Tim Dawson
@timblor
Earthquake Geologist in public service. Mostly posts about earthquake geology and a cat..mostly. Aspiring photographer, listening for the secret, searching for the sound
A fine day on the Sonoma Coast at Salt Point SP. was able to get there before the crowds and the wind really picked up.
“A typical construction mishap”? This seems like a very atypical incident to me.
Did they rebuild the Wall of Sound at the Hollywood Bowl?? @thebanderson.bsky.social 🤣
Finally, a view of Mt Rainier (with Mt Rainier tissue box dispenser for scale) @phaneritic.bsky.social
Spent the morning wandering around the Mima Mounds Natural Area Preserve near Olympia. No one is sure how these were formed, but hypotheses include glacial/permafrost processes, earthquakes (which I don’t think is likely), and rodent activity.
Day 3 and still no sun. We’ve had to resort to our Rainier/Tahoma tissue box dispenser to remind us of the view if it were clear. @phaneritic.bsky.social
I think I have 10 minutes to grill dinner on the BBQ before the rain hits the inlet as it blows in from the NE.
Big thanks to the organizers of the @cascadiaeqs.bsky.social Partnerships and Applications meeting in Portland. It was a productive two days building relationships across disciplines and learning about what the needs are for each group that attended. Hope we do this again.
The USGS PAGER alerts are always my first check on how bad a large earthquake might be. Today’s earthquakes in Venezuela are a punch in the gut.
The Palace of Fine Arts is really impressive in the evening light. I so rarely make it over there, but maybe I should visit more often.
I spent the afternoon at the Association of Bay Area Governments HQ in San Francisco with @drwendyrocks.bsky.social who presented an update to local planners and building officials about our latest earthquake fault zone maps. It was super informative to meet with the people that use these maps.
I had the opportunity for a quick tour of the (relatively) new rock mechanics lab at the USGS Moffett Field campus. The work they do to understand earthquake physics at small scale of a block of granite is mind boggling.
My Outlook calendar is sending me this ominous reminder, and I can’t remember why I have it.