Monday, November 9, 2015

Re: [californiadisasters] Admin Read: MIA Mea Culpa



Thanks Kimmer and Marilyn for the kudos; I try. And thanks to everyone here for staying around to participate. Althought I no longer live in CA, I still think of it as one of my home places (I have 3: CA, MO & TN). If the New Madrid Fault Zone ever phones home, I'll be at ground zero reporting... I think.

I am a Twitterholic, as I have 6 twitter accounts, but they're not about CalDisasters; I leave that to Kim. 2 of my twitter accounts pertain to geology, but when I do post somethng pertaining to California there, Kim always retweets. The rest have to do with animal advocacy so I'm out there trying to save wildlife; call me the squeaky wheel. :-)

I am very proud to be a part of this group and grateful for it, as through this simple medium, I've made some lifetime soul-friends who mean the world to me. And as we say in this neck of the woods, you can't beat that with a stick.

Best always,
Lin

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 6:14 PM, Linda linda_crickett@yahoo.com [californiadisasters] <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

Count me with the list... I don't twitter (although I drool now and then)
Redhart in Tehachapi
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On Mon, 11/9/15, Joann Lavis joalis76@hotmail.com [californiadisasters] <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: RE: [californiadisasters] Admin Read: MIA Mea Culpa
To: "kim california disasters" <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, November 9, 2015, 3:53 PM


 











i agree, Jason Joann

To:
californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
From:
californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
Date:
Mon, 9 Nov 2015 18:21:39 -0500
Subject: Re:
[californiadisasters] Admin Read: MIA Mea Culpa
















 













Check every message.   Been quiet lately with
no SoCal
brushfires.

Jason
Eminian
 

In a message dated 11/9/2015 12:14:36 P.M. Pacific
Standard Time,
californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com writes:
 









Achtung Gruppe!

Those of you still here have undoubtedly
noticed my relatively conspicuous absence and that many of
the sorts of things
that I faithfully posted here for years from On This Date
In California
Weather History to the News & Notes Updates to
hazardous weather bulletins
to topical articles have been largely absent from this
online community the
past several months aside from Lin Kerns and a few others
to a lesser extent.
First off: a shout-out goes to Linsis and the others who
have continued to
contribute here, especially Linsis.

The reason for this has been
my being so very busy with full-time status at Cal Poly
SLO, including a
summer class. I have also been busy with work as a
security guard when not in
class on Fridays & weekends. Aside from that, by
getting behind I then
feel overwhelmed and not motivated to get caught up when I
do have spare time
to at least chip away on what I want to post here.

That being
said, I have not held back on Twitter which as a social
networking platform is
much more user-friendly from both the posting and browsing
user ends.
California Disasters is now up to 598 followers on
Twitter. I initially
chaffed at the idea of ever using Twitter and ignored it
for a time. Former
member/moderator Gene Salvetti was the first to push for
my using it.
Eventually I caved in a couple of years ago and now that
is my favorite
platform for California Disasters and the only one I have
maintained
full-throttle. If any of you still here on Yahoo Groups
(which is in rapid
decline as is Yahoo generally) faithfully following this
group I implore you
to join Twitter and follow California Disasters there if
you have not done so
already. If you are uncomfortable with change and feel
resistant, then I
lovingly challenge you to get out of your comfort zone and
try something new
as I did. You will not be disappointed.

W e are on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/CalDisasters


Aside
from that, I promise to start posting here more often. I
shall do this until I
can no longer or it appears everybody here has left or
Yahoo Groups shuts down
this group or all its groups which is probably coming at
some point.
Technology and trends change over time! Remember the days
a decade ago when
SoCalFire was the bees knees and even NorCalFire was busy
in summer? Now it
seems only this group and SoCalScan and BayScan (a.k.a.
Flamescan and its
menagerie of curious characters) endure albeit with the
warp drive mains
offline and now under impulse power only.

Out of morbid
curiosity, how many of you are still here? This is
official roll-call
time!

Der Gruppe
Oberfuhrer





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