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Deborah · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 12:44 pm Post subject:

Congratulations!!! Wow, giraffes! But your house is only 1 story high -- the giraffes will have strain their necks to look into your windows. I suppose the springboks will have an easier time jumping over it, though. The only problem is, you'll probaby be so happy there, you won't want to leave to visit San Francisco.

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Deborah · Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:00 am Post subject:

I just felt a tiny earthquake, but it hasn't appeared yet on the USGS website.

Update: It was tiny indeed, a mere 2.5, which places it in the "micro" division. The epicenter was 3 km west of the San Francisco Zoo, which is near the west coast of SF.

It felt almost like a very strong gust of wind (the house shook, the windows rattled), but there was that je ne sais quoi that only earthquakes have.

Deborah · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 5:50 am Post subject:

We had another little earthquake about half an hour ago, this time a 3.7 centered in the vicinity of Berkeley. I was -- and still am -- at work, and these newer high-rises are built to shake a lot (and therefore not break), so it felt stronger than it was.

So that's two noticeable earthquakes in 4 days...

Deborah · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:01 am Post subject:

Click here to see the US Geological Survey's earthquake website. If you get there before 12 minutes and 28 seconds after the current hour (8:00 pm PST or 03:00 UTC), you'll see the last earthquake represented by a red square, indicating that it happened within the last hour.

Here's a diagram of the earthquake faults in the SF Bay Area.

The recent earthquake was apparently caused by the Hayward fault, and the one referred to 2 posts above by the San Andreas fault (the one that's just west of San Francisco).

greg in noord-frankrijk · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:24 pm Post subject:

Deborah · Posted: Thu Dec 21, 2006 11:54 pm Post subject:

Deborah · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:14 am Post subject:

We had another earthquake a few minutes ago, a 3.7 again, but this one felt stronger to me. It actually unnerved me a bit. I don't like this -- it reminds me of the pre-shocks before the 1989 earthquake. (Well, not really -- those were bigger, 5.something.)

Deborah · Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 11:46 pm Post subject:

I found out recently that I've qualified for discount movie tickets for more than a year! Seems once you turn 55, you get the senior discount. I always assumed you had to be 60 or 65. So that's nice, I can save $3 or so every time I go to the movies. Now I'll have to see whether that applies to other forms of entertainment.

Porthos · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 1:32 am Post subject:

After a serious earthquake, people get as horny as rabbits!
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Deborah · Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 4:13 am Post subject:

Deborah · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:40 am Post subject:

We had another earthquake last night -- a 4.2. They're getting bigger -- uh-oh! The epicenter (the red star) was in Lafayette, which is right on the BART line (that's the Bay Area Rapid Transit). I was in my Spanish class when it happened, and I was proud of myself, since I was able to remember the word "terremoto" when it started.

Click to see full size image

After my class, I had to wait an unprecedented 25 minutes for a BART train. Finally there was an announcement that it was because of the safety procedures they have to do following an earthquake. I had completely forgotten about the earthquake by that time.

Deborah · Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2007 2:46 am Post subject:

That picture didn't come out very large. It's map of how the intensity of the earthquake was perceived by people who filled in the form at the USGS website. By the form's criteria for categorizing the strength, people's reactions usually tend to be categorized as something higher than the actual intensity of the earthquake. For example, this was only a 4.2, but around the epicenter, people's reactions put it into category V.

Deborah · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject:

I'm going to be leaving the forum, though I might drop in occasionally. I need to get to work on other parts of my life, and I've been spending too much time on langcafe. I've been intending to do this for a while, but it's just so darn much fun here...

It's been a real pleasure getting to know such intelligent, educated and lively people. If you wish to contact me by email, please do so -- I'd be very happy to hear from you. I wish you all success in your endeavors, and happy lives!

Love,

Deborah

Yelina · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:22 pm Post subject:

That's a pity...

We will miss you, Deborah

I understand you want to do other things in your life. I also think I spend too much time here, which prevents me from taking advantage of good moments with other people...

Have a happy life too, Déborah!

Love,

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Deborah · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Yelina. (I'm still lurking around...so hard to leave the party.)

Liz · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:08 pm Post subject:

What a pity, Deborah.

So long and I hope you will drop in sometimes.

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Deborah · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Liz!

I for got one big thank-you -- thank you, André, for taking on the task of keeping langcafé going when the original disappeared. Long may it thrive!

Good night.

greg in noord-frankrijk · Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:57 pm Post subject:

Deborah : j'espère que tu pourras revenir sur ta décision le plus rapidement possible, si tel est ton souhait. C'est idiot, mais tu me manques déjà alors que ta voix ne s'est pas encore tout à fait tue. En tout cas, sache qu'il y a ici quelqu'un qui t'attend pour te lire.

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Walker · Moderator Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 758

It's sad that you're going but I'm glad that you've made a decision that will hopefully change your life.

Good luck to you!