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  Amazing Map of Earthquake Energy

  02.27.10 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This is the map of the earthquake in Chile (8.8M) early this morning and how the energy has been transferred to the ocean. We’re expecting a 1m (3.3 ft) tsumnami from the event momentarily (around 1:30pm PT.) The map was generated by NOAA.

• Coastal Stuff, Humor

  The Tao of Poop

  08.09.09 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  No, not The Tao of Pooh, really, the Tao of Poop. Yesterday Gracie (our faithful dog) and I were out taking a stroll in the neighborhood as we often do and I noticed a new sign along the way; the sign to the right. I should mention right up front Gracie produces the waste, I [...]

• Coastal Stuff

  View from (and down) Montara Mountain

  06.09.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  I found a couple of interesting videos shot by a mountain biker a couple of years ago, one at the summit of Montara Mountain and one on the descent via mountain bike into Montara. Kind of interesting if you haven’t been to the top before. Enjoy.

• Coastal Stuff, Innovation

  Halfway to Pacifica

  06.06.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  State as of June 1, 2009

  For those of you who do not live on the San Mateo Coastside, you may not be tracking the $300M project that has been underway for a few years now to dig two tunnels through San Pedro Mountain between Montara and Pacifica by passing the always treacherous Devil’s Slide portion [...]

• Coastal Stuff, Commentary

  This Hornet Stings

  05.25.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  Last year, I urged folks to make Memorial Day personal and wrote a piece about Bert LaRue, a man who served in the Pacific theatre in WWII and is interred at Golden Gate National Cemetery.

  This year, I thought I’d take a different tack and write about the USS Hornet (CV-8 & CV-12.) Recently, my daughter [...]

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