Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Tetris

I think this is where the video games payoff. I finally seem to have room, even with the mess that is still there, to get in and out of the car parking it either direction.

Before:
This was how it was (the worst way), I had to climb over the Predator to get out of the garage. I also tried putting the Pred back by the door, but you could still only use one door of the car and had to park it kind of sideways.

After:
The only problem at this point is the Pred is a little hard to get out. I think I might make a rolling dolly for it. Of course if I go ahead and get a washer and dryer, they will go right where it is sitting. I'll just deal with that when it happens.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Quake

All it really felt like here was the ground shaking like Jello. The some details are below.

LOS ANGELES - A strong earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. The jolt was felt from Los Angeles to San Diego, across the border in Tijuana, Mexico and slightly in Las Vegas.

The 11:42 a.m. quake was initially estimated at 5.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey but was revised downward to 5.4. More than a dozen aftershocks quickly followed, the largest estimated at magnitude-3.8.

The quake was centered 29 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles near the San Bernardino County city of Chino Hills, and was estimated to be about 8 miles below the earth's surface.

California is one of the world's most seismically active regions. More than 300 faults crisscross the state, which sits atop two of Earth's major tectonic plates, the Pacific and North American plates. About 10,000 quakes each year rattle Southern California alone, although most of them are too small to be felt.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Flood Video

This is one of the many that are on YouTube: