SeismoSue
@seismosue.bsky.social
Earthquakes, history of science, dogs, travel, democracy, and more. Grandma of 5 boys & 1 spider. Recovering from bird flu.
Mandalay Hill, among thd country’s most storied cultural heritage sites
March 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Mandalay Hill, among thd country’s most storied cultural heritage sites
Dobby is soft like velvet and he snores 🥰
#lifeisbetterwithadog
#lifeisbetterwithadog
March 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Dobby is soft like velvet and he snores 🥰
#lifeisbetterwithadog
#lifeisbetterwithadog
Their regional offices are so small, and do so much!
February 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Their regional offices are so small, and do so much!
Last summer I was fortunate to visit a regional @nws.noaa.gov office in Colorado, with two grandsons. It was fascinating to see 1) how much they do to monitor & assess weather threats, and 2) how small they are.
February 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Last summer I was fortunate to visit a regional @nws.noaa.gov office in Colorado, with two grandsons. It was fascinating to see 1) how much they do to monitor & assess weather threats, and 2) how small they are.
Wisconsin blue. Just as pretty but the water is in a different state.
February 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Wisconsin blue. Just as pretty but the water is in a different state.
February 8, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Hot times on Friday night ⛷️
January 25, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Hot times on Friday night ⛷️
A pretty good bridge
January 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A pretty good bridge
The seismologist never wants to give in to Henny Pennyism, but a M3.5 near Boron reminds us that recent large quakes left a pretty big gap in the Mojave desert.
January 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The seismologist never wants to give in to Henny Pennyism, but a M3.5 near Boron reminds us that recent large quakes left a pretty big gap in the Mojave desert.
“There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing.”
(0F in Wisconsin yesterday)
(0F in Wisconsin yesterday)
January 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothing.”
(0F in Wisconsin yesterday)
(0F in Wisconsin yesterday)
The poignancy of a window seat: fire scars perilously close to Mt Wilson, and Pacific Palisades reduced to two dimensions 😢
January 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The poignancy of a window seat: fire scars perilously close to Mt Wilson, and Pacific Palisades reduced to two dimensions 😢
No, the Penholoway Terrace has not been uplifted wholesale; its geometry has been controlled by faulting at depth that uplifts the eastern edge of the terrace, with dextral faulting at shallow depths, for which the rediscovered offset railroad remains the Rosetta Stone.
January 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
No, the Penholoway Terrace has not been uplifted wholesale; its geometry has been controlled by faulting at depth that uplifts the eastern edge of the terrace, with dextral faulting at shallow depths, for which the rediscovered offset railroad remains the Rosetta Stone.
Following large earthquakes, media coverage can give an inflated impression of impact by focusing on the most dramatic damage*. I’m afraid the scale & scope of the firestorm losses are much worse than the world is seeing so far, with no coverage from the hardest hit places 😢
January 9, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Following large earthquakes, media coverage can give an inflated impression of impact by focusing on the most dramatic damage*. I’m afraid the scale & scope of the firestorm losses are much worse than the world is seeing so far, with no coverage from the hardest hit places 😢
Not improving. Horrific scenes from the foothill communities.
January 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Not improving. Horrific scenes from the foothill communities.
A lot of folks in the red zone, one of three in the county right now
January 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A lot of folks in the red zone, one of three in the county right now
We are safe in the flatlands but it’s downright apocalyptic out there
www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/20...
www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/20...
January 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We are safe in the flatlands but it’s downright apocalyptic out there
www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/20...
www.fire.ca.gov/incidents/20...
Yesterday’s M4.7 near the Geysers, where induced earthquakes are common, generated relatively subdued shaking for its magnitude, consistent with results of past studies starting with Hough (2014), a little paper that held up pretty well 😁
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
January 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Yesterday’s M4.7 near the Geysers, where induced earthquakes are common, generated relatively subdued shaking for its magnitude, consistent with results of past studies starting with Hough (2014), a little paper that held up pretty well 😁
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
20 years already since the monster M9.1 Andaman-Sumatra earthquake unleashed a tsunami that caused most of the 200,000+ deaths. One of a handful of M9+ quakes since the advent of modern seismometry, and arguably the most tragic.
December 26, 2024 at 12:48 PM
20 years already since the monster M9.1 Andaman-Sumatra earthquake unleashed a tsunami that caused most of the 200,000+ deaths. One of a handful of M9+ quakes since the advent of modern seismometry, and arguably the most tragic.
When you haven’t been on skis in 4 years, and never exactly learned to ski in the first place, what’s better than a bunny slope? A half 🐰 slope!
December 24, 2024 at 11:49 PM
When you haven’t been on skis in 4 years, and never exactly learned to ski in the first place, what’s better than a bunny slope? A half 🐰 slope!
“An old man walked along the shore, finding starfish & throwing them back to the sea. A person came along & said, old man, there are so many starfish, you can’t possibly make a difference. The old man looked at the starfish in his hand & said, I can make a difference to this one.”
#adoptdontshop
#adoptdontshop
December 22, 2024 at 11:45 PM
“An old man walked along the shore, finding starfish & throwing them back to the sea. A person came along & said, old man, there are so many starfish, you can’t possibly make a difference. The old man looked at the starfish in his hand & said, I can make a difference to this one.”
#adoptdontshop
#adoptdontshop
“Nature abhors a vacuum,” we know this. But nature also abhors topography, wearing it down over time with erosional processes. Where hills poke up above the flatlands in an active tectonic environment, it’s a good bet a fault is involved
#PalosVerdes
#PalosVerdes
December 22, 2024 at 11:36 PM
“Nature abhors a vacuum,” we know this. But nature also abhors topography, wearing it down over time with erosional processes. Where hills poke up above the flatlands in an active tectonic environment, it’s a good bet a fault is involved
#PalosVerdes
#PalosVerdes