> It has been a long while since I had the hourly time charts for tides in
> Cali..does anyone know the QUICKEST loading site..something that does it
> with information and not a lot of graphics like in the good old days?!
> also I have several images of The Mendo Coast and I will upload a small
> link in a bit...if I remember...and Don I am late in getting the news
> up. Hectic here in WA...be up soon.
> Bob -Pinpoint Since 1992

> donald2b...@comcast.net wrote:
> > Maybe we need to be monitoring the height of tides off Vancouver
> > Island and Punta Gorda?
> > Stephen is our tidal expert.

> > Donald

> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: Steve Davidson
> > It appears that the current episode of EQs off the northern tip of
> > Vancouver Island is trailing off.

> > I don't know how this relates to lunar cycles but it certainly
> > seems that earth flexing is occurring in that area and generating
> > the EQs. The episode appears to be settling down again.

> > The techtonics of the Pacific Northwest is unique so these types
> > of events are to be expected. The plates are on the move in a
> > highly complex collision with a high amount of torque, twisting
> > and subduction.

> > But what is the straw that breaks the camel's back to make an EQ
> > or series of EQs happen at a particular time? Obviously, tensions
> > are building on faults all the time but what small precipitating
> > events act as a triggering mechanism?

> > That is where lunar, solar, and/or gravitational tidal effects
> > play a roll and that is where tracking EQs against the background
> > of these possible triggering effects will prove to be valuable.

> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Learning to see life more clearly, one image at a time...

> > Steve Davidson

> > ----- Original Message ----
> > From: "donald2b...@comcast.net"
> > To: Pinpoint-Newsletter@googlegroups.com
> > Sent: Saturday, August 30, 2008 7:27:03 PM
> > Subject: Pinpoint-News-- Re: Vancouver Island Update...

> > Steve
> > This swarm in still intriguing.
> > We are now out of the perigee week, as of 29 15:45, but we have
> > been in the week of the lunar Mid Point since 28 19:11. Today the
> > Moon crossed the Equator going south, and today is the New Moon.

> > The lunar apogee is Sept 07 at 14:59

> > Both the Mid Point and the Maximum Velocity dates are on September
> > 1, so I would expect only one 6M quake in their weeks. A
> > quake already occurred:

> > 6.3M 2008/08/30 06:54:06 -6.194 147.256 56.0 EASTERN
> > NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

> > This could well be related to the Moon crossing the Equator, so we
> > may well get another one.

> > Donald

> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: Steve Davidson
> > http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Maps/10/230_50_eqs.php

> > The EQ total for Vancouver Island since the current episode
> > began is now up to 34 of Mag 3.8 or higher. At the time of
> > this writing there had been another EQ within the last hour.

> > The largest EQ of 5.9 on the 28th of August is still the
> > largest of the series, but it does appear the current activity
> > is subsiding.

> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Learning to see life more clearly, one image at a time...

> > Steve Davidson