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San Francisco Bay Area Hit By Strongest Earthquake In 25 Years; Wine Country Shakes - LIve Webcast
First a drought, then a plague, now an earthquake: if these three aren't enough to help boost California's GDP, then it may be time for Krugman to resign. Oh and prepare for wine prices to become the latest participant in Janet Yellen's inflationary "noise" parade. The reason - images such as this one showing what happens when a powerful quake hits just miles away from San Francisco's wine area.
Earthquake at @SilverOak pic.twitter.com/uSfHX2WzBk
— David Duncan (@DavidSilverOak) August 24, 2014
The red stuff is luckily not blood:
Walgreens at Redwood St in Vallejo #earthquake #BayAreaQuake pic.twitter.com/zCW41i9oEi
— AnaBanana (@anabanana0924) August 24, 2014
As Reuters reports, and as thousands felt early this morning, an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude, the largest in the region for 25 years, shook the San Francisco Bay Area early on Sunday, waking residents and causing some power outages and minor damage, according to initial reports. NBC Bay Area reports that The Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa has admitted 70 patients but their injuries are not expected to be serious. An office building in Napa was dechunked.
A video from the quake in progress:
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said the epicenter of the quake was eight km (five miles) northwest of the town of American Canyon, on the northern edge of the Bay, hitting some 9 kilometers away from the city of Napa at a depth of 10.8 kilometers. Latest shake map below.
Randy Baldwin, a USGS geophysicist, said the tremor was potentially damaging because it was close to populated areas. He added the USGS was starting to receive reports of some damage in the city of Napa, mostly masonry and some structural damage, as well as power outages.
Local CBS news said that several fires had broken out in Napa, which is famous as a wine-growing center. A safety dispatcher for several cities, including American Canyon and Napa, said there were reports of people losing power. The latest PG&A outage map is shown below:
Police dispatchers in nearby San Francisco and Oakland said there were no reports of major damage.
“Oh I felt it. When I woke up I was lying on the floor. It kicked me out of bed,” said Keith, a man who lives in Napa and who wanted to be identified only by his first name. He said he went right into his job at the front desk of a Napa hotel, leaving his house in disorder. “The house is a mess, everything is out of the cabinets in the kitchen. Dressers tipped over.”
The quake was the largest to hit the Bay area since the Loma Prieto quake in 1989. "It is the strongest quake in a 60-mile (100-km) radius from the epicenter of this quake in several decades," Baldwin said.
Reuters reporters in Oakland felt the quake as a long, low swell that shook gently for several seconds. "It was a shallow quake and there are lots of aftershocks," Baldwin said, adding most were around magnitude 2 range.
The question now is whether the aftershocks, which can continue for the next several weeks and which experts will watch their distribution to determine if this quake happened on a fault line, will morph into something even stronger.
Meanwhile, here is some documentary evidence of the aftermath:
Napa hall of justice damage #earthquake pic.twitter.com/giwx7Cr3qA
— Jessette Porter (@racrmom) August 24, 2014
#EQ #earthquake #napa pic.twitter.com/cIkX3GbUDB
— Chris Lundstrom (@gadget_slave) August 24, 2014
Wine section at Safeway in American Canyon pic.twitter.com/du1jgB6WCS
— Anindya Chaudhuri (@andy_bms) August 24, 2014
Walmart trashed in American Canyon. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/Y4Fd6BUfCQ
— Mike Nicco (@MikeNiccoABC7) August 24, 2014
Multiple mobile homes in Napa Valley on fire after region's largest quake in 25 years pic.twitter.com/bvyax9Uqje
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) August 24, 2014
Finally, here is a live feed of the event from NBC:
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It's like like déjà vu all over again.
Couldn't resist.
"Nobody goes there anymore because it's too crowded."
"He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious."
"Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical." Best. Manager. Ever.
