Tuesday, January 31, 2012

[californiadisasters] LA Becomes StormReady and TsunamiReady!

January 27, 2012: The city of Los Angeles, CA, met all the verification requirements to become designated as a StormReady and TsunamiReady community. With this recognition the city of Los Angeles is officially the largest city in the United States to become TsunamiReady. On Friday, January 27, a brief ceremony was held during the city council meeting at the Los Angeles City Hall Council Chambers. Councilmember Bill Rosendahl represented the NWS during the presentation to the other city council members. Mark Jackson, Meteorologist-in-Charge for NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard described to the council and audience what the StormReady and TsunamiReady programs were about and congratulated Los Angeles for their significant accomplishment. He presented certificates along with two StormReady and two TsunamiReady signs to the city council to complete the ceremony.

Resources: www.stormready.noaa.gov and www.tsunamiready.noaa.gov

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[californiadisasters] Upcoming Weather Spotter Training in SLO

National Weather Service Los Angeles/OxnardNational Oxnard

SKYWARN Storm Spotter TrainingSKYWARN Training

When: Thursday, February 23, 2012 @ 6:30 PM

Where: PG&E Energy Education Center 6588 Ontario Road, San Luis Obispo, CA 93405

What: The National Weather Service Storm Spotter Program is a volunteer organization of people with an interest in the weather. Whenever significant weather is occurring, weather spotters call in a report to the National Weather Service office in Oxnard. These reports provide important ground truth for forecasters, which improve forecasts and warnings. As a trained weather spotter, you can provide an invaluable service to the National Weather Service.
The training session will last about 90 minutes, including a question and answer session at the end. Detailed information about various severe weather hazards as well as some background information about the National Weather Service will be presented.
You do not have to have weather equipment to become an official spotter for the National Weather Service. New spotters will receive a personal spotter ID # and a packet with spotter instructions.

Who: This training session is free and open to the public. Anyone interested in volunteering to become a storm spotter for the National Weather Service is welcome to attend.

Driving Directions:

Traveling northbound Highway 101:
Exit the freeway at San Luis Bay Drive. Take a left off the exit. Immediately past the southbound 101 entrance ramp turn left onto Ontario Road. Drive about one quarter mile. The Education Center will be on your right.
Traveling southbound Highway 101:
Exit the freeway at San Luis Bay Drive. Take a right off the exit then immediately left onto Ontario Road. Drive about one quarter mile. The Education Center will be on your right.

For Additional Information: Please e--mail any questions about the spotter training to Meteorologist Joe Sirard at: joe.sirard@noaa.govjoe.gov

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[Volcano_Vista_HS] APS Transfer Process for 2012-2013 Begins

APS Transfer Process for 2012-2013 Begins

First applications accepted Feb. 1

[Albuquerque, N.M.] – Families seeking to have their Albuquerque Public Schools students attend a school outside of their home attendance area for the 2012-13 school year may begin submitting requests for a transfer beginning Wednesday, Feb. 1. Parents and guardians can apply for a transfer online at www.aps.edu, the district's website, under the Parents section.

Transfer requests may still be submitted in-person at the APS Student Service Center, 6400 Uptown Blvd. NE, Suite 100 West. For information, call the Service Center at 855-9050 or 855-9040.

Students who currently have an approved transfer do not need to re-apply unless they are changing schools. Students changing levels from elementary to middle school, or middle to high school are required to complete a new transfer request.

The Service Center first processes transfer applications received between Feb. 1 and March 15. Requests received after March 15 will be processed at a later time. They are accepted under the provisions of the APS Procedural Directive regarding transfers, the New Mexico Open Enrollment Act and the No Child Left Behind federal regulations. Transfers are granted on a space-available basis and in compliance with district, state and federal requirements. APS uses a random lottery system in granting transfer approvals, following prescribed priorities:

Students living within the established attendance boundaries for a school;
Students who are enrolled at a School In Need Of Improvement (SINOI) school and are applying to attend a non-SINOI school;
Students who have previously attended the school; and
Other enrollment preferences, including

Students with siblings already attending the school requested and who will be attending simultaneously for the upcoming school year. Those students will be placed into the requested school when possible.
If space is still available placement will be granted to students who are in one of the following categories: 1) students who have other siblings requesting the same school but none are currently attending the requested school; 2) students who are children of an employee of the school being requested; or 3) students who have at least one parent on active military duty stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base.
Those placements are followed by students who have a specific reason such as child care needs, and other reasons.

