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So can I, swim/surfing at Seal Beach in the morning and the sking in Big Bear by afternoon. There are probably lots of places like this
I'm catching up, so I know that this will be out of order, but I'm wondering if it's still illegal to tan in the UK.
Be glad that you don't live further south where it thaws during the day and becomes ice overnight. Lived with that quite a lot, especially with multiple blizzards.
Once drove 600 miles over 15 hours during a blizzard, following snow plows as closely as was safe. As I returned to Philadelphia, the streets were not plowed at all. They hadn't been prepared for such an occurrence for years.
A long drive tomorrow is on my mind. Going to be in the car for 8 hours or so. Not looking forward to it.
I'm wishing that the California tourism people can re-write the bits about Northern California and put me at a warm beach with a cool drink and eliminate all the !@#$ drama.
As someone who has traveled by car for 14 hours continuously, I say that if your car is comfortable and large, you can travel in the comfort of home. If your car is not small and comfortable, 8 hours will feel like 8 days. Whether you go 80 mph or 120 mph, that road will never end. I traveled from the south to the northwest of Turkey. Instead of that road, Ankara-Cairo was closer.
Mental or physical?
I assume that this is a college friend - and yes, when this happens, it can be very upsetting.
Anyway, all you can do is try to "be there" for them, and try to ensure that they are receiving - or persuade them to accept - appropriate treatment.
Their physical health, which has in turn affected their mental health.
Actually, no. They’re from back home, and I’ve known this person for awhile.
Which is what I’m doing.
Somehow, I always feel as though January is at least six weeks long.
Last year, on February 6, we experienced two earthquakes of magnitude 7.9 and 7.6. I went to Pozantı to play snow on Sunday, February 5, exactly one day before the earthquake. Today is Sunday, January 28th. Today I went to Pozantı again. It was snowing. Last year, before the earthquake, Adana city center was very cloudy in the evening. It's extremely cloudy today too. There is earthquake weather. I hope it's not what I think it is 😰
I know the feeling. It’s been a warm one for January though. Not that I’m complaining. Tomorrow’s journey would be grim in snow and ice. As would the burial.
Apart from that freezing spell in the middle of the month which was perfectly horrible.
Agreed.
Good luck.
I hope not.
After the earthquake at Loma Prieta in the late 1980s, Northern California people are holding their breath for the next big earthquake. I'm about 90 km from San Francisco, and haven't felt anything since I returned to California, but there are daily quakes.
Turkish and foreign professor geologists are shouting loudly that there will be a magnitude 9 earthquake in Istanbul. People are living in fear, and those who can move or cannot afford to move are either living in flimsy and old buildings or renting them. Look, Antioch was completely destroyed by earthquakes 5 times. The fifth one was last year. There is no stone left on stone. The city I live in is 90 km away from Antioch. Our city was also heavily affected by that earthquake. If we are in this situation, if Istanbul sees a magnitude 9 earthquake, leave the stone on the stone, there will be no dust left on the dust. 90% of Istanbul is not earthquake-proof. The buildings are tiny and the streets are extremely narrow. Come on, you escaped from the earthquake, you went down to the street, walk 3 steps down the street and you reach the other side. It's that narrow. Come on, you survived, the building collapsed. You're stuck under the rubble again. Let our government continue to sleep
As bad as our construction for earthquakes is compared to Japan, we're far ahead of what most countries consider safe.
I feel for anyone who suffers a disaster because there is no help until it is too late. We can only hope that those people important to the future will be safe.
It has been a year since the earthquake and there is still debris and thousands of corpses that have not been cleared. Most earthquake victims still stay in container houses. The government can't keep up either
Lots of people try to gain fame & notoriety by predicting catastrophic disasters. Every few years some kook will predict “the big one” earthquake will strike here in California and half of the coast will fall into the ocean and it will happen within the next few months.
Basically, could it happen? Yes. Will it happen someday? Probably Will it happen in the next 100 years? Possibly (when was the last time it happened). But no one really knows for certain. No matter where you live there is a possibility of some sort major disaster.
How credible is the source? With a few exceptions (e.g. volcanic eruption in Iceland) typically the bigger the potential catastrophe and the greater precision of a near term prediction - the less credible the source
The Ring of Fire shows some activity, but not nearly as much as occurred before the Loma Prieta earthquake.
When we see major volcanic activity and seismic shifts, then we can worry that something more than 6.8 will occur. When the 9.0 happens, Nevada will have oceanfront property. 😁
After we experienced two major earthquakes, a tsunami hit the ports of Alexandretta and Ayas. Airport runways were torn apart. I don't like jokes about this topic. If I had woken up later that day, the chandelier would have almost fallen on my head. 🙁
The town where I live is 46 feet above sea level. Most of the geology of California would make more sense if it was underwater.
When the Loma Prieta earthquake happened, civilization stopped for people here. Silicon Valley was on pause. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge's second layer had collapsed.
I will continue to joke about disasters because being serious all the time doesn't help. When I'm in the next hurricane, earthquake, or blizzard, I will need to pause and laugh a bit because the alternative is too bleak. I'm lucky that I'm old and have little left.
You will survive and you must find the positive in every situation.
Thanks! I have to divert myself from all that IKEA discussion on New Year's Day. I couldn't stop thinking about salmon for quite a while. Fish has been on my mind for several days.
I hope the best for everyone always.