In article <ompomelet-FB9C39.13114404052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
Omelet <ompomelet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> In article
> <wildbilly-EDD68A.10264404052008@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> Billy <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Theoretically, the San Andreas fault is the edge of a continental plate.
> Some doomsayers say that that part of California (West of the SA fault)
> will eventually be underwater.
No, that's the San Juan de la ****ha subduction fault, where the Pacific
plate is sliding under the North American plate. Before the San Andreas
fault arrived with the Pacific plate, the sub-ducted Pacific plate gave
rise (;-)) to the Sierra Nevada Mt.s in California.
The melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctica may raise the sea
level 200 ft., which would mean a much shorter dive to the beach.
--
Billy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net
http://www.counterpunch.org/martin05022008.html
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