All other requests with no reason specified are considered as the fifth priority.

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[californiadisasters] Potential Hazards from Future Volcanic Eruptions in California

Potential Hazards from Future Volcanic Eruptions in California

By C. Dan Miller

ABSTRACT

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More than 500 volcanic vents have been identified in the State of California. At least 76 of these vents have erupted, some repeatedly, during the last 10,000 yr. Past volcanic activity has ranged in scale and type from small rhyolitic and basaltic eruptions through large catastrophic rhyolitic eruptions. Sooner or later, volcanoes in California will erupt again, and they could have serious impacts on the health and safety of the State's citizens as well as on its economy. This report describes the nature and probable distribution of potentially hazardous volcanic phenomena and their threat to people and property. It includes hazard-zonation maps that show areas relatively likely to be affected by future eruptions in California.

The potentially more hazardous eruptions in the State are those that involve explosive eruption of large volumes of silicic magma. Such eruptions could occur at vents in as many as four areas in California. They could eject pumice high into the atmosphere above the volcano, produce destructive blasts, avalanches, or pyroclastic flows that reach distances of tens of kilometers from a vent, and produce mudflows and floods that reach to distances of hundreds of kilometers. Smaller eruptions produce similar, but less severe and less extensive, phenomena.

Hazards are greatest close to a volcanic vent; the slopes on or near a volcano, and valleys leading away from it, are affected most often and most severely by such eruptions. In general, risk from volcanic phenomena decreases with increasing distance from a vent and, for most flowage processes, with increasing height above valley floors or fan surfaces. Tephra (ash) from explosive eruptions can affect wide areas downwind from a vent. In California, prevailing winds cause the 180-degree sector east of the volcano to be affected most often and most severely. Risk to life from ashfall decreases rapidly with increasing distance from a vent, but thin deposits of ash could disrupt communication, transportation, and utility systems at great distances, and over wide regions, in eastern California and adjacent states.

Volcanic eruptions are certain to occur in California in the future and can be neither prevented nor stopped, but actions can be taken to limit damage from them. Reduction of risk to life and property can be effected by avoiding threatened areas and by taking protective measures to reduce the effects when and where vulnerable areas cannot be avoided. Monitoring of volcanic precursors generally can identify the locality of impending volcanic activity, even though it often does not pinpoint the nature or timing of an eruption, or even its certainty. Hazard-zonation maps can then be used to guide decisions regarding evacuation and other response activities. Thus, effective monitoring of volcanoes in the State, combined with preparation of contingency plans to deal with future eruptions, can help reduce risk to lives and property.

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http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1847/

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Re: [Geology2] When to view Asteroid Eros?

Gene,

All I can say with any degree of certainty is that we're all looking for Eros..... in the sky and anywhere else we can find it.

Bad Kim

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Gene Salvetti <apollosfyre@gmail.com> wrote:

Takin a wild shot to ask in the group...

Anyone know the best time in for Californians to view Eros? Haven't found it online.

Thanks

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[californiadisasters] North Ops News & Notes Update (01/31/12-11AM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
01/31/2012	1100	The February Northern California Monthly Fire Weather / Fire Danger Outlook has been posted: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/outlooks/monthly_outlook.pdf

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oncc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] South Ops News & Notes Update (01/31/12-4PM)

