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California geologist, earthquake hazards scientist, Christian, and frustrated Angels/Ducks/Browns fan. Peace & Humpty-ness Forever! “Older than some people, but younger than some buildings.”
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I mean, as a state government employee, I literally do this EVERY. WEEK. It’s called a “Weekly Report”. (However, failure to respond is NOT taken as my desire to resign.)

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Movie you've watched more than 6 times (in the theater), gifs only.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

Quite the shimmy-shaking going on in central California, east of Salinas. This location is near where the San Andreas Fault transitions from the "locked" northern section to the middle "creeping" section. 19 earthquakes since 9pm-ish last night w/ a M3.9 being the largest. #earthquake 🧪

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It’s the ketamine not talking?

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

LOVE “The Californians” ad for VW!! Although, unless they are coming San Diego/southern Orange County or Santa Clarita, they’re not taking the 5 to the 405 to the 10 to get to Malibu.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

[3 minutes into watching EVERY “Dateline] Me: “The husband did it.”

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

*mudflow

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

Earlier this week, the San Andreas Fault popped off a few M3 quakes. Today the Hayward Fault is trying to get some attention with M3.2 and M3.4 earthquakes. Can we just NOT? #earthquake 🧪

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

Couple minor quakes (M3.5 and M3.0) just now near/on the San Andreas Fault, north of San Bernardino, CA. Let's all be cool and not get too rumbly, m'kay? 🧪 #earthquake

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

Whoa! M7.6 earthquake in the Caribbean Sea, between Cuba and Belize. Tsunami threat to coasts and island within ~600 miles of the epicenter. #earthquake 🧪

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

“Very well educated.” Trump’s Border Czar Tom Homan complains migrants are too “educated” about their rights.

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Morning shake up down in northern Baja/southern California from a M4.2 earthquake. Epicenter is a little NW of the 2010 El Mayor-Cucapah earthquake epicenter. Did you feel it? Fill out this anonymous survey about your experience. 🧪https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/ci41034376/tellus

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

It's quiet...a little TOO quiet.

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Die Zeit won't even show the salute.

submitted 33 days ago • 158 comments

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” — 14th Amendment, Section 1

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Dang ESPN!! Glad I watched S1 E7 of “Severance” last night so the Season 2 commercial with the MAJOR spoiler didn’t ruin me!

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

SoCal just lost 7,000+ homes to wildfires, but once the fires are out, hazards aren’t over. 7 yrs ago I went to Montecito, CA to collect scientific data on the deadly post-wildfire debris flows that killed 25 & wrecked 100+ homes. As a rule of thumb, debris flows are more likely <5 yrs after fire.🧪

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

My favorite nights are when Jeopardy! has a “Geology” category!! (My second favorite is “The Bible.) Here are tonight’s clues for all my geo folks! 1/2

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

The Getty Museum is within the newly announced mandatory evacuation area for the #PalisadesFire.

submitted 43 days ago • 2 comments

Not now, San Andreas!! WE'RE BUSY!

submitted 44 days ago • 0 comments

Singing "Imagine"?? ... at an Evangelical Christian's funeral?? WHY? How? WHAT?!

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Any forestry or ecology folks on here? Is clearing every natural hillside and mountain slope of dead and down trees/debris an actual, plausible mitigation strategy for wildfire prevention?

submitted 45 days ago • 2 comments

Current status in southern California. I'm not near any active fires at the moment (blue circle), but we're monitoring it all. FIVE fires currently active: #PalisadesFire #HurstFire #EatonFire #SunsetFire #LidiaFire

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

This is not a president. This is an asshole.

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

It's wild to see that all the damaged/burned structures by the #EatonFire in Altadena and Pasadena are down on the alluvial fan, not up in the mountains and canyons. Shows the driving force of the northerly winds. Map available here: www.google.com/maps/@34.180...

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

M7.1 earthquake along the Nepal-Tibet border just now. This area has a fairly low population density, but I’d expect lots of shaking-triggered landslides in this mountainous terrain. #earthquake

submitted 47 days ago • 1 comment

Yes.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments