Two brush fires broke out yesterday. One is not controlled and the other rages on. Most areas have been getting Santa Ana winds or Devil winds as the indians would call them. The earth is very dry now and this leads to cracking. They made contrails again this morning. This time well off the coast running from north to south and the thin clouds covered most of the sky. By eleven, I wasn't feeling that good and work became harder. I wanted to quit, but I didn't. If it's possible, I've made it a habit to always finish what I start. USGS lists 14 EQs for the day so far and Albania and Utah stand out to me. Albania got a 4.9, 4.6 and 4.8 which is kinda strange. It's history in my data has been:

8/20/96 1:26 E/N GREECE-ALBANIA 5.2
5/16/97 7:00 E/N ALBANIA 5.3
11/12/97 16:26 E/N GREECE-ALBANIA 5.0
9/30/98 23:42 E/N 9/30 ALBANIA 5.1

So, the fours are kinda funny and I would think of them as foreshocks just to be safe.

Otherwise, it was a fantastic weather day and you would have thought it late Spring. The moon played a big role in fighting the Glendale/Burbankfire last night. The bulldozers could be used and they were able to cut the fire off from some homes. 92,000 had their power cut off for five minutes due to a transformer exploding because of the slooper dropping its water on it to hit the fire. I thought the five minutes was interesting.

Well, here's the changes in the PRs. They, too, are interesting.

>LS-NORTH SAN FRANCISICO TO TIP OF ALEUTIANS/+4.8 at S.F./50%
>PR PR DATE CRT.DATE MAG POSSIBLE LOCATION
60MM- 12/19-27 +6.5 if N. Bay area/+8.0 if Aleutains

Short itching late today. Most likely NOT for the above quake, but something much lesser.

>TR-FAR NORTHEAST/+4.6/50%
Out of critical until 1/18.

>RS-NORTHRIDGE TO SAN JOSE/4.4/50%
60MM 11/25/94 12/14-22 +6.2 If Parkfield
2MM 5/8/97 12/22-29 +4.0 If Northridge aftershock

>RB ARC - RIDGECREST TO N. GULF OF CAL./+4.2/50%
150MS- 6/8/94 12/20-28 +7.8 If Yucaipa
60MM- 9/1/94 12/16-24 +8.0 if New York
60MM- 9/4/94 12/19-27 +8.0 If east Canada
60MS+ 2/22/95 12/17-26 +6.0 if Yucaipa
45MM 10/22/95 12/17-25 +5.5 if Salton Sea
30MM- 6/6/99 12/15-23 +6.7 if New York

>C L. A. BASIN-SOUTH COAST-/+4.0/+50%
Out of critical until 1/10.
>LB-S. CAL COAST NORTH/50%
10MM+ 10/22/95 12/17-25 +5.0 if off Pr. Dume

>B- BAJA COAST/5.0/50%
10MM+ 10/22/95 12/17-25 +5.2 if off Baja west

>TL-RING OF FIRE/WORLD OUTSIDE OTHER AREAS/+6.3/50%
45MM 1/12/966 12/22-30 +7.0 if N. Atlantic

>TL S RANGE SPIKES IN CRITICAL: One S+ (In critical; 12/14-22, 12/31-1/8)

>For my history and 7.0 matches, July, August and September matches.
>http://www.basicso.com/~diane/index.html