Date	Time	News and Notes
01/31	1600	Minimal Initial attack activity. Today's weather warm and dry over most of the region Tonight mostly clear with temperatures falling into the mid to upper 40s. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/outlooks/Scal_Fire_Potential.pdf
01/31	0800	Yosemite Road Status call 209/372-0200 (press 1 then 1) for the most up-to-date conditions (the information below only reflects planned or long-term closures).http://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/conditions.htm#CP_JUMP_106631
01/26	0800	A high wind watch remains in effect from Friday evening through Saturday afternoon. Timing: Friday evening through Saturday afternoon, with winds peaking Saturday morning. Winds: Northeast winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts to 60-70 mph through and below the favored passes and canyons, including the Cajon and banning passes in the inland empire and the Fremont, Modjeska, Santa Ana, and Santiago canyons in orange county. http://www.kesq.com/severeweather/22641584/detail.html
01/25	1030	Windy conditions are forecast though this afternoon, and then winds will diminish. Windy conditions will return Friday through Saturday. Anticipate light Initial attack activity for the region through forecast period.
01/24	0800	Wind Advisory: San Bernardino County And Riverside County Valleys - The Inland Empire Riverside County Mountains, Coachella Valley http://www.kesq.com/severeweather/22641694/detail.html

Source: http://gacc.nifc.gov/oscc/predictive/intelligence/news_notes/index.htm

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (January 31)

2003: It was 97° in Riverside, 96° in Santa Ana and 92° in Escondido, each the highest temperature on record for January.

2002: Temperatures plummeted on 1.30 and on this day.
It was 13° at Shelter Valley, 17° at Campo, 22° at Ramona and 28° at Escondido.
Crops were damaged in northern San Diego County.

1999: Four funnel clouds were reported in the Valley: 2 north of Bakersfield, one near the Fresno Yosemite International Airport and another near Merced.

1995: Fresno recorded 0.01" of precipitation.
This marked the 21st day of the month to record measurable precipitation, a record for any month of the year.

1984: High of 82 degrees in Bakersfield, tied for warmest high ever in the month of January (also on January 16, 1932).

1979: A winter storm that started on 1.30 and ended on this day spread two to four inches of rainfall in 24 hours over much of coastal Southern California, and two inches of snow in Palm Springs.
On this day snow fell heavily in Palm Springs and eight inches fell at Lancaster.
All major interstates into LA (I-5, I-15, and I-10) were closed.
Snow drifts shut down Interstate 10 on both sides of Palm Springs, isolating the city.
Schools were closed and hundreds of cars were abandoned.
A snow and rain mix was reported in Borrego Springs.
Mt. Laguna received two feet of snow and Julian one foot.
Winds up to 60 mph blew in the San Diego Mountains.
A tornado touched down in Santa Ana, and possibly occurred elsewhere.
Golf ball size hail and widespread snow were also reported during the storm.
4.82 inches of rain fell in National City, 4.25 inches in La Mesa, 3.30 inches at SDSU, and 3.78 inches in El Cajon.
Flooding occurred along Silver Strand highway, in Fashion Valley, also in Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, Lakeside and Carlsbad.
Lake Hodges overflowed.
Numerous power outages resulted.
2.57 inches of rain fell in San Diego on this day, the seventh wettest calendar day on record and the wettest January day.
56 inches of snow fell in Big Bear Lake from this day to 2.2, the greatest storm snowfall on record.
26 inches fell on this day, the greatest daily snowfall on record for January and the second greatest daily amount on record.
This snowfall also occurred on 2.17.1990.
It snowed 1.5 inches in Palm Springs, the second greatest daily snowfall on record.
The only other daily measurable snowfall on record was 2 inches (the greatest daily amount on record) on 1.11.1930.

1979: Significant snow fell in the Kern County desert from the 30th into the 31st.
Total accumulations from this event included 9 inches at China Lake NAS and Mojave with 8 inches at Randsburg and 4.5 inches at Inyokern.

1976: It was 83° at Paso Robles setting a record high for the month.

1969: The morning low at South Lake Tahoe was -13°.

1938: 30.0 inches of snow fell at Tahoe City.

1916: Bridgeport had a morning low temperature of -36°, its all-time record low temperature.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (January 30)

2002: Temperatures plummeted on this day and on 1.31.
It was 13° at Shelter Valley, 17° at Campo, 22° at Ramona and 28° at Escondido.
Crops were damaged in northern San Diego County.

2000: Snowburst: 10" of snow fell at Lodgepole and 13" at Tuolumne Meadows in under 12 hours.

