Friday 9/18/15- Earthquake special

This week Chile experienced an 8.3 earthquake.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20003k7a#general_summary

Big Bear had a 4.0.

http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/

And we had a tsunami alert for the beaches in Los Angeles. We regularly get earthquakes in California and you can see the latest here:
http://scedc.caltech.edu/recent/Maps/Los_Angeles.html

In preparation for our annual Shakeout drill, we have the following earthquake special.

Many people don't understand the Richter scale, as the intensity from one magnitude to the next is not logarithmic, but exponential. Compare equivalent energy release from the Northridge (5.6) vs San Francisco (7.8).

USGS put together the Shakeout Scenario to demonstrate a feasible earthquake and the effects it might have. This video puts that study into an alarming reality.

The best advice is always to DROP, COVER & HOLD. L.A. County Fire Department explain why.

Be prepared, and get an earthquake app. It's free and useful.
http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/earthquake-app

Friday 9/11/15

You work out the rest of your body. Now it's time to work out your face with Facercise!

Paul recently competed at the National Jitterbug Championships and so we have a few of the dance routines. In third place, Paul's old team LA Shag:

In second place, the Swinging Air Force Squad:

And in first place, Paul's new team, Special Delivery Stomp!

Friday 8/28/15

Disney announces Star Wars land to be created at it's theme parks.

Meanwhile in England, Banksy has opened Dismaland.

Channel 4 News report what Dismaland is like inside.

Friday 8/14/15

Where's the parachute?

Creepy German movie, Goodnight Mommy.

New trailer for the new Bond.

Friday 8/7/15

For anyone who's not jumped on the Banshee bandwagon, here's the official trailer.

SSX Tricky comes to life a skiers with parachutes take on the slopes, snow or no snow.
https://vimeo.com/100522199?outro=1

The pinnacle of human intelligence returns to the big screen for a second outing, 2oolander.

And Deadpool teases us. More soon hopefully...

Friday 7/17/15

Comic Con released a slew of comic inspired movie trailers, including Batman v Superman.

Suicide Squad.

And we also had Lights Out (a short horror).

Friday 7/10/15

It's Shark Week!

There's a whole new Sharknado coming your way.

Along with some other Sharknado potentials.

This week I saw a presentation by professor Keith Porter on reducing the effects of the big one, mitigating earthquake hazards. His full presentation can be found here:
http://www.sparisk.com/pubs/Porter-2015-ACP-OC.pdf

And to see the seismological simulator in action, see here:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2t0o3f