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Anyone in NorCal get the Earthquake Alert that was then Deleted? USGS Admits Mistake
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The jokes almost write themselves.
This investigation could be earth-shattering.
I've heard rumbles that it was equipment error.
Heads will roll... and anything else not tied down.
I've heard rumbles that it was equipment error.
Heads will roll... and anything else not tied down.
Living in the Bay Area of CA, we have had our share of quakes. By the time any software would relay any impending quake, it is already too late. I feel them all the time, minor movement of my easychair or groan of my old manufactured home. Last one of any significance was a 4.5 with the epicenter directly below my bedroom at 3:20 in the morning!! That one got my attention, but was over before I was fully awake. I do use an app that lists all the quakes in our area, or any area that you designate. I lived in Glendale/Pasadena area when the Northridge and Whittier quakes hit with tremendous amount of damage. Our chimney broke off at the roof line. I will never forget that feeling of complete helplessness. It's not just the initial quake, but the aftershocks that follow for hours after. Here is a typical listing on the app. You can see we have had 540 quakes this year!
I was a kid in the Northridge quake - our chimney also broke lol. The weeks of sleeping in the hallways so you could run out the front door quickly as the massive aftershocks hit daily. That set a fear of earthquakes that has lasted to my 40s. lol. Will always remember that.
Always been an observer of the old Caltech site: https://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/ -- Never noticed the earthquake warnings till I got to NorCal a few years ago (was just enough out of LA I guess).
/Wave from just south of you - South San Jose area
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Hope my fellow NorCal neighbors fared well this morning. We were without power for awhile from 3am-7am - had some pretty damaging winds - blew down some trees. There's a tree laying on the side of our apartment (didn't do any damage, lucky for the complex).
Looks like we got another round of this late tonight.
Looks like we got another round of this late tonight.