1998: High surf caused coastal damage (SoCal).

1993: A funnel cloud was observed over Mission Bay.

1985: Bakersfield had its' 21st day this month with dense fog, a record for January and tying December 1985 for the most days in any month.

1979: A winter storm that started on this day and ended on 1.31 spread two to four inches of rainfall in 24 hours over much of coastal Southern California, and two inches of snow in Palm Springs.
Golf ball size hail and widespread snow was also reported during the storm.
Flooding occurred along Silver Strand highway, in Fashion Valley, also in Spring Valley, Lemon Grove, Lakeside and Carlsbad.
Lake Hodges overflowed.

1976: High of 84 degrees at Ash Mountain (Tulare Co.).

1969: Fresno recorded 0.04" of rain, bringing the total to 8.56" for the month.
This made January 1969 the wettest month ever at Fresno. In all, 22 days recorded precipitation.

1968: 10.9 inches of snow fell at Reno, NV.

1957: The high temperature of 32° on this day in Victorville is the lowest high temperature on record.
This also occurred on 12.15.1957 and 12.11.1972.

1937: 14.0 inches of snow fell at Carson City, NV, with 10.1 inches of snow being reported at Reno, NV.

1916: Heavy rain that began on 1.25 and ended on this day exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month.
Monthly rainfall totals for 1.1916 ranged from 7.56 inches at San Diego to 57.91 inches at Dorman's Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.).
Five inches fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego.
Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County.
This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History.
The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15.
A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River.
The Sweetwater Dam also broke.
Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed.
Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River.
Two drowned in San Bernardino County.
Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

1916: The morning low at Tahoe City was -15.

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (January 29)

2002: Snow flurries were observed in the Valley at Los Banos, Madera, Hanford, McFarland and Shafter.

2002: Light snow was reported in the southern Inland Empire during a storm that started on 1.28 and ended on this day.

1998: A line of strong thunderstorms dropped small hail up to 3 inches deep in north-central Fresno.
A peak wind gust of 41 mph was clocked at the Fresno Yosemite International Airport.
Over 7,000 customers in the city lost power and nursery tents were knocked down in North Fresno.
This line of storms also dropped hail and caused power outages to 5,000 customers in Tulare County.

1998: A waterspout moved ashore on Moonlight Beach in Encinitas and became a tornado causing property damage.

1997: Santa Ana winds blew 100 mph at Fremont Canyon and 87 mph at Rialto.
Big rigs were blown over.

1995: The San Joaquin Valley (Hanford) Weather Forecast Office opens with initial staffing.

1983: A series of storms produced surf up to 16 feet from 1.22 to this day.
Several piers collapsed. Damage was done to numerous businesses and homes. Several injuries occurred as people were swept off rocks.

1981: 20.0 inches of snow fell at Donner Memorial State Park.

1980: A powerful storm struck Southern California with flooding rains and damaging winds.
In San Diego County 5.60 inches fell at Lake Henshaw, 5.48 inches at Palomar Mountain, five inches in Ramona, 4.91 inches in Julian, 4.24 inches in Fallbrook, 3.35 inches in Mt. Laguna with no snow, 3.24 inches in Escondido, 2.35 inches in Oceanside, 1.91 inches at Pt. Loma, 1.80 inches in San Diego and 1.37 inches in Borrego Springs. Widespread catastrophic flooding occurred all over the county.
Numerous homes, businesses and streets were flooded.
Two died in the floods.
Wind gusts reached 74 mph unofficially at Lake Murray and 52 mph at San Diego.
Coastal areas reported 55 knot (63 mph) winds.
At least 15 boats were sunken or severely damaged in Mission Bay and San Diego Bay.
A dock was smashed at Mission Bay. At least 86 power outages occurred across the county.

1979: The morning low temperature at South Lake Tahoe was -20.

1979: A major outbreak of cold air descended on the region.
It was a bitter -25° at Big Bear Lake, probably the lowest temperature ever recorded in Southern California.
Remarkably, the high was 28°, a rise of 53° on one winter's day.

1969: This day marked the end of 11 consecutive days (the most on record) of measurable precipitation in Palomar Mountain, which started on 1.19.