In '69, when the "Amazin' Mets" won the World Series, they were given a ticker tape parade in NYC. It was an unseasonably warm day. John Lindsay was Mayor and he and his wife were shaking hands with each of the players. As Mrs. Lindsay shook Yogi's hand she said..."Mr. Berra, you certainly look nice and cool in your white linen suit". Yogi....without missing a beat said "Thanks Mrs. Lindsay. You don't look so hot yourself".
OMG: up goes the price of Echo Falls.
This must be the fault of global warming. I mean, like, that's obvious.
Those who think it's to do with Mother Nature are just in denial.
/s
Just wait a month, there'll be an article on ZH saying the rising price of wine in San Fransisco is an indication of runaway inflation due to QE.
Shit! I've been waiting since 1975 when Leonard Nimoy told me the big one was going to devastate California. Best episode of In Search Of, but it's been total bullshit for 40 years!
I'm starting to see a pattern here.
It's San Fran. The only reason this is sad is because the quake didn't finish the job.
Why don't they seed the clouds like they did here in Oklahoma city the drought is gone and was as bad until the chem trails were seen all over the place. Guess Cali wont spend the money for the cancer that Im sure it causes. God pretty pissed i assume and Cali would deserve the wrath
They paint the sky over Northern CA all of the time. With what exactly I do not know.
Earthquakes reported in Iran & Chile as well as reported on Russia Today.
Wars
Genocide
Economic Terrorism
Torture
Illegal Spying
Militarized Police Executions
The World is Literally Blowing up in Flames.
All is well. Sunday Golfing coupled withe Selfie pictures will ease the mind. Just look at around and you will see not veyr many folks are concerend about the world . Plan is working. Nothing like inbred fucks in the USSA . Maybe some can be sent to fight some wars
This just in.....Obama is going golfing......yeah again.
Maybe he should fly to San Francisco to inspect the damage and then make a short rip down the coast to play a few rounds at Pebble Beach and Spyglass!
California quakes are little league next to those in Chile. On the richter scale, a 5.0 earthquake is 10 times the magnitude of a 4.0 earthquake. In the last year Chile had a 8.2 quake and dozens of 6.0+ aftershocks.
Last week I had Chile and created a 8.9 quake.
There's a section of the San Andreas that has the potential to lay down an 8.0. I don't remember exactly how far the most stressed portion of that fault is expected to slip, but it's in the tens of feet.
Well, thats not going to break nearly enough windows for stimuli. NEED MOAR STIMULI!!!
Besides, the unbroken wine bottles on the floor with stained labels will be discounted causing a deflationary offset.
Broken windows galore. Krugman just jizzed himself.
No, no, no, Yellen gets more excuses for th economy into her pipeline.
Dear imaginary old man in the sky, please let San Fransicko break off and fall into the Pacific ocean. Make sure to take Nancy Piglousi, Barbara Boxeater, and Diane Fiendslime with it.
AMENhotep
California Wineries should have restraining orders on their bottles.
Hot & Dry weather the cause of earthquakes? When I lived in LA, the locals called it "Shake & Bake."
Bomb the earthquakes.
No ... Just ban all earthquakes ..
Tax 'em.
You might have a place in state politics.
Subsidize 'em.
Why not? The libs/democrats in Maryland now tax the rain.
I could imagine some forced earthquake insurance scheme coming.
I think in N. CA the "forced earthquake insurance" is also known as a mortgage. There may be ways around it but I don't think so.
EXCELLENT(!!!!) news according to the Keynesians. Lots of broken windows to repair and trash disposal to employ illegal aliens. jobs, Jobs, JOBS!!! This is Dear Leader Obama's dream come true.
Harmonic vibrations from Iceland volcano. Expect more as the earth's crust unzips in Iceland.
It's Nibiru! It's Nibiru comming to crash into Earth.. AGAIN!!
AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Run away! Run away!!
Oh wait...
Does this mean that Ferguson is over now?
FORWARD to the next crisis COMRADES!
