Posts Tagged ‘california’

Devoted to a Fault, Conclusion: Education, preparation, and the stadium

Read Part I and Part II of Devoted to a Fault. You can download the entire text (without images) as one file here. The following was reported in late 2007 and early 2008.
The 1868 Earthquake Alliance held its April 2008 meeting in an Oakland building undergoing a seismic retrofit. In the lobby, plywood [...]

12th June 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Devoted to a Fault, Cont’d: The past, the future, and the Claremont Resort

This is Part II of this article. Read Part I here. You can download the entire text (without images) as one file here. The following was reported in late 2007 and early 2008.

At 7:53 in the morning on October 21, 1868, a major earthquake struck the Bay Area. It had a magnitude of about [...]

11th June 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
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Devoted to A Fault

The following is part one of a three-part series of posts. You can download the entire text (without images) as one file here. It was reported in late 2007 and early 2008.
Hayward Phil Stoffer squinted through the glass to see a sign of the past and, almost certainly, the future of this part of [...]

11th June 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,
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A Coast Process

All of California may not one day fall into the ocean, but right now, parts of it do.
Erosion occurs all along the coast. Every ocean wave pounds on the bluffs and scours the beaches.
Here is the Pacifica Municipal Pier.

It’s shaped like an “L” — you can see that it makes a right turn toward the [...]

8th June 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
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Olympics Preview in Bay Area

Here’s my backyard on Thursday morning.

The roses are blooming. There’s a nice, warm light here. But what is it about this air that’s so familiar?
Take a look at the government’s air forecast map for this weekend:

California doesn’t look too good. All those little fire icons are making the air here “moderate,” at best, “very unhealthy,” [...]

28th June 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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Photography

China
Boom Times: Life in China’s Coal Country
China is portrayed as a land of glittering “instant” cities. But the economy that is driving the country’s growth is powered by coal. A look behind the curtain in China’s primary coal-producing region.
The United States
Fall of the Wild: The Drakes Bay Oyster Farm
A controversy is roiling Point Reyes, pitting [...]

25th June 2008 | Tags: , , , ,
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