Originally posted by Hx3_1963
Edit: Gowd now all 3 look terrible...BHE +8?/BHN -5?/BHZ +3? still...

[edit on 10/5/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Yeah well, if the thing still isn't working right after a confirmed reset by the tech, then what more convincing does anyone need that:

1) There is something wrong with the station

2) The data from that station currently cannot be relied upon as accurate

3) The premise of this thread, unfortunately, was based upon erroneous data from a malfunctioning station, and therefore, sorry, but it is simply not true

4) This is not wind noise

Originally posted by kaskade
if you LIVE in california, what should you do/prepare? i think thats the most basic question EVERYONE IS TRYING TO ASK.
what could happeN? what should we expect? not a bunch of new numbers that 90% dont understand.

DOES NO ONE READ the pages and pages of people still asking the SAME QUESTION

ok i live in central calif...this is (yawn) normal, i don't worry unless it's a 4 or bigger. maybe in other parts of the country, this looks like we're about ready to slide into the ocean, and panic should ensue. but when you live here all of your life, you take this pretty calmly. now with the midwest getting hit every year with hundreds of tornadoes, the south getting hit with hurricanes and flooded by massive thunderstorms, and the east getting hit with record snowfall, and below freezing tempertures...i'll take my chances out here. oh... kaskade...nice avatar by the way.

[edit on 5-10-2009 by jimmyx]

Meh...another little ~spurt~ ...

1.4 2009/10/05 17:08:10 36.389N 117.876W 3.4 11 km ( 7 mi) S of Keeler, CA
2.1 2009/10/05 16:58:55 36.378N 117.851W 2.5 12 km ( 8 mi) S of Keeler, CA
1.2 2009/10/05 16:39:47 35.721N 118.088W 4.2 12 km ( 8 mi) ENE of Onyx, CA
1.9 2009/10/05 16:27:17 35.034N 117.688W 0.0 3 km ( 2 mi) NW of Boron, CA

CI.CWC appears to be back on again...need to wait for a lower reading after the last EQ to see if they got it right...

Edit: Well...the calibration is still off, but, the wild swings have stopped?

~I~ still see a slight phase differential, but, better?

[edit on 10/5/2009 by Hx3_1963]

Originally posted by kaskade
if you LIVE in california, what should you do/prepare? i think thats the most basic question EVERYONE IS TRYING TO ASK.
what could happeN? what should we expect? not a bunch of new numbers that 90% dont understand.

DOES NO ONE READ the pages and pages of people still asking the SAME QUESTION

IF you live anywhere near any area where natural 'disasters' may occur, including earthquake, flood, hurricane, tornado, etc...
you should
... make sure your 'disaster' rations will be accessible if that disaster occurs. So, basement storage might not be a good idea (if the house collapses), above ground might not be a good idea (if the tornado ...)... I'm sure you get the idea. So ONE stash may not be a good idea- redundancy / back-ups are a good idea. Some in the basement, some in the car, some in the shed out back, maybe some in the attic (I live in Cali so we have earthquakes and the attic is the last thing to hit the ground .)
... have sufficient fresh, potable / drinking (not distilled) water to last you and your family for 3 days minimum. You should seriously consider having enough potable water on hand to last 2 weeks.
... have non-perishible food-stuffs such as jerky and canned vegetables.
... have dried items such as beans, rice, pasta and the like may be advisable to have on hand but remember to have additional fresh water available for their use on top of the basic water needs. Distilled water is fine for use for these items.
... have iodized salt and multi-vitamin supplements on hand as well as aspirin, motrin, etc., and bandages and rubbing alcohol, as well as any medications you or your family may need such as inhalers (albuterol, etc.) and such.
... blankets and sleeping bags. Not just one or two blankets, but several blankets of varying thickness from 'sheet' to 'thermal' to "full-blown, keep you warm in a blizzard".
... have a wrench to turn off your gas and water mains easily accessible.
... have an AM/FM radio and batteries for it AND buy a FRS/GMRS walkie-talkie setup and have several sets of batteries (at least enough to allow for 5 battery changes) for it too.

Out of curiousity....

Is there any chance that the previous 100-150 or so years of mining silver, lead, zinc and marble, current 'mining' of salts (such as halite, trona, and others), or actions resulting from the settlement(s) of LADWP suits requiring re-establishing water flow to Owens Lake and such might have something to do with this?

[Partially OT]

Can you imagine the excitement if all this happened on Yellowstone park?
The last December/January earthquake swarm wasn't as energetic as this one in California.

[/Partially OT]

By the way, GEE works fine on my pc, the last 4.1 caused a 293 microns/sec spike on CI.CWC.BHZ.

* A 5.2 would have therefore caused on this station about a 3.0 mm/sec spike, since for each unit in magnitude, ground movement increases 10 times.

[edit on 2009-10-6 by Shirakawa]

seems like they aren't coming as often now at central cal. but when they do, they are in the 4. range. just had another 4.0

And on...

1.7 2009/10/06 15:43:17 36.408N 117.850W 4.1 9 km ( 6 mi) SSE of Keeler, CA
2.9 2009/10/06 15:37:54 35.066N 118.915W 15.6 5 km ( 3 mi) E of Mettler, CA
1.6 2009/10/06 15:10:50 36.410N 118.052W 22.3 10 km ( 6 mi) NNW of Cartago, CA
1.8 2009/10/06 14:46:25 36.385N 117.868W 4.0 11 km ( 7 mi) S of Keeler, CA
1.7 2009/10/06 14:45:46 36.393N 117.867W 5.8 11 km ( 7 mi) S of Keeler, CA
2.1 2009/10/06 14:13:46 36.395N 117.874W 4.7 10 km ( 6 mi) S of Keeler, CA