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Umpteenth minor earthquake right at Reno’s doorsteps

Snapshot I grabbed from the (live) Nevada Seismological Lab’s helicorder webcam showing the earlier (approx) Mag 4 shaker that jolted me upright - click for the large version:

Details of this one can be found here. The listing of recent earthquake activity in Nevada can be found here. And, just because precautions can’t hurt (there’s an increased risk now of a ‘Big One’ coming down the pike, perhaps even as far up as a mag 7 quake which, if the epicenter of that one remains at/near Mogul, close to the Peavine Peak like all the previous ones we’ve had over this past week, would wreak serious havoc here in Reno) there’s valuable earthquake preparedness info right here.

For the incurably curious, a map to the epicenter (which is the point at ground level right above the hypocenter - which is the “real” originating center of a quake’s release of energy) of this one is below:

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Now let’s keep our fingers crossed that this series dies off quickly; as remote as the possibility of a Big One in this neck of the woods is, we’re still in the middle of Earthquake Country. And of course, neighboring California can well do without the unsolicited shake, rattle and roll as well.

Added: the local Reno Gazette-Journal or RGJ has a section with news articles on the series here. And this most recent tremble has its story up now, too right here. After the mag 6 quake hit Wells, late last February, the ground hasn’t stopped shaking… It seems to have been traveling to the West, somewhat.

Added later: I found an AP news item about the Friday night special we had here, two nights ago:

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Audio recording of Hillary Clinton’s stump speech in Reno, NV

Here’s a 47 minutes 51 second long recording of the last campaign meeting at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno, NV, featuring a rousing introduction by Gen. Wes Clark, and the stump speech of Sen. Hillary Clinton, on Friday, January 18th, 2008 on the eve of the caucuses in this state.

Audio quality is unfortunately a bit iffy, especially (and sadly) Wes Clark’s introducion - it’s recorded at a certain distance from the speakers of the PA system - but at least it’s audible, kinda. Sen. Clinton’s speech begins 5′55″ into the recording; apparently they tweaked the sound to improve by that time. Here goes the audio:

Unlike the town hall type meeting of the Wednesday before where Sen. Clinton listened to and answered questions from local residents, the campaign speech at the Grand Sierra was a straight presentation. (By the way: Sen. Clinton refers in her speech to some of the sobering things she heard during that earlier town hall meeting - see the link to listen to it.)

Awesome. She’s on top of her game - and she shows exactly why she’s ready to run Government, and lead the country back to sanity.

What a powerful duo. As far as I’m concerned that’s the Democratic ticket for this year: Clinton / Clark. Oh yeah.

Added afterwards: I really recommend that you listen to Senator Clinton walking you through the reasons why she’s the one to back, all the way into the White House. If you have about 45 minutes, sit back and just listen to her - without the editing, the filtering and the parsing that you otherwise get: this is Hillary unfiltered. It knocked me off my socks. Wes Clark’s introduction (a transcript of his speech is made available at his grassroots SecuringAmerica.com site) is every bit as much on the mark. If you have some more time, please check out the full and unabridged audio recording of her town hall discussion here recorded two days before- it’s of much better sound quality, as I was able to pick a spot close to one of the PA system speakers.

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Senator Clinton at a town hall meeting in Reno, NV

During the last days prior to the caucuses in Nevada, Senator Clinton criss crossed through the state to reach out to her followers. Here are some snapshots I took on Wednesday, January 16th, when she visited Cathexes Architecture to talk about her views on the economy - and related social issues:

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I also made an audio recording of the town hall meeting itself. Although unfortunately the first part of the first question (by Valerie) is hardly audible, the answer provided by Senator Clinton and the entire rest of the recording (one hour and nine minutes long) is pretty decent. If you want to listen to it, here it is - some of the stories shared by the audience are really heartbreaking:

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