The Earthquake Benefit

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Yes, I could post this in the Memorial Day thread, but this event had enough drama that it needs to be split off. I've taken that step. Yes, I'm a rebel. Tell the tales. Show the photos. Share the Links to the crotch busting video.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Of course, it's the Iron Crotch Demonstration:
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If you can't see it, just go here: Iron Crotch

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

Of course there is a photo gallery. Who thought there wouldn't be one?

Earthquake Benefit

[Drunk Monk]

It's TigerClawFoundation.ORG, not .com. Please amend.

Thanks to glynch for making it all the way to the San Jose Convention Center and thinking the anime convention there was BayCon, the Fantasy Sci-Fi convention that was next door to us at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Thanks to Legbone for stalwartly guarding the door and bringing his SO to support with a ticket. Thanks to Herbox for buying a ticket too.

Special Thanks to Lady Cranefly, who revealed the inner sanctums of the 3rd floor. After cruising that scene for a half hour after the benefit, I found myself sucked into the dance floor wormhole, where I was forced to shake it to a mediocre house mix alongside pirates, vulcans, romulans and some dominitrixes until last call. No platypi, but wow I must now totally reassess my opinion of BayCon and the sci-fi/fantasy scene.

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I put some more video up at youtube.

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Or just go here: Benefit:The Hits

[Drunk Monk]

...since I felt normal. It was last year at the Ultimate Internationals (RDK) that I first caught pink eye, the first domino in my cascade into life with chronic pain (see http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/view...c&start=30 post Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:51 pm). That's been harshing my buzz from the weekend. In a way, I'm happy I can still handle an insane binge streak like the Warfield closure to this benefit to dancing with vulcans and romulans. Aside from the mystery bleeding, I feel ok. Mrs. Dm got sick, but not DM. Distrubing. Anyway, now to work for two weeks, catch up on stuff put off, until my Catskills trip...

[Greg_phpbb3_import1]

I swear all I heard was San Jose Convention Center. And that's where I showed up. There were no signs of Martial Artists anywhere. When I called the DM and told him I was surrounded by Fanime people, he said I was in the right spot and there was plenty of parking of Great America behind the hotel.

I couldn't reach the DM again via phone. I was being punked and all I had to do was find the cameras. It slowly dawned on me that DM had said Great America Parkway. That was no where near SJ Convention Center. It was near the other convention center. Crap.

Good thing the Yeti was answering his phone and was near a computer. He straightened me out and I was on my way to the right local. Fortunately, I did get some footage of the fanime convention. Those people are not all there. And no, I was never of that ilk.

Good times.

[Drunk Monk]

i confess. i have a cheap ghetto pay-2-play cell i got at walmart or target or something. it craps out a lot. sorry about that. we do appreciate your tenacity and intrepidness. i hope you and zachary had a good time.

the benefit raised just shy of $70K. our goal was $50K. not bad for something we had only 10 days to put together. and we're not done. we're setting up some continuing fundraisers through the mag. i doubt we'll make another 10K, but every little bit helps and we still have the DVD to finish and sell.

[The Queen]

... when Greg first posted the videos, I mentioned it and posted links to where to go to donate and the YouTube videos on my various court reporting and scoping web sites. These folks regularly ask for each others generosity for various causes, so although reporters and captioners are notoriously tight-fisted, you never know, it may help scrape up another dollar or two here or there.

[Drunk Monk]

HIJACKING THIS OLD THREAD for the anniversary of the big one. Has it really been 31 years?

Angus just posted this on sitonmyfacebook on one of our old AFS coworker's feed.

Me & Gene in the parking lot at AFS in SOMA. Once the shaking was done, he dropped me off at the fencing club in The Mission. The house next to the club was leaning up against it, a crack ran down the middle of South Van Ness. The sidewalks crunched with chips of broken marble stairs and bits of broken foundation. Red tags went up on houses all around the club.

I replied 

I remember we had just pulled out and were in the middle of the lot, where I stopped my car and we just rode it out. I remember watching the window across the street ripple like water and you saying "This is a long one". Then I dropped you off at Halberstadt and as I got on the freeway on ramp, the emergency broadcast signal came on. I looked back on SF and could see plumes of smoke from the Marina and other places.

There's more to the story. I went to Lam Kwoon for practice (that's when I was doing that crazy commute for my Kung Fu). It was closed and I was bummed. I returned to Castle Highland and grabbed my Rock Med jump bag (I was still a certified EMT back then) and was going to head out, but I didn't quite know where to go. Stacy and I had just hooked up and she had not returned home yet. She was working at the Sierra Club on Polk back then and commuted by BART, which we had heard was down. I was about to head out when she arrived home having sorted the bus route.

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...since I felt normal.  It was last year at the Ultimate Internationals (RDK) that I first caught pink eye, the first domino in my cascade into life with chronic pain (see http://brotherhoodofdoom.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=276&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30 post Mon Jun 18, 2007 7:51 pm).  That's been harshing my buzz from the weekend.  In a way, I'm happy I can still handle an insane binge streak like the Warfield closure to this benefit to dancing with vulcans and romulans.  Aside from the mystery bleeding, I feel ok.  Mrs. Dm got sick, but not DM.  Distrubing.  Anyway, now to work for two weeks, catch up on stuff put off, until my Catskills trip...