1957: A waterspout was sited off Ocean Beach.
Two funnel clouds were observed over North Island (possibly the waterspout) and Mt. Soledad – La Jolla. Heavy snow fell: 24 inches at Mt. Laguna, 21 inches at Palomar Mountain, 20 inches at Lake Cuyamaca, 12 inches at Julian, 10 inches at Mesa Grande, and six inches at Lake Henshaw.
The snowstorm stranded 200 people north of LA.

1949: Cedarville recorded a morning low of -11.

1922: The high temperature of 43° in LA on this day was the lowest high temperature on record.

1916: Heavy rain that began on 1.25 and ended on 1.30 exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month.
Monthly rainfall totals for 1.1916 ranged from 7.56 inches at San Diego to 57.91 inches at Dorman's Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.).
Five inches fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego.
Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County.
This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History.
The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15.
A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River.
The Sweetwater Dam also broke.
Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed.
Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River.
Two drowned in San Bernardino County. Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

1916: Bakersfield recorded 0.04" of rain.
This was the 15th day of the month with measurable precipitation, setting a record the most days with measurable precipitation for any month.
This record was tied in January 1995.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (January 28)

2002: A winter storm brought 19" of snow to Poison Ridge and Big Meadows in the Sierra and up to 6" to Tehachapi creating hazardous trouble through Tehachapi Pass along Highway 58.
Snow even fell in the Kern County deserts, though only a trace was reported at Edwards Air Force Base and the higher terrain near California City.

2002: Light snow was reported in the southern Inland Empire during a storm that started on this day and ended on 1.29.

1993: A foot of snow fell at Yosemite Valley, pushing the monthly total to 175", a record for any month.

1986: The warmest day in January at Fresno: 78 degrees.
Tejon Ranch reached a high of 82 degrees.

1983: A series of storms produced surf up to 16 feet from 1.22 to 1.29.
Several piers collapsed.
Damage was done to numerous businesses and homes.
Several injuries occurred as people were swept off rocks.

1979: It was -18° in Big Bear Lake, the second lowest temperature on record.

1969: Heavy rains of tropical origin that began on 1.18 ended on this day.
As much as 50 inches of rain fell at 7,700 feet.
31 inches of rain fell on the south slopes of Mt. San Gorgonio, 15.5 inches at San Jacinto Peak, around ten inches at Banning, less than one inch from Indio southeast.
87 were reported dead from flooding and mud slides all over California.
Scores died in traffic accidents.
Hundreds of homes and buildings were destroyed in slides, including 14 destroyed and 11 damaged homes in Mt. Baldy Village.
50 homes near Forest Home (Forest Falls) were damaged by flooding.
Highways and railroads washed out. Power outages occurred.
Cucamonga Creek itself caused $10 million in damage.
The Mojave River took out numerous bridges and flooded farmlands in the upper desert.
Strong storm winds felled trees which killed four and caused power outages.

1916: Heavy rain that began on 1.25 and ended on 1.30 exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month.
4.13 inches of rain fell in Escondido, the greatest daily amount on record for January and the third greatest daily amount on record.
Monthly rainfall totals for 1.1916 ranged from 7.56 inches at San Diego to 57.91 inches at Dorman's Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.).
Five inches fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego.
Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County.
This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History.
The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15.
A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River.
The Sweetwater Dam also broke.
Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed.
Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River.
Two drowned in San Bernardino County.
Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

1903: 11.0 inches of snow (an incredible 2.71 inches of precipitation) was recorded at Reno, NV.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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[californiadisasters] On This Date In CA Weather History (January 27)

2008: A F0 tornado struck the west side of Visalia damaging a number of carports and roofs as well as downing trees and fences.

2008: Heavy rain hit the region and triggered several debris flows in the Poomacha and Witch Creek burn areas.
Portions of highways 78 and 76 were closed.

2001: Snow fell from late on the 25th into the 27th depositing 11.0" of snow at Tehachapi.
The Grapevine was closed due to the wintry weather.

1993: Fresno received a record 20th consecutive day of rainfall.

