Comments on: Drop, Cover, and Hold

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:18:16 +0000

We’re working on improving some things like that … it’s not as straightforward when you have to play nicely with other blogs on the same site.

By: Alex F

Alex F — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:19:33 +0000

Sean,

Is there any way to put the author’s name at the top of a post rather than the bottom? It’s really annoying to read a post (not this one, just in general) where the author speaks in the first person but you don’t find out who’s speaking until the end!

By: Lab Lemming

Lab Lemming — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:19:11 +0000

Thanks for promoting this Sean. For any seismically disinclined physicists out there, the basic situation is this:
1. Los Angeles is moving towards San Francisco at about 4.5 cm/year.
2. Rock is not infinitely elastic.

So at some point, the rock is going to break and release tens to hundreds of years worth of accumulated strain all in one go. This can be unsettling for locals and anything they’ve happened to build. Thus, they have a drill to practice mitigating the problematic side effects.

By: Sili

Sili — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:24:26 +0000

Given my past performance sleeping through firealarms, I’m pretty sure I could sleep through an earthquake.

I might roll over and try pushing the cat off the bed if it’s a particularly shaky one, but I can do that without waking.

By: joulesm

joulesm — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:00:49 +0000

are Techers even awake at that hour??

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:53:22 +0000

There wasn’t any mention of puppies, either.

I am an unreliable blogger.

By: jick

jick — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:34:21 +0000

You forgot to link Discover magazine.

It’s been nice reading your posts. I just hope they don’t make vein-cutting too painful…

By: joe

joe — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:49:54 +0000

“If you are in bed, stay there and hold on; protect your head with a pillow.”

Good thing I sleep on a steel pillow.