Well, this triggered some memories too. The closing of the Warfield was intense - 5 nights in a row of Phil Lesh and friends ending in a final closing night party that went to daybreak. I didn't take any time off - worked every day and then made it for SF and back from Fremont. I'm sad that the forum no longer has those threads. 

Then the earthquake benefit which was crazy for so many reasons. I didn't have to do load in or load out, or had near the responsiblities I had with TCEC after we moved to South Hall, or even had much of a Dragon Crew back then, but it was still work. 

Then that con with lady cf, ending in that cosplay dance party. I was still in my MC suit for the Benefit and wound up dancing with some vulcan and romulan gals in TOS costumes. That was so fun.

This old fencing nerd that I used to know from when I taught at De Anza - Tony - such a clown - he showed up. But he didn't seem to recognize me and I wasn't about to break away from my pointy-eared babes to talk to him (James T. Kirk taught me that much). 

That was one of DM's epic runs...back when he was young and invincible. 

The earthquake benefit was such a turning point in my life because it was when I was diagnosed with cervical arthritis. I've lived with that ever since. Just another scar that the sun couldn't heal.

[thatguy]

So, a 7.4 hit off the Alaskan penninsula ~12:54pm today. Tsunami warning along the coast. Should hit the central coast in 4-5 hours. The last tsunami to his SC was from Japan and sank a bunch of boats in the harbor.

That was not on my bingo card.

--tg

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According to this there's no threat to the west coast...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alaska-eart...020-10-19/

[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes near Alaska, triggering tsunami advisory[/color]
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]Updated on: October 19, 2020 / 7:25 PM[/color]

[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the Alaska Peninsula on Monday afternoon, triggering a tsunami warning in the region that has since been downgraded to an advisory, according to officials. There were no immediate reports of damage.[/color]

[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 1:54 p.m. PT some 56 miles southeast of Sand Hill and nearly 600 miles southwest of Anchorage. The earthquake had a depth of about 25 miles. Several larger aftershocks were also recorded at magnitudes 5.8, 5.7, 5.2 and 5.5.[/color]

[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]Emergency sirens were activated in Alaska and the Kodiak Emergency Operations Center is monitoring, CBS affiliate KTVA-TV reported. Police in the city of Homer are urgingresidents in low elevation areas to move to higher ground.[/color]

[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]The National Weather Service in Los Angeles and San Diego said there is no tsunami threat to the West Coast.[/color]
[color=rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.78)]In July, a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Alaska and prompted a tsunami warning, which was canceled several hours later.[/color]

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

All I need is the plague of frogs and I'll get BINGO.

[thatguy]

You jest...but I think that phrase is the one that opens the portal.

--tg

[Drunk Monk]

You jest...but I think that phrase is the one that opens the portal.

I wish I was jesting. Srsly. 

[Drunk Monk]

What a fine way to celebrate the anniversary of the quake...

...with another quake. 

Who felt it yesterday? I sure did. I thought it was going to tip my monitors. 

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When Did the Bay Area Last See an Earthquake Bigger Than 5.0? A Look At Notable Quakes of the 21st Century
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4)]We all remember (or remember learning about) the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989 — but what about earthquakes in this century?[/color]
By Kayla Galloway • [color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]Published October 25, 2022 • Updated on October 25, 2022 at 4:06 pm[/color]
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[color=rgba(13, 13, 13, 0.9)]A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook much of the Bay Area Tuesday morning, marking the biggest quake the region has seen in several years. 
The earthquake struck at 11:42 a.m. about 12 miles east of San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and was felt widely across the area. 
A USGS seismologist said the location of epicenter suggests the earthquake occurred along the Calaveras Fault line. 
So when was the last time the Bay Area saw an earthquake of this magnitude? 
Here’s a look back at earthquakes measured over magnitude 5.0 to hit the Bay Area in the 21st century.

[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]South Napa Earthquake — 2014
The magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck northwest of American Canyon on Aug. 24, 2014, killing one person, injuring more than 200 people and damaging over 1,000 buildings in Napa and Solano counties.
According to the California Earthquake Authority, the South Napa Earthquake was felt as far south as Bakersfield and as far north as Arcata in Humboldt County. The quake hit at 3:20 a.m. and caused an economic loss of $400 million, the earthquake authority noted. 
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]Alum Rock Earthquake — 2007[/color]
The magnitude 5.4 earthquake struck on Oct. 30, 2007 and was felt widely across the South Bay and Bay Area. This quake occurred on the Calaveras fault, according to the earthquake authority, though only caused “minor damage” in San Jose. 
Dr. Lucy Jones with the USGS said Tuesday's earthquake was the largest reported in the South Bay since Alum Rock in 2007.
[color=rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9)]Yountville Earthquake — 2000[/color]
The 5.0 magnitude earthquake jolted the North Bay overnight on Sept. 3, 2000 and was felt widely in Northern California. 
The California Earthquake Authority reported one death and more than 40 injuries related to the earthquake. Damage from the Yountville earthquake was estimated at $65 million at the time.[/color][/color]