Field Trip to the Earthquake Lab, 2010
The plan was not to cause an earthquake. The USGS would tell you that this is nearly impossible. They would tell you that humans are just too insignificant to affect the seismicity of our planet.
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Posts Tagged: earthquakes
Weekend Rumpus Roundup
If you haven’t already, take a little gander at our posts from this weekend!
“How’s your day been?” and other things women have said to Calenture in Australian brothels. Like “Do you mind if I drink from your glass?” and “Don’t get it in my hair or I’ll kill you.”
Steven Church delves into that peculiar way people in California both desire and dread earthquakes.
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Tracking Quakes
I’d lived in California for over six years and still hadn’t experienced a quintessential California quake, still hadn’t come close to what Schopenhauer might call the “dynamic sublime,” the encounter with something powerful enough to destroy you.
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