Nice article about the quake off the coast of Japan and the subsequent advisory. 🧪

The Dynamite Disaster is one of the most nutso parts of the 1906 Quake. This article from the centennial describes it quite well.
www.sfgate.com/news/article...

A comet with a bluish head and long, thin tail against background stars.

Bartlomiej Grzywacz in Poland captured #Comet R3 PanSTARRS low above the horizon on Thursday. Thank you, Bartlomiej! ☄️🔭📸
buff.ly/ROtbCaj

Have you seen #Comet R3 PanSTARRS yet? See more pics of the comet and a finder chart:
buff.ly/0iBbMTv

Contents | Science 167, 3918 © 2026 American Association for the Advancement of Science. All rights reserved. AAAS is a partner of HINARI, AGORA, OARE, CHORUS, CLOCKSS, CrossRef and COUNTER. Science ISSN 0036-8075.

And here is a link to the digital archive of this edition
www.science.org/toc/science/...

Today in exploring my new office:

One of the original Apollo 11 @science.org mag copies! There are ads in the front and this one from JPL is my favorite.

9300m down in the sea.
‼️ 9300m ‼️
Crinoids!

I would hazard to say awesome! And will definitely have to put up with my shenanigan again.

I would also like to note that living in Hawaii I once called the water department because a turkey was stuck inside the fence at one of their pump stations.

He had been there ALL NIGHT and I was worried.

BUT it turns out it was in fact a type of BEE so now I feel justified in my actions. The one on the lower left.

I feel self consciousness about just how much of a white woman I am today.

I walked a bug down 3 flights of stairs because it couldn't figure out only the top of the window was open. Yes I looked for other windows...

Yes I asked someone to help me look for windows that would open

During my field work in Kenai area we were on a boat and like a cartoon EVERYONE was on one side looking at a whale and I was on the other side because PUFFINS

a stuffed penguin is sitting on a wooden chair in a room . ALT: a stuffed penguin is sitting on a wooden chair in a room .

I am annoyed. I got sick conveniently on a 3 day weekend and I just rested ALL weekend. ALL. 3. DAYS. I was so good!

I am still sick. I have things to do! Let me be better now! Ugh.

Might be the greatest opening paragraph of anything ever.

Stack of black and white rectangular stickers with a black background and white text. The text says <20 Hz infrasound

#Infrasound stickers will be with me at #EGU26 and in my office at #ULB

Massive Pyroclastic Flow Reaches the Base of Semeru Volcano (Mar 20, 2026) YouTube video by afarTV

🌋 A large pyroclastic density current (PDC) was caught on camera on the 20th of March at #Semeru (Indonesia)

youtu.be/Hi1TUpzMSOA

I am of the opinion that while you cannot be sassy in your official reply to edits or comments... on your own copy you can sass as much as you want.

Mt rainier above Seattle with a ferry boat in the foreground

PNW being epic. Just about to head to Europe for the next adventure!

[V1cam] Kīlauea volcano, Hawaii (west Halemaʻumaʻu crater) YouTube video by USGS

Turn the sound on! 🔊 The USGS V1 camera at Kilauea now has *audio* and tephra is falling on it right now - www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

Verity Vox and the Curse of Foxfire Witch apprentice Verity Vox has never encountered a pro…

One of my longtime friends had his debut novel come out in 2025 and I am finally having time to read it. I have the most amazing friends! share.google/KuTxKFNHTh7J...

Photo of the volcanic disaster game with a mini graduation cap on the box

Best way to celebrate my defense is several rounds of my favorite volcano themed game with friends!

I defended and passed my PhD defense yesterday. I'm almost back, just an international move....

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YES

Newspaper article called Ominous Findings on Seattle Quake Risk in the Seattle times

Image of the destruction of the Kingdom stadium in Seattle with the reference to the equivalent magnitude of 2.3

This ran on January 23, 2001. I also love how the destruction of the Kingdome 💔 was used as a magnitude reference.

Thought I would share another one from apparently my Nisqually Earthquake newspaper archive.

About a month earlier the Seattle Times ran a section on the earthquake risk in Seattle.

This quake also taught me about the dangers of bricks in earthquakes and lets face it started the Alaskan Way Viaduct saga. Which is one of the BEST stories to illustrate how hilarious getting anything done in Seattle can be.

I was allowed to go on "crack" patrol to check the building. This was the second significant earthquake I remember from growing up in Seattle. The first one taught me about particle motion and this one taught me about local geology impacts on shake magnitude.

Nisqually Earthquake 25th Anniversary YouTube video by KING 5 Seattle

25 years ago the Blanchet HS Basketball team was at State and we were given a late start. Walking into school I tripped going up the steps. I thought I was just tired. When I went in the front door the lights were swinging.
youtu.be/2FIS1myejCc?...

Design like a rosec made by a pendulum in sand by an earthquake

Newspaper clipping from March 14, 2001 about the earthquake rose in port Townsend

Going through papers at my parents house I found newspapers from the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. With my favorite being the article about the "earthquake rose"

I LOVE IT!