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2020-08-11 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Earthquake Forecast for the Salton Sea Swarm of August 2020

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Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-11 04:51|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The Salton Sea is a scary toilet. It was once supposed to be the Riviera of the California desert.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-11 06:28|| 2020-08-11 06:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Salton Sea is indeed a dump. It was not a natural creation - coming from a breach in the Colorado River levees, fed by the "New River" - sewage/chemical drainage from Mexico

Posted by Frank G 2020-08-11 07:26|| 2020-08-11 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 It was a really nice place when I was there as a kid in the '50s, MM.

Drove through there about 10 years ago and both you and Frank are being nice about it.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2020-08-11 07:54|| 2020-08-11 07:54|| Front Page Top

#4 Apparently Gaia is in agreement with comments 1-3.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-11 07:56|| 2020-08-11 07:56|| Front Page Top

#5 In the other side of the country, there was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake early Sunday morning centered around Sparta, NC. It was the biggest since 1916. 5.1 magnitude earthquake. It was fairly shallow in origin.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-08-11 08:58|| 2020-08-11 08:58|| Front Page Top

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-08-11 09:28|| 2020-08-11 09:28|| Front Page Top

#7 My son and I were driving east on I-10 just past Calexico when this quake happened:

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-jun-24-la-me-624-mexicali-earthquake-20100624-story.html

Posted by crazyhorse 2020-08-11 11:22|| 2020-08-11 11:22|| Front Page Top

#8 Bombay Beach is a 50s post apocolyptic museum. Do stop by the Ski Inn for a decent cheeseburger and cool beverage. It's also at the lowest elevation of any bar in N America.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-08-11 12:00|| 2020-08-11 12:00|| Front Page Top

#9 I've heard the theory that at one time the Gulf of California extended north to include what we now know as the Salton Sea. From what I've heard, it used to boast excellent fishing and was a swinging hot spot of a resort. Like most of California, it is subject to seismic activity.

From https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Sonny_Bono_Salton_Sea/about.html...
The courses of the New and Alamo Rivers run through the Refuge, providing fresher water to the Salton Sea. However, because the Sea has no outlet, the salt content of the water has increased steadily over time. Due to agricultural runoff and rise in the level of the Salton Sea, most of the original Refuge area has been covered completely by the salty lake. At present, only about 2,000 acres are farmed and managed for wetlands. Rye grass is grown on the Refuge as food for wintering geese in the area. However, as farming practices have changed, less water is being used on neighboring crops and therefore runoff into the Salton Sea has decreased over time, lowering the shoreline and further increasing salt content. In 1998, the Refuge was renamed after Congressman Sonny Bono, who helped inform the U.S. Congress of the environmental issues facing the Salton Sea as well as acquiring funding for this Refuge to help it respond to avian disease outbreaks and other habitat challenges at the Salton Sea.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-08-11 12:29|| 2020-08-11 12:29|| Front Page Top

#10 ^ A subject of much discussion due to the repeated claims of a Spanish shipwreck in that region that is exposed from time to time by the winds. That search continues.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2020-08-11 15:36|| 2020-08-11 15:36|| Front Page Top

#11 They're warming up in the bull pen.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-08-11 16:17|| 2020-08-11 16:17|| Front Page Top

#12 San Andreas Fault earthquake swarm sparks fears of ‘Big One’

Posted by Skidmark 2020-08-11 16:28|| 2020-08-11 16:28|| Front Page Top

#13 /\ It's too late. Most of them have already resettled in Georgia. Thank you Pinewood Studios.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-08-11 16:41|| 2020-08-11 16:41|| Front Page Top

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