The MSM figured out it was a good shoot, albeit without stellar shot grouping, but what would yours look like after a 300lb 18 year old and his buddy pounded your face.
There was a short but impressive slammer in mid-July of 1989 (6.1) about 100 days before the Loma Prieta quake of Oct. 17, 1989 (6.9). Skip the dip and move.
yeah, but its a slow news month...
That's what happens when Pelosi looks in a mirror. Wake me when the whole state detaches, and meets Fukushima.
The whole idea of the state detaching reminds me of Representative Hank Johnson of Georgia who infamously feared the island of Guam might capsize if too many American servicemen were stationed there.
Trailers in CA? Probably going for 1+ million each....
A vigorous and frank secession debate .
The "nay's" won . For now...
This is all good. Jobs, construction materials, apppliances, wine price through the roof. We're going to the fucking moon Monday. BTFD.....this may be your last chance.
You'd think if you owned a wine cellar in earthquake country that you'd be willing to spare the chump change it would take to nail some wire mesh over the front of those wine racks...
Not if your insurance carrier isn't going to grant you a premium discount.
Earthquakes are quite common in California. Duuh! Most Californians don't even realize how common they are. In the last year over 3200 earthquakes occurred in California. But the fact is more than 99% that happen under our feet we don't even feel. I was just reading there was one centered about 25 miles away from me about 27 days ago. It was only a 3.3 which no one is going to feel. Since moving to San Diego County 7 years ago, I haven't felt a single earthquake, but there were probably a thousand that might have occurred under my feet.
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You didn't feel the 7 in Mexicali a few years back on an Easter Sunday?
Cracked my tile floor 80 miles away.
If you look at the map, I live in Concord. Didn't feel a thing. Loma Prieta in '89 killed dozens of people. This one, a few cans of tuna fall off a shelf and the media's cryin' "Oh! The Humanity! The Humanity".
Fuck the MSM and their needless sensationalizing of events. It's a public disservice.
Griego, I live in 94521 and there was a noteworthy 10-12 second shake that sloshed the water in our pool but did no apparent damage and did not set the dogs to howlin'. Nothing like an earthquake to remind people who's really in power.
I'm 94519. Slept through it I guess. Glad your pups didn't freak. Got more respect for them than most of the screamin' mimis that live around me.
I woke my husband and dog and we went into walking closet. Dog wagging, thought it was fun.
He isn't that smart though...:)
You must have been passed out. I felt it, but I was already up. It was rolling and long.
We aren't on the Rogers Creek fault, we are on the Concord fault.
Everyone around me woke up at 3:20 and never went back to sleep.
Im in 94521 and I am on a slab, so it was much milder.
Eh, I'm just south of SF and it barely even woke me up. Non event. Zzz
Earthquake California:
first fotos of destruction:
http://homment.com/earthquake22
Latest NEWS:
http://tersee.com/#!q=earthquake&t=text
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iceland just had an earth quake near the volcano israel needs eyes looking elsewhere from the genocide happening in gaza and the disaster that is ukrainia
mnewn called it about an hour ago. "TW will blame it on the joos" as I paraphrase.
Yeah. That nasty jew-controlled sea-based radar is shaking the American southwest.
Or, the fucking state sits on multiple geologic faultlines. I guess you've never shaved with Occum's Razor. It really is a close, comfortable shave for those who don't suffer from chemical imbalances of the brain.
Naw, it's the zionists.
Schizo-affected Wanker.
What is your father, Tony? Is he a rabbi? Does he stink of the foreskin?
You know how quickly the boys found you... all those tedious sticky fumblings in the back seats of cars... while you could only dream of getting out... getting anywhere... getting all the way to the mi6.
But I have followed with enthusiasm over the course of your repetative comments and ZH shaming. My down arrows never bothered me, but you... may lack perspective.
