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belleraphon1 View Member Profile	Jul 29 2008, 11:23 PM Post #1
Member Group: Members Posts: 813 Joined: 29-December 05 From: NE Oh, USA Member No.: 627	Sincerely hope all you UMSFers on the West Coast are OK! Read Emily's blog.... http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/00001576/ Widfires and now an earthquake... scary... Concern from an Ohioan who only worries about getting snowed in once or twice a winter season. Craig p.s. With global climate change this forum may get a few posts or two in this century!

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ilbasso View Member Profile	Aug 1 2008, 04:43 PM Post #2
Member Group: Members Posts: 753 Joined: 23-October 04 From: Greensboro, NC USA Member No.: 103	Funny, was just re-reading Ray Kurzweil's paper on "The Singularity" the other night. I'm waiting for the internet experience enhanced with nanobots in my synapses to make me think I'm actually on Mars! -------------------- Jonathan Ward Manning the LCC at http://www.apollolaunchcontrol.com

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belleraphon1 Friends in Need When Nature Hiccups Jul 29 2008, 11:23 PM

mcaplinger QUOTE (belleraphon1 @ Jul 29 2008, 03:23 ... Jul 29 2008, 11:32 PM

nprev Thanks for thinking of us, Belleraphon; no biggie,... Jul 29 2008, 11:37 PM

belleraphon1 QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 29 2008, 06:37 PM) Tha... Jul 29 2008, 11:44 PM

belleraphon1 "Portions of Ohio are, of course, in the New ... Jul 29 2008, 11:38 PM

nprev Well, I'll puff up my chest and act all brave ... Jul 29 2008, 11:55 PM

volcanopele Meh, I lived in Kansas for 13 years and saw a gran... Jul 30 2008, 12:05 AM

belleraphon1 Have lived in Ohio my entire life.... Only torna... Jul 30 2008, 12:21 AM

nprev Ah, ground-dancing ain't so bad... Here... Jul 30 2008, 12:47 AM

belleraphon1 nprev... good story... Nature is awesome and imp... Jul 30 2008, 01:16 AM

ElkGroveDan Oh come on Nick. I disagree. Do I have to tell m... Jul 30 2008, 01:18 AM

nprev Yes, you do!!! Give it up, big guy... Jul 30 2008, 01:43 AM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 29 2008, 05:43 PM) Yes... Jul 30 2008, 05:48 AM

stevesliva QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Jul 30 2008, 01:48 A... Jul 30 2008, 04:31 PM

Juramike I was in my lab on the 6th floor of the UC Berkele... Jul 30 2008, 03:30 AM

nprev Ye gods, Mike! That had to be beyond terrifyin... Jul 30 2008, 03:35 AM

Juramike QUOTE (nprev @ Jul 29 2008, 11:35 PM) In ... Jul 30 2008, 04:24 AM

dvandorn We're talking the October 17, 1989 World Serie... Jul 30 2008, 04:41 AM

dmuller Just out of curiosity ... does the JPL have backup... Jul 30 2008, 06:12 AM

Del Palmer QUOTE (dmuller @ Jul 30 2008, 07:12 AM) J... Jul 30 2008, 09:54 PM

mchan Like Juramike, I was also in school, but in San Fr... Jul 30 2008, 06:38 AM

nprev ...Dan, I stand corrected. Earthquakes are indeed ... Jul 30 2008, 10:24 AM

jasedm Glad to hear all ok over there. We're very luc... Jul 30 2008, 01:30 PM

tedstryk Scariest natural disaster I have experienced was a... Jul 30 2008, 02:00 PM

AndyG QUOTE (jasedm @ Jul 30 2008, 02:30 PM) We... Jul 30 2008, 03:03 PM

djellison I felt the Market Rasen one - it woke Helen and I ... Jul 30 2008, 01:37 PM

ilbasso I was born during an earthquake on Yokosuka Naval ... Jul 30 2008, 01:48 PM

dvandorn I was born and raised in central Illinois, not far... Jul 30 2008, 01:55 PM

ilbasso QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 30 2008, 09:55 AM) ... Jul 30 2008, 02:19 PM

