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08 January 2006

Do you ever feel the earth move under your feet? Okay, this isn't about sex (sorry!), but about earthquakes... If you are interested in earthquakes, earthquake safety, self-promoting hucksters, or internet hoaxes, go have a look at andrew cooke's C[omp]UTE blog entry on asshole Douglas Copp, and his dangerous asshole advice on surviving earthquakes (the meaty link is this one - PDF). If you live in an earthquake zone and ever read and took to heart Copp's advice about the "Triangle of Safety" this is a must-read, because that advice could kill you.
post by: taz at: 05:23 | 34 comments
don't be sorry
rest up yer organs
posted by ethylene 08 January | 05:29
or i'll shake your world in irc
help! the kids are out to get me!
and i mean the one's past thirty!

heh
posted by ethylene 08 January | 05:30
I'm too sick to chat, eth. This weird flu I have is kicking my ass, and I'm not up to chatspeed. :(
posted by taz 08 January | 05:35
i go slow
sometimes
like now
what flu
girl, don't tell me ur in western europe and sick
ya wanna keel me?
posted by ethylene 08 January | 05:40
"what do you do with the birds?"
--desperately seeking susan
posted by ethylene 08 January | 05:42
judy collin is singing amazing grace live
you could have made me cry

oh it's over
*phew*
now it's the muses again
posted by ethylene 08 January | 05:44
good morning nova scotia
posted by ethylene 08 January | 05:50
yer making me want to make cake
gets out jello
posted by ethylene 08 January | 06:07
Knucklehead or hero?
posted by dodgygeezer 08 January | 06:29
kanucklesandwich?
nickle grinder?
penny antipasto?
posted by ethylene 08 January | 06:32
I hope this guy is prosecuted, though crushed and buried would be better. It infuriates me that people are going to die because of his self-promoting bogus bullshit.
posted by taz 08 January | 06:39
Sargent said he recognized the self-appointed, most experienced rescue chief in the world— the red jump suit and video camera and lack of credentials.
"He turned around and I said, 'Oh, no,' '' Sargent said. "Anybody who's legitimate in this business knows who this knucklehead is."


and no one did anything?
posted by ethylene 08 January | 06:41
Damn! I can't believe this... There is right now on TV an emergency report about a big earthquake in Larissa (Greece). I think it's Larissa... Damn.
posted by taz 08 January | 06:48
my tv news only has candles and commercials
i can't even get bbc
posted by ethylene 08 January | 06:53
not Larissa... Southern Greece close to the island of Kithira. No details about damage/injury yet.
posted by taz 08 January | 07:00
what are the animals & insects doing?
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:08
one of those times you want a cat around
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:11
or yoda
sorry the dj yoda track wouldn't load
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:21
let's see if you can have a holiday
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:26
No animals in my house, and the insects are making themselves scarce... Anyway, it's the big red dot here. Here's a real-time seismicity page.

According to tv, this is affecting southern and central Greece. I didn't feel it here in n. Greece, and I just called my husband who didn't feel it where he is, in Pelion, centralish Greece (halfway between Thessaloniki and Athens). Of course, he's on top of a mountain, which has got to help.

I hope this isn't bad, in terms of injury/fatality.
posted by taz 08 January | 07:29
good map
or better than average of what you can find
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:32
the land mass sizes are all wrong but they all are but that really bad squashy looking one.
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:33
There's a report here. I hope everyone's OK over there.
posted by dodgygeezer 08 January | 07:35
i'm going to look for the squashy map.
i don't think google can handle "squashy map"
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:39
I can't understand a lot of what being said on tv... it looks like they're spotlighting Xania, Crete, which worries me. It all worries me, but I have a friend/former student in Xania.
posted by taz 08 January | 07:43
all they have is mass
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:44
no bbc or international?
posted by ethylene 08 January | 07:45
nope. Sadly.
posted by taz 08 January | 08:18
turn on the radio
what do you hear
cb broadband crystal settings
earballing your ear
posted by ethylene 08 January | 08:23
The American Rescue Team International Website. Amazingly unprofessional.


posted by arse_hat 08 January | 10:50
at least it's not near atlantis
i wonder what antiquities are being powdered into sand.
posted by ethylene 08 January | 11:00
As far as the today-Greece earthquake goes, everything is good.

As far as Douglas Copp, dangerous, fraudulent asshole (hello google!), is concerned... please, everyone who knows someone in an earthquake zone - warn them about Douglas Copp, imposter, creep, and potential/likely second-hand murderer!
posted by taz 08 January | 12:46
The triangle void stuff makes sense to me, but that fraud shit is scary.

Taz, is your part of Greece earthquake country?
posted by mudpuppie 08 January | 18:07
Hi, pupps! Yes, it's all earthquake country 'round here... something I didn't quite consider before moving here. I hate earthquakes.
posted by taz 08 January | 18:51
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