Your father, the dead rabbi, figures largely in your value system. I think whatever success you enjoyed in your anti-zionist ramblings pleased you most because you could imagine your father being pleased. But now, alas, you're a bad odor within massad. Do you imagine your daddy being shamed by your disgrace? Do you see him in his plain pine box crushed by your failure; a sorry, petty end of a promising career as a blog-poster? What is worst about this humiliation, Tony? Is it how your failure will reflect on your mommy and daddy? Is your worst fear that people will now and forever believe you were indeed just good old trailer camp tornado bait? Is this coincidence, or are you back on the case of finding zionists wherever they may lie? If so, goody goody. I imagine you sitting in a dark basement room bent over papers and computer screens. Is that accurate? Please tell me truly, Tony. Regards, your old pal Minge.
Man, that was cathartic!
You are a little man.
Ouch.
good for gdp?
Just a load of broken glass - no need to panic.
Yes TBT ... make the Caldecott Tunnel the 'Gateway to the Beach' !
Cali is long over due for a huge earthquake. These silly little 6.0 range earthquakes are really non-events.
"Cali is long over due for a huge earthquake. These silly little 6.0 range earthquakes are really non-events."
Damn Earthquake terrorists! However, I have confidence that the TSA, NSA, and FBI will stop 'em.
An American, not US subject.
Yes, stop plate tectonics!!!
/s
Except for when they are the "opening act" for a bigger show.
meh....
Ken was not knocked out of bed.
Desks did not "flip" themselves.
The wine came off the shelves only after owners scooped them off to fake an insurance claim.
The only saving grace will be that home prices in CA will crater.
Oh, and the mobile home fires? Crack/Meth-labs are nasty, volatile undertakings that you should not shake or smoke near. Just sayin'
Based on the propaganda media's hype, they got a steeple-distractor that they didn't have to manufacture--All a go for the bombing of Syria/Assad by way of ISIS.
An American, not US subject.
Yawn....
wake me when the bay area has slipped into the ocean.
Wake me up when Lloyd Blankfein goes to jail...
ISIS demanded thirteen billion dollars or they'll do it again.
Consoler-In-Chief Obama rushed to the TelePrompter to give another canned ham response, and then he beheaded back to the golf course.
Obamas upcoming speech "we need common sense earhquake control. Wont somebody think of the golf courses!"
My guess it has something to do with the drought, as a there is mass well drilling in this area and millions of gallons of water that was not allocated per day is now being pumped out of the ground. I think we will see alot more headlines like this in the future..
Or, tectonic plates shifted as they have for thousands of years.
Pink sea-salt comes from the Himalayas. The good stuff is at 8,000 meters.
Oops. Accidental double post.
Love the stuff. I have a grinder full of it sitting on my butcher block.
Kind of has a hint of smoke in the flavor.
Really? You got your head up your ass. There are MANY quakes every day in that area. Go do some easy USGS research.
Hey cultivader stop smoking so much of your production and get some facts!! Here is an article National Geographic did last week on the effects of massive well drilling in California including increased seizmic activity. Aquifers stabalize areas when they are full. When they are depleted it creates more instability because the area is now empty. Same reason we are seeing so many sinkholes popping up everywhere! Why you you believe a fucking thing the USGS would publish anyway? They turned the meters off in Yellowstone as soon as the Activity got above their comfort zone..
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/08/140819-groundwater-california-drought-aquifers-hidden-crisis/
I'm trying to follow the logic here. The earthquatke is caused by the drought? The drought is caused by water well drilling? Drilling for water causes earthquakes? The misallocation of millions of gallons of water is the problem? So if the planners of water allocation had forecasted water use properly in amount and specific use then earthquakes in Northern California would not happen?
How did the practice of fracking get passed the Sierra Club, Nancy Pelosi and all the other groups that are against humans doing anything other than breathing and even that action is deemed taxable and harmful? If it is actually true, the practice of "pumping millions of gallons of water out of the ground daily", I wonder if the reality of finally running out of other people's money finally dawned on the political elites of the area? Would that cause them to turn a blind eye to allowing such a disastrous practice? Monterey public schools have been bankrupt for some time and I doubt it is unique to northern Cali.
