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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>….> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat<br>Subject: [ExI] California 5.1 Earthquake 25 Oct</p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>>…While many people in California felt a moderate earthquake Tuesday, some smartphone users actually got a heads-up before it happened thanks to technology developed at the University of California, Berkeley. Axios reports:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><<a href="https://slashdot.org/story/22/10/25/2120235/android-users-alerted-just-before-california-earthquake"><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'>https://slashdot.org/story/22/10/25/2120235/android-users-alerted-just-before-california-earthquake</span></a>><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>---------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Looks like it was near Spike.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Probably not enough to shake him out of bed though! :)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>BillK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>_______________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><img border=0 width=482 height=331 style='width:5.0208in;height:3.4479in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8E882.C52C31B0"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Well, coupla things BillK. The shake didn’t happen until after noon because we are already taking a lunch break at the time. That quake happened in Joseph Grant park east of San Jose. By sheer coincidence, my bride and I, along with another friend, had decided to go hiking in Grant Park today. The photo above shows them heading back down after the quake. We texted our son who was in school to see how it went down there. They made them do duck and cover, then a few minutes later, made them go out onto the ball field. He said nothing fell over as far as he could tell.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>None of us have that Berkeley app. But all three of us got pings within about a minute after the quake estimating where the epicenter was, and estimating accurately the 5.1 magnitude. The epicenter was about 4 miles south of where we were hiking.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>This is cool however, for now I will get that Berkeley app, see if it really can give me even a few seconds notice. I don’t think it coulda done it from where we were however, because we were too close: the waves travel at the speed of sound in rock, so it woulda only taken a coupla seconds to get there.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Adrian was farther away from the epicenter, so he is likely OK.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>spike <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>