TheChemist I live in one of the most seismogenic places on Ea... Jul 30 2008, 02:05 PM

Greg Hullender I was on the 14th floor of the Metro Tower in Fost... Jul 30 2008, 03:24 PM

elakdawalla Wow, Dan, that's a harrowing story. I wasn... Jul 30 2008, 04:28 PM

nprev QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 30 2008, 08:28 A... Jul 30 2008, 10:15 PM

elakdawalla Very few private insurance companies write earthqu... Jul 30 2008, 04:37 PM

stevesliva QUOTE (elakdawalla @ Jul 30 2008, 12:37 P... Jul 30 2008, 04:56 PM

edstrick It's not a safe universe to live in. I don... Jul 31 2008, 10:12 AM

nprev True enough...but I have a vision of myself at age... Jul 31 2008, 08:04 PM

dvandorn Gee, Nick, it sounds like you're a good candid... Aug 1 2008, 04:09 AM

nprev QUOTE (dvandorn @ Jul 31 2008, 09:09 PM) ... Aug 1 2008, 05:16 PM

ilbasso Funny, was just re-reading Ray Kurzweil's pape... Aug 1 2008, 04:43 PM

belleraphon1 To all our UMSF friends (and everyone else) in the... Aug 31 2008, 10:44 PM

CosmicRocker Luckily, Gustav's bark was worst than his bite... Sep 3 2008, 06:22 AM

nprev Yeah...I'm old-fashioned. I haven't even i... Sep 4 2008, 03:18 AM

imipak It sounds like it's going to get rather hairy ... Sep 12 2008, 07:17 PM

belleraphon1 For all in Ike's path... heart is with you. ... Sep 13 2008, 12:01 AM

volcanopele hmm, well, I guess it is a good thing they moved n... Sep 13 2008, 12:37 AM

Tman Now this picture from the partly flooded Galveston... Sep 13 2008, 03:51 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (imipak @ Sep 12 2008, 01:17 PM) ..... Sep 16 2008, 05:08 AM

hendric Some pictures from Ike http://www.boston.com/bigpi... Sep 16 2008, 08:31 PM

CosmicRocker We finally made it back home tonight. The county ... Sep 17 2008, 04:00 AM

djellison QUOTE (CosmicRocker @ Sep 17 2008, 05:00 ... Sep 17 2008, 06:55 AM

Tman Good to hear that! The devastation around the ... Sep 17 2008, 11:42 AM

paxdan Yikes Sep 17 2008, 01:55 PM

imipak Glad you and your family and house are OK, Mr Rock... Sep 17 2008, 08:15 PM

CosmicRocker QUOTE (Tman @ Sep 17 2008, 06:42 AM) ... ... Sep 18 2008, 05:29 AM

CosmicRocker I've had people wanting more images of our hom... Sep 23 2008, 07:18 AM

belleraphon1 From Emily's blog... http://www.planetary.org... Oct 13 2008, 10:06 PM

nprev Thanks, Craig. It's much closer to Emily than ... Oct 14 2008, 12:06 AM

dvandorn QUOTE (nprev @ Oct 13 2008, 07:06 PM) Got... Oct 15 2008, 04:20 AM

nprev QUOTE (dvandorn @ Oct 14 2008, 08:20 PM) ... Oct 16 2008, 12:48 AM

Shaka OK, Tinman! We won't expect many coherent... Oct 14 2008, 05:19 AM

ustrax Nicholas, Be Brave! We'll be here crossin... Oct 14 2008, 10:20 AM

djellison Youch http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets..... Oct 14 2008, 12:30 PM

elakdawalla QUOTE (djellison @ Oct 14 2008, 04:30 AM)... Oct 14 2008, 07:42 PM

nprev Thanks for the good wishes, guys; it's much ap... Oct 14 2008, 01:30 PM

belleraphon1 Yes, nprev... best wishes... Craig Oct 14 2008, 04:16 PM

nprev The response really is amazing as Emily described.... Oct 14 2008, 11:56 PM