1987: Highest wind gust ever at Fresno for any month, 55 mph from the southeast.

1983: A series of storms produced surf up to 16 feet from 1.22 to 1.29 (across SoCal).
Several piers collapsed. Damage was done to numerous businesses and homes.
Several injuries occurred as people were swept off rocks.

1969: Heavy rains of tropical origin began on 1.18 ended on 1.28.
As much as 50 inches of rain fell at 7,700 feet.
31 inches of rain fell on the south slopes of Mt. San Gorgonio, 15.5 inches at San Jacinto Peak, around ten inches at Banning, less than 1 inch from Indio southeast.
This day was the end of nine consecutive days (the most on record) of measurable precipitation in Riverside which started on 1.19.
This also occurred on 2.13-2.21.1980.
87 were reported dead from flooding and mud slides all over California.
Scores died in traffic accidents.
Hundreds of homes and buildings were destroyed in slides, including 14 destroyed and 11 damaged homes in Mt. Baldy Village.
50 homes near Forest Home (Forest Falls) were damaged by flooding.
Highways and railroads washed out.
Power outages occurred.
Cucamonga Creek itself caused $10 million in damage.
The Mojave River took out numerous bridges and flooded farmlands in the upper desert.
Strong storm winds felled trees which killed four and caused power outages.

1956: A heavy storm in Southern California starting on 1.25 and ending on this day dropped 13.74 inches in Lake Arrowhead, 7.97 inches in LA, 7.27 inches in Santa Ana, 7.06 inches in San Bernardino, 4.00 inches in Riverside, 1.14 inches in San Diego, and 0.74 inch in Palm Springs.
Around San Bernardino, local floods filled streets and channels, and blocked many roadways.
Mud and rocks covered some roads, causing damage.
This damage occurred after fires denuded nearby mountain slopes.

1937: 31.0 inches of snow fell at Truckee.

1916: Potent storm system affected interior Central California.
Second lowest barometric pressure ever reached at Fresno, 29.10".
Fresno also recorded sustained 50 mph winds from the southwest, the highest sustained winds ever here in January.

1916: 33.0 inches of snow fell at Tahoe City, with 30.0 inches of snow being reported at Glenbrook, and 26.0 inches at Woodfords.

1916: Heavy rain that began on 1.25 and ended on 1.30 exacerbated the flooding earlier in the month.
Monthly rainfall totals for 1.1916 ranged from 7.56 inches at San Diego to 57.91 inches at Dorman's Ranch (in the San Bernardino Mountains, 2,500 feet elev.).
Five inches fell in less than 12 hours in San Diego.
Extensive flooding occurred all over Southern California, the worst to date and it resulted in 28 total deaths in the region, 22 in San Diego County.
This is the most destructive and deadly weather event in San Diego County History.
The Lower Otay Dam broke sending a 40-foot wall of water downstream, killing 15.
A few others drowned in Mission Valley and in the San Luis Rey River.
The Sweetwater Dam also broke.
Every large bridge in San Diego County but one was seriously damaged or destroyed.
Four drowned in Orange County, two in a cottage floating down the Santa Ana River.
Two drowned in San Bernardino County.
Total damage was nearly $8 million (1916 dollars).

1903: A total of 22.0 inches of snow fell at Susanville.

Source: NWS Hanford, Reno, & San Diego

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[californiadisasters] California Earthquake Chips

No, eating them is not an earth-moving experience: http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/2012/01/picture-of-day-earthquake-potato-chips.html

Kim

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Re: [Geology2] Of Stalactites & Phalluses

It's a lingham/lingam/lingum and you can read more about it HERE.

On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:09 PM, Allison Loukanis <allison.m.loukanis@att.net> wrote:

Ok I waited til I got home to answer this.. as I work in a daycare and thinking about phalluses is not an appropriate frame of mind with which to go to work.

First of all, the pictures really didshow stalactites that look like phalluses. You did a good job, Kim... and the phalluses...er, stalactites were really big also.. no little men in helmets here. lol...

