Earthquakes - Oregon
Today we had a mere 2.5 magnitude earthquake off of the coast of Oregon. Yesterday we had a 3.8, nothing like the 4.9 we had last Saturday, or the 6.9 Eastern Honshu, Japan experienced.
June 19, 2008
June 14, 2008
Earthquake - Oregon
June 13, 2008
Earthquake in Japan
A 7.0 magnitude earthquake has occured in Honshu, Japan. No tsunami warning was issued.
June 03, 2008
Free Fishing Weekend.
This weekend is FREE FISHING WEEKEND! Clamming, crabbing, fishing, anywhere in the state, all weekend. And for our enjoyment, today was the lowest tide of the year, so it will be PREMO for clamming. Woohoo!
May 26, 2008
A Solemn Memorial Day.
Happy Memorial Day just doesn't seem like the right thing to say. Solemn, melancholy, grateful even, but not happy. Most of all remembering, those who served their country in the past, and those who are serving in the present. And to all of those men and women, I say thank you.
May 25, 2008
Earthquake - Kodiak Island Region, Alaska
A 6.2 earthquake in the Kodiak Island Region of Alaska. No tsunami warnings have been issued.
May 24, 2008
Two Earthquakes Off The Oregon Coast.
There was a 4.7 and a 4.2 about 300 miles off the Oregon Coast. The Tsunami site says the larger one was a 5.2.
May 23, 2008
It's Kitty Friday.
And that's why you are being subjected to one more kitty picture. Kitty ala carte (without cone). She is frisky and severely underfoot. And thusly she has been stepped on twice so far today. I think wearing the cone for a week distorted her depth perception. Or else just made her way too brave.
She is used to sticking to me like glue, crippled by the big blue cone made for kitties with longer legs. She couldn't always eat without help, or walk, or clean herself. It made her very insecure and dependent, much like a two year old. Now she's back to her bratty teenager self. Pretty much.
In other news, it's still cool and drizzly. According to the always wrong weather forecasts, it should be that way until NEXT Friday. Which actually makes me happy. It's perfect transplanting weather for the garden. So don't sit on your couch and mope about the weather the whole holiday. Get out and do some planting.
May 17, 2008
From Tropical to Desert Like
The past two days were over 100 degrees here. Today was a cool and breezy 90. Every plant on the property began showing signs of burn. My greenhouses and the porch and the garden are all intertwined with sheets and screens. Thank god I moved so many things out of harms way. Harms way = almost everywhere.
Some years we pray for a couple of days of warm, and often we get them. Maybe an Indian summer in the fall. But never, ever, and I'm including the Great Coastal Heatwave of I think it was '82, has it ever been this hot on the coast. At least not in my getting-quite-extensive lifetime. Do you realize it was only two weeks ago that we had snow, hail and freezing temperatures? HUH????
Kitty update: Ripped out a bunch of stitches. Stitches replaced, drain removed, and now the poor thing is in the dreaded CONE. Why of course I will take a picture.
May 09, 2008
Earthquake in Guam
If you look on the tsunami site, the earthquake that happened off of Guam was a 6.9. No tsunami warning was issued for our west coast.
May 01, 2008
Big Earthquake In Alaska
I know Adak is a ways out there but still, it's a 6.6 with many sizeable aftershocks. It's been a few very busy months, and an especially few busy weeks for earthquakes on the west coast so far.
Earthquakes and Other Points of Interest
A 2.7 earthquake 19 miles directly west from Yachats, Oregon. Little, but frighteningly close.
Picked up from the Oregon SkyWatch site, BLM rejects Mt. St. Helens mine. It seems that with the high price of metals, companies are trying to start mines all over the place, even in national forests and parks. Kind of like how they already log there.
Our lands. Yeah right.
Another interesting factoid of news, albeit exceedingly creepy: Scientists Create First Memristor: Missing Fourth Electronic Element Circuit. According to those that know, this will enable computers to have MEMORY, to figure things out, make decisions, in essense to THINK.
Skynet has become ... self aware.