CosmicRocker Well, all I can hope for would be the best for all... Oct 15 2008, 05:50 AM

dvandorn Hey, Nick -- tried to leave you a PM and your mail... Oct 17 2008, 06:15 AM

nprev Thanks, Doug; cleaning on inbox accomplished! ... Oct 18 2008, 01:12 AM

nprev Sorry to resurrect this, but seems appropriate. Ar... Feb 3 2009, 01:23 AM

helvick Don't know about the UK but here in this part ... Feb 3 2009, 04:47 AM

Tesheiner QUOTE (helvick @ Feb 3 2009, 05:47 AM) ... Feb 3 2009, 11:20 AM

Stu QUOTE (nprev @ Feb 3 2009, 01:23 AM) Sorr... Feb 3 2009, 06:36 AM

stevesliva A little ribbing... QUOTE London, the city that s... Feb 3 2009, 05:09 AM

ngunn Well I'm snowed in here in Wales, but that... Feb 3 2009, 09:39 AM

imipak Getting snowed in can be inconvenient, and I guess... Feb 4 2009, 09:50 PM

dmuller Though I am not directly affected, we have major b... Feb 7 2009, 11:55 AM

ustrax QUOTE (dmuller @ Feb 7 2009, 11:55 AM) Le... Feb 8 2009, 03:35 PM

dmuller QUOTE (ustrax @ Feb 9 2009, 02:35 AM) It ... Feb 9 2009, 12:38 AM

nprev The enormous magnitude of this disaster is becomin... Feb 10 2009, 03:03 PM

nprev Unfortunate to resurrect this thread yet again, bu... Apr 7 2009, 12:10 AM

MahFL My condolencies too. I'd rather cope with hur... Apr 7 2009, 04:24 PM

nprev Breaking news...We just had a 5.0 (prelim) quake i... May 18 2009, 03:47 AM

Astro0 USGS is reporting it as a 5.0 with 3.1 aftershocks... May 18 2009, 04:06 AM

nprev No sweat! That was a good one, though; all my ... May 18 2009, 04:20 AM

brellis It was a mild rolling quake in Santa Monica. It ... May 18 2009, 04:31 AM

RoverDriver I am in La Crescenta and definitely felt it. Both... May 18 2009, 04:40 AM

nprev Should've mentioned I'm in Torrance. Real ... May 18 2009, 04:49 AM

dvandorn Hey, guys -- spent a good hour in the basement of ... Aug 19 2009, 10:28 PM

ElkGroveDan QUOTE (dvandorn @ Aug 19 2009, 02:28 PM) ... Aug 19 2009, 10:52 PM

dmuller QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ Aug 20 2009, 08:52 A... Aug 20 2009, 12:58 AM

nprev Oh, crap. Sure hope everything's alright, oDou... Aug 19 2009, 10:36 PM

dvandorn Well, I'm home, everything is just fine here. ... Aug 20 2009, 02:12 AM

nprev Uh...don't take this wrong, dude, but I hope y... Aug 20 2009, 04:10 AM

CosmicRocker I too, am glad to hear that all was well, after al... Aug 20 2009, 04:51 AM

nprev It's fire time again here in SoCal. According ... Aug 29 2009, 08:07 AM

ilbasso Maybe Spirit sent those fire clouds along...if Spi... Aug 29 2009, 02:37 PM

nprev Fire approaching the Mt. Wilson Observatory (webca... Aug 31 2009, 02:54 AM

djellison This one is nasty. I"m keeping track with fr... Aug 31 2009, 06:30 AM

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