You already paid homage to the lady parts in a previous photo shoot. I remember that one well.
Now I note that one of the pix, and excuse me, it may not have been this episode of Eclectic Arcania,but the Faire one. one of the pix was of a lingum stone from India...is that a play on the lingam and yoni thing? Or is that a real stone called a lingum? Allison

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Eclectic Arcania makes a stand for gender equality: http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/2012/01/of-stalactites-phalluses.html

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Re: [Geology2] Of Stalactites & Phalluses

Ok I waited til I got home to answer this.. as I work in a daycare and thinking about phalluses is not an appropriate frame of mind with which to go to work.

First of all, the pictures really didshow stalactites that look like phalluses. You did a good job, Kim... and the phalluses...er, stalactites were really big also.. no little men in helmets here. lol...

You already paid homage to the lady parts in a previous photo shoot. I remember that one well.

Now I note that one of the pix, and excuse me, it may not have been this episode of Eclectic Arcania,but the Faire one. one of the pix was of a lingum stone from India...is that a play on the lingam and yoni thing? Or is that a real stone called a lingum? Allison

From: Kim Noyes <kimnoyes@gmail.com>
To: CentralCoastRockhounds <centralcoastrockhounds@yahoogroups.com>; Geology2 <geology2@yahoogroups.com>; goldcountryrocks <goldcountryrocks@yahoogroups.com>; NorCal-Rocks <NorCal-Rocks@yahoogroups.com>; MineralCollecting <MineralCollecting@yahoogroups.com>; Rock_Collecting_and_Field_Trips <Rock_Collecting_and_Field_Trips@yahoogroups.com>; AllThingsHistory <allthingshistory@yahoogroups.com>; AtascaderoList <atascadero@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 4:09 AM
Subject: [Geology2] Of Stalactites & Phalluses

Eclectic Arcania makes a stand for gender equality: http://eclecticarcania.blogspot.com/2012/01/of-stalactites-phalluses.html

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[Geology2] Fwd: 100 Years on the Edge of Kilauea

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Subject: 100 Years on the Edge of Kilauea

Date: January 31, 2012 9:26:01 AM EST

Perched on the rim of Kïlauea volcano's summit caldera, scientists with the Hawaii Volcano Observatory (HVO) have watched over one of the world's most active eruptors since 1912.

In January of that year, a geologist named Thomas A. Jaggar Jr. arrived at Kilauea and began the first continuous tracking of the island's volcanoes and earthquakes, a novel concept at the time.

PHOTOS: Up Close With a Restless Hawaiian Volcano

A critical discovery from HVO's 100-year vigil is the realization that Kilauea-type volcanoes harbor serious destructive potential. Kilauea, like other so-called shield volcanoes, typically enjoys a benign reputation. But it turns out that these supposedly gentle giants can suffer spells of surprisingly explosive behavior and are often prone to major earthquakes and landslides around their submerged flanks.

ANALYSIS: Kilauea's Killer Mood Swing

HVO might not have been around to enable such discoveries had it not been for a bizarre confluence of natural disasters that set Jaggar on a revolutionary path in 1902. An article in the Jan. 17 issue of the American Geophysical Union newsletter, Eos, describes the circumstances:

In 1902 an eruption of Mount Pelée on the Caribbean island of Martinique changed the way scientists around the world viewed natural disasters. Despite months of precursory signs, political officials assured the population that there was no cause for alarm. On the morning of 8 May, however, a violent eruption killed 30,000 residents. Just hours earlier, an eruption at La Soufrière volcano, on St. Vincent island, only 100 miles away, killed nearly 1700 people."

Jaggar was among a team of scientists sent to study the aftermath of these eruptions, and it was then that he set his mind to the idea that permanent observation stations are the best way to protect people and property from volcanic eruptions.

During a stopover in Hawaii a few years later, Jaggar plied his dream with some Honolulu businessmen who pledged to fund an observatory on Kilauea in partnership with MIT, where Jaggar was working at the time.

