In article <e7lr14pmhtqjfhptrjumi9p9snhf60rls7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, Charlie wrote:
> On Sun, 04 May 2008 01:04:36 -0500, Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >In article
> ><wildbilly-A9CEA0.09542603052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> > Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >
> >> In article
> >> <481c529e$0$14267$5a62ac22@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> >> "FarmI" <ask@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
be given> wrote:
> >>
> >> > <Charlie> wrote in message
> >> > news:p5gk1419v08guqnum1cnuetigskt0flhvj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> > >I just set out the first of the 'mater plants. Siberian and
Subarctic,
> >> > > new heirlooms for me this year. Early, short season breeds. I
tried
> >> > > Stupice last year and wasn't overly impressed. This is the first
> >> > > spring that I haven't used a tiller. I started the lasagna
business
> >> > > last fall.
> >> > >
> >> > > I was amazed at the number of earthworms I saw! There were
easily
> >> > > several dozen in each hole I dug for the transplants, several
adult
> >> > > worms and many small worms. This soil improvement business *is*
what
> >> > > it is cracked up to be.
> >> >
> >> > Surely you didn't doubt it Charlie?
> >> >
> >> > > ****, the weather monitor thingie just went off and informed us
we are
> >> > > in a 'nado watch 'til 1am.....nothing new hereabouts, but I still
> >> > > don't
> >> > > like it much. Tornados are hard on gardens!
> >> >
> >> > Ouch. I'm sure glad we don't get those blasted things here. I saw
on
> >> > the
> >> > news tonight that another one had killed more people in the US
again and
> >> > done a humungeous amount of damage. Hope you and your garden are
safe.
> >>
> >> Uh, how's your garden today Charlie? I understand that a twister set
> >> down in KC and made a mess:-(
> >
> >Hope he is ok. We had a twister set down here March of 2007 about 2
> >miles from my house. Fortunately, we live West of IH-35 and most
> >tornadoes stay to the East of that line. The terrain of the hill
country
> >breaks them up and the freeway is the dividing line. It did some
damage
> >to the warehouses and the police station a few hundred feet on this
side.
> >
> >I was coming up the freeway commuting home from work. I missed running
> >into the damned thing by about 5 or 10 minutes. :-(
> >
> >I've had nightmares about tornadoes... It's one item I truly fear.
> >--
>
> THey are a hell of a thing, aren't they. Until one sees, up close, the
> things they can do, weird things along with the damage, you just can't
> imagine, though I can't imagine going thru an earthquake, like Billy
> and all the leftcoasters *should * fear!! "Course we have our New
> Madrid fault to worry about, but we should be clear of anything major
> up here in the opposite corner of the state.
>
> Catch ya' later, I've got a little one gnawing on my arm, making it a
> bit hard to type. :-)
>
> Charlie
Earthquakes ain't so bad, so long as your not underneath a freeway:-(
The most remarked on earthquake was the 1906 San Francisco trembler but
the truth is, that it was the fires afterward that did the damage. The
most awesome result of the '06 quake was up in rural Marin county,
where the right-slip, San Andreas fault moved twenty feet. Property is
pretty cheap along the fault line. From Marin county, the San Andreas
goes out to sea and north for about 100 miles, where it connects to the
San Juan de la ****ha subduction fault, off Cape Mendocino, that
continues on up into British Columbia, and feeds active volcanoes like
St. Helens and Mt. Rainier.
--
Billy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin05022008.html
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