April 29, 2008
Earthquakes
Yesterday, a 3.1, 86 miles ESE from Portland. This morning, a 4.1, 131 miles directly west from Barview, which is between Coos Bay, (specifically Empire) and Charleston, Oregon.
April 24, 2008
Ex Prez Coming To The Bay Area
So the call I got last night was true. Ex-president Clinton really IS coming to the Coos Bay / North Bend zone. I hope he takes note of the wild beauty of our area. I hope he falls in love with the ocean, and the beaches, and the forest, like many of us have.
I hope he also sees the clear cut areas. And all the areas set aside for strip mining. I hope he notices the potential for our area, and how it has been overlooked in favor of Casino's, and LNG, and ASC, and everyone else who comes here to take advantage of the desperate plight of our citizens, then leaves the area in more of a shit hole than it was before said activities took place.
Maybe he will see our lush vegetation and abundant wildlife. Or maybe, like every other politician that comes here from somewhere else, he is just looking to line his own pockets or further his own position in life.
April 23, 2008
Bill Coming To North Bend High School
That's the message the telemarketer just left on my phone. Friday, infact. I wonder, will he be coming in person or show up via TV. I'm thinking of going so I can march around with a "No LNG" sign.
He must be desperate to get his wife some leverage. Or maybe he just likes Oregon girls.
April 12, 2008
Summer Hits The Coast
A perfect, warm summer's day. In the middle of winter weather. Only it isn't summer, and it isn't winter. I blame it on the ever continuing earthquakes. We made the news! Hundreds of earthquakes off the Oregon coast, indicative of volcanic activity. Only there is no volcano. Or so they say. But there probably is molten lava movement. On the off shore fault. Whee?
April 04, 2008
Happy Birthday Peace Sign!
According to this web site the peace sign is 50 years old today. One day and one year older than your's truly. But that's for another entry. I was delighted to find this MGx blog, because it discusses so many local issues that are important to me. Usually I don't like to blah, blah about political blogs, but I deemed this one as worth blahing about. Because after all, it's all about me.
Here's a little wiki blah about the peace sign. I did not know it was symbolic of the broken rifle, did you? FASCINATING.
So Happy Birthday Peace Sign!!
March 28, 2008
Earth Hour
That will be 8:00 p.m., that's 8:00 p.m. YOUR TIME, no matter where you are. It's when you can make a statement about climate change by turning off your lights for an hour. Of course a more dramatic statement can be made by using as little electricity as possible. Are you in? I'm SO in!!
March 16, 2008
No Home Depot and Other News
That's right folks. No Home Depot after all. Concerned with falling profits, Home Depot decided to go over their contract with a barbie comb until they found themselves a legal out to their contract with us Wild West Folk.
Sad. But not as sad as when we lost Lowes. We like them better.
In other news, we had two earthquakes off the coast of Oregon. A 5.9 and a 4.2. WheeHaw.
On the home front, I finished a massive pile of paperwork this week. M-A-S-S-I-V-E. Paperwork is now replaced by gutting the living room, and gardening. I potted up copius amounts of exotic geranium seeds. I was reminded of how much I hated the word copius so I had to use it. Today there will be sowings of varieties of Coleus. Along with peppers and tomatoes.
Greek Grrl aka NayborGirl and I tried to pretend to be social animals and ventured out into the city yesterday. We looked for garage sales. I think there were three. All closed. Because it was rainy and cold. So we perused by the Goodwill. I think I can truthfully say that I will never go there again. Their prices were horrible. When I go to a thrift store, I expect items to be at least half price. Not only were they not half price, but they were often TWICE full price. As was demonstrated by their many from-the-dollar-store items marked up to 1.99. Next we went to hospice, which I have always cursed in the name of too expensive, but they are nothing like Goodwill, so I shall stop whining about them. For now. (I was rather grossed out by their coughing and hacking sick cashier though...). Really, the best commercial non-profit thrift store is still the Salvation Army. Bar. None.
March 13, 2008
Saving the Wrecks
I am right at this moment watching a fox news clip that is blah blahing about our Oregon beaches and wrecks. They are talking about how efforts are being made to save the wrecks. I don't see any of those efforts being made myself.
Last weekend we stuffed the parents in the 4-wheel drive and took them to behold the George L. Olsen. This was our third trip. Each time we go, we see more damage to the ship. Chunks of the outer hull are missing, revealing the unbleached wood underneath. I would suspect people are taking souvenirs, which is rather sad.
The ocean is taking its toll as well.
This is a previous picture I took of the shipwreck.
This is the same side of the boat as the previous picture. I took this last weekend. You can see how close the sand is to covering up the portholes now. As for the back of the boat, which is still partially buried in the sand, people are being allowed to climb all over it, up and down the sea wall. And trust me, everyone is touching the boat. Oh sure, the cops are there, but they only seem to be interested in people who are going over 25 miles an hour. No effort is being made WHATSOEVER to keep people from touching/climbing on/destroying the wreck. And don't even get me started about the stupidity of destroying the New Carissa.
A reef for fish, a perch for the birds, and a wondrous site for human beings. What's not to love? Can our city fathers/mothers actually make a decision that makes sense? Why tear up something that has attracted so much attention, that has provided so much entertainment. Not to mention how much money destroying the Carissa would cost. I just don't get it.
March 10, 2008
Another Eclipse Picture.
My daddy took this picture. The eclipse the one of the most fantastic sites I have ever seen. At the peak of the eclipse, the moon was just a boiling dark red. I can see why an ancient type person might have thought the world was going to end.
February 29, 2008
Hidden Treasure
This is the sea wall, or rather, the edge of the beach. The rough seas have gouged it out pretty good. This is also part of the stern, or the back of the wrecked ship. We shall check up on it later on to see if there is anything new revealed.
February 28, 2008
Back To Our Regular Programming
Sometimes, the people at the boat, are every bit as interesting as the boat itself.
February 26, 2008
M-O-O-N .... That Spells BOAT.
See that brave gentleman holding up the mast? HE'S A PATRIOT.
This picture seems rather sad. Reminiscent of the Titanic. I typed that word with my pinky extended. Watch me do it again. Reminiscent.
February 22, 2008
Not An Orphan Anymore.
It seems that the newly discovered wreck has a name after all. It is the George L. Olsen. Supposedly you can see part of the name on the hull, but I have yet to personally determine that. It ran aground in 1944, and then basically they just stripped it and hauled it out to sea and dumped it. Some of the lumber that was salvaged from the ship's cargo was used to build the Baptist Church in Charleston. Which my husband's uncle helped to build. He was a missionary. That was his position. *Ahem*.
February 18, 2008
This Old Boat
See those two funny looking high school kids walking on the beach? Well that tall, lanky looking one is mine. The one wearing his nice white school shoes in the wet sand. That looks like a baby deer just learning to walk.
This is the port side of the bow of the mystery ship. The called it the port side so everyone would know which side of the boat to break the wine bottle on. I could be lying.
Another picture of the bow. Get out to see it while you can. This area will be closed in March because it is a snowy plover sanctuary. And though the sand is being eaten away during the winter, it will be redeposited in the summer, when weather conditions and current directions change. OR it could rot away.
Oh yes, I left you a couple of big pictures behind the cut. Just click on the little pics.
December 30, 2007
I'm Kissing the Old Year Goodbye.
One. Day. At. A. Time. But not using any tongue. Thinking, I will never see you again December 30, 2007. Farewell my old friend. Putting to rest one busy, busy year. A year, that I will never experience again. *sniff*.
That's my Pisces Moon talking.
My Aries Sun says, GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY 2007. I can't WAIT for 2008 to start, WOOHOO!
In other news: They canceled my high surf warning, those bastards. My dad called and said that as the tide came in, he could see some surf. So I will go look later anyway.
It's been pouring and hailing and cold and miserable. Perfect weather for baking, cleaning and piddling. Not so great for running around on the beach. WHICH I MUST DO AND SOON. I really need my ocean fix.