter]

Have you read the book "Goodbye Darkness" A Menoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester

The book is probably out of print by now.If a person looked hard enough you could find one used. He fought with the 1st Marine Division at Okinawa and was badly wounded. His detailed story on the battle of Guadalcanal is better than any I have seen anywhere else.

[Little Ray]

Godzilla awakening?

R’lyeh rising?

[Wiggins]

I never read the book but I'll give it a try. I saw it on ebay so it's still available. Thank you.

Here is photo of him setting out on patrol on Guadalcanal in 1942. He is the Marine in the lower center of the photo, sitting down facing the camera with both of his hands behind his head. This is a famous well circulated photo but I actually have a more detailed copy at home.

[painter]

WOW! What a picture.