oh, the landlord had a drill, ZOOMA ZOOMA ZOOMA

[rone]

A series of earthquakes, some in the 5's, just occurred near Parkfield.  Parkfield is where a bunch of scientists are "drilling a hole deep into the San Andreas Fault" in order to study seismic activity.  I sure hope they got their money's worth... assuming they didn't trigger the quakes with their drilling.  YIPES!

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[pennyhill.livejournal.com]

Mercury news: "Scientists offer several explanations for why the area's next magnitude-6.0 quake appears to have eluded its 22-year 'schedule.' It's long been debated whether a pattern even exists."

Well - They got one now!
Okay, so it's only 5.9, but that's getting CLOSE to 6.0.

The Mercury said it was a moderate quake. Huh.
I'd say 5.3 is moderate, but 5.9 is pretty big to me . . .
But then I'm easily amused.