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We didn’t do a whole lot of tourist type stuff this weekend. It actually felt pretty good to feel normal and more like a resident instead of a visitor. I had a work function Saturday night and we went to a friend’s house on Sunday after church (one of Avery’s schoolmates), so nothing huge to talk about. However, we did have some cool stuff happen. We have had some seismic activity this weekend. We started with a 3.8 earthquake that woke us up on Friday morning at 5:00 (web link here). As we were getting up on Sunday, we were hit with a 5.8 (web link here). That was a good ‘un! Then another 3.8 on Sunday afternoon at 2:00 (web link here). I have to be honest – I did not notice this one, but it’s probably because we were out and about at that time.
I took a vacation day on Monday and while Deana and I were out and about, I bought a new set of brakes for my bike (I’ve got a frayed cable and decided I’d rather part with the $$$ and get it fixed than find out what happens when your brake cable snaps in mid-use). Anyway, I digress. I went to my bike to start working on it with parts in hand and noticed it was covered in dust – I even commented to Deana. It was just unusual. I wiped it clean and went to work and didn’t think much more about it. Later, I found out that the “dust” was actually ash from a volcano (Mount Asama) that erupted over 90 miles away (93 miles as the crow flies according to Google Earth) earlier in the day. No one was hurt or injured in the eruption, so it’s not TOO politically incorrect to comment that I think that’s pretty cool. 90 miles away. The distance from Tullahoma to Clarksville, or to Dalton, Georgia in the other direction. That is just amazing to me.
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So, for those who care to hear about it, that was our weekend. No pictures to post or funny fish stories, but pretty cool stuff by my standards anyway.
Have a good week!
Curtis
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Interesting stuff from this weekend
Posted by The Brewers at Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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Earthquakes were part of the cultural fear for me before we moved here. I had never experienced them before so I was a little nervous. In the 5 months we have been here I have only felt one. There have been more than that but I can't feel them. Sounds like Japan is having more of a party than this country right now. I am happy to hear that it was no more than feeling it.
Do you know that Mt. Fuji also is volcano. (However it is dormant since final eruption in 1707, that is still being active underground right now.)
Let's climb Mt. Fuji to see a huge crater on top of it in this summer.
WOW - that is neat. Maybe there will be another insignificant one (so that no one is hurt, but so we can feel it) while we are there. Was it politically correct to want that? Avery....how many more days??
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