Be it eruptions, earthquakes, expelled gases, tilting ground surfaces or flowing lava, HVO scientists have been there to measure all the goings-on at Kilauea and its sister volcano, Mauna Loa, ever since Jaggar got his novel idea off the ground in 1912. In all, they have tallied:

almost 50 Kīlauea eruptions (explosive eruptions of Kīlauea in 1924 drained a long-lived lava lake at its summit)
12 Mauna Loa eruptions (during a 1950 eruption, lava flows advanced more than 20 kilometers from vent to ocean in just a few hours)
and dozens of strong earthquakes (a magnitude 7.2 earthquake beneath Kīlauea's south flank in 1975 caused two deaths and millions of dollars in damage)

Only time will tell what Hawaii's volcanoes have in store in the next 100 years.

VIDEO: Earth: Top Five Volcano Money Shots

IMAGES:

Grand prize winner of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's centennial poster contest. The creator of this work is a fourth grader at Waiakeāwaena Elementary School on the Big Island of Hawaii. (Photo courtesy USGS)

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, located on the rim of Kïlauea Volcano's summit caldera, overlooks Halemaÿumaÿu Crater. A volcanic gas plume still emits from a new vent that opened in 2008. (Photo courtesy USGS and Michael P. Poland)

[Geology2] Antarctic seafloor geyser found hosting strange community

I love when that happens . . .

 
Antarctic seafloor geyser found hosting strange community
 
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/120103_vent
 
Species previously unknown to science have been discovered on the
seafloor near Antarctica, clustering in the darkness around seafloor
geysers called hydrothermal vents, scientists say. The findings, made by
 
teams led by the University of Oxford, University of Southampton and
British Antarctic Survey, include new species of crab, starfish,
barnacles, sea anemones, and potentially an octopus. 
 
For the first time, researchers have used an underwater robot to explore
 
the so-called East Scotia Ridge deep beneath the Southern Ocean, where
hydrothermal vents, create a unique environment that's
pitch-black but rich in certain chemicals. The vents include
"black smokers" named after the dusky substances that
issue from their hot spouts, which reach temperatures of up to 382
degrees Celsius (720 Fahrenheit). 
 
The scientific team reports its findings in this week's issue of
 
the online research journal PLoS Biology. "Hydrothermal vents
are home to animals found nowhere else on the planet that get their
energy not from the Sun but from breaking down chemicals, such as
hydrogen sulphide," said Professor Alex Rogers of Oxford
University's Department of Zoology, who led the research. "The
first survey of these particular vents, in the Southern Ocean near
Antarctica, has revealed a hot, dark, 'lost world' in
which whole communities of previously unknown marine organisms thrive." 
 
Highlights include images showing huge colonies of the new species of
yeti crab, thought to dominate the Antarctic vent ecosystem, clustered
around vent chimneys. Elsewhere the robot spotted numbers of an
undescribed predatory sea-star with seven arms crawling across fields of
 
stalked barnacles. It also found an unidentified pale octopus, nearly
2,400 metres down, on the seafloor. "What we didn't find
 
is almost as surprising as what we did," said Professor Rogers.
"Many animals such as tubeworms, vent mussels, vent crabs, and vent
shrimps, found in hydrothermal vents in the Pacific, Atlantic, and
Indian Oceans, simply weren't there." 
 
The team believe that the differences between the groups of animals
found around the Antarctic vents and those found around vents elsewhere
suggest that the Southern Ocean may act as a barrier to some vent
animals. The unique species of the East Scotia Ridge also suggest that,
globally, vent ecosystems may be much more diverse, and their
interactions more complex, than previously thought. 
 
In April 2011 Professor Rogers was part of an international panel of
marine scientists who gathered at Somerville College, Oxford to consider
 
the latest research on the world's oceans. A preliminary report
from the panel in June warned that the world's oceans are at
risk of entering a phase of extinction of marine species unprecedented
in human history. "These findings are yet more evidence of the
precious diversity to be found throughout the world's
oceans," said Professor Rogers. "Everywhere we look,
whether it is in the sunlit coral reefs of tropical waters or these
Antarctic vents shrouded in eternal darkness, we find unique ecosystems
that we need to understand and protect." 
 
The discoveries were made as part of a consortium project with partners
from the University of Oxford, University of Southampton, University of
Bristol, Newcastle University, British Antarctic Survey, National
Oceanography Centre, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

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