A much larger volcano on the verge than the one that shut down EU air travel:
Iceland's Bardarbunga Volcano Eruption Threat Reduced, But Earthquakes Increase
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmack/2014/08/24/icelands-bardarbunga-vol...
Icelandic Earthquake Guys
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volcanism/articles/nr/2947
Was just there yesterday... More media hysteria. Same old crap. They show a few old, poorly built, known unstable buildings that lost some bricks. The rest of the place is basically unaffected. You won't see pictures of that.
Interview all the clowns with mouths grandstanding in their government costumes. The commie governor (A puppet of the global criminals) declares 'emergency' because cans fell out of the cupboards in some cheap apartment. Run a media psych-op. Whip up fear. Have the helpless serfs kiss the feet of the 'emergency workers.'
Their answer to warped, out of control government is as always - More Government.
"No one saw this coming...."
"The latest PG&A outage map is shown below"
Not that it matters, but its PG&E (pathetically greedy egomaniacs), but 'pathetically greedy assholes' works too.
Let me guess, another piece of evidence that Climate Change is at hand and we must not let the "Deniers" stand in the way another moment. We have to get those carbon credits, water credits, and all other regulation that will raise taxes as well as curtail use of all things needed daily for a human to function in today's world. We just want those that can afford to do so use the resources at their will while those that cannot afford to pay the price will be the ones to carry the burden of conservation.
With the conversion to digital, smart meters etc... the Authority is set to determine exactly how much energy you are allowed to use daily. When you hit their notion of enough, they will just shut your house down.
My cable company now sends a signal to my tv asking me "Are you still watching TV, hit select to continue" This is just the beginning and it's quite annoying. Yeah I watch a lot of TV, especially since being too sick to have consistent energy levels. It doesn't seem like a big deal but damned I pay money for cable 24 hours a day, not just for a certain amount of time. I damned sure don't get a refund when my cable goes out for any amount of time!
Same day as Pompeii
Happy Fracking!
Yeah, It was fracking. It had nothing to do with tectonic plates grinding against each other for a few thousand years. For fuck's sake, spew your idicocy at your town hall anti-fracking meeting. Coffee is provided but you'll have to bring your own snacks.
This earthquake appears to be near the Rodgers Creek fault. The one to watch however is the northern end of the Hayward fault, which is just to the south of the Rodgers Creek fault. The Hayward fault has not popped a good one since 1868 and is way overdue. It runs under heavily populated Oakland and Berkeley. When it lets loose we will find out how earhquake resistant the new eastern span of the Bay Bridge really is. I have my doubts.
http://walkingthefault.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/bay-area-faults.jpg
http://www.sfexaminer.com/imager/bay-bridge/b/original/2567181/1237/New_...
More plate shifting to occur. It's a good thing to see EBS giving a ten second panic sex warning. No, it doesn't need more taxpayer funding, typical waste of money. Let's move the bar 30 seconds or 5 minutes, what can you actually do too brace for a earthquake? Do you think you'd be able to wrap your Royal Dalton China with the NYT and hide it in a place where the earth's crust will not throw it up in the air.
Stupid liberals always find ways to spend your money with negative results.
I guess they be selling bubbly now
Pharaoh, let my people go!
Media says one billion dollars in damage, which is nothing. Its what the FED cojures up from nothing before your mid morning coffee.
ZH editors heard screaming, "dammit why didnt more people die, this will barely make the 9o'clock news!"
The image of 10 million screaming nancy boys holding onto each other in fear is too horrible to imagine.
Putin did it
The good news is SF Home Depot will be a great stock buy tomorrow as HD parking lots are full of nancy boys lining up to get the latest paint colors
I wish the author had posted a warning that graphic images of wine wastage were included. I'm scarred for life. My eyes........ All that lovely booze......