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"The seven year-old male victim of a near drowning at Spring Hill Suites on 12/19/14 has passed away. The Police department received notification early this morning that the child died shortly after being removed from life support. His name will not be released at this time due to the need for notification of kin.
'On behalf of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department I’d like to offer my deepest sympathy to the family after this tragic accident. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this difficult time.' said Police Chief Lee White.
The family was visiting this area from Missoula Montana. The young boy was in the swimming pool and the father was in the hot tub and had not noticed. Apparently he dove into the pool when others had not noticed.
Ron Rattray
CME IMPACT: As
expected, a coronal mass ejection (CME) hit Earth's magnetic field on
Dec. 21st at approximately 1900 UT. The impact does not appear to be
particularly strong. Nevertheless, polar geomagnetic storms are possible
in the hours ahead. Aurora alerts: text, voice
SOLSTICE SKY ALERT: Sunday,
Dec. 21st is the northern winter solstice. At 6 pm EST, the sun will
reach its lowest declination in the celestial sphere, -23.5 degrees,
marking the start of winter and the longest night of the year at
northern latitudes. The long night could be filled with auroras. NOAA
forecasters estimate a 65% chance of polar geomagnetic storms in
response to glancing blows by one or two CMEs. Happy solstice!
Bob Shannon
Today is the first day of winter. That is if you're reading it today which is the day I'm writing it which is Sunday. So far it hasn't been very cold this winter. I suspect that's going to change soon. Almost 50° today and next couple of days is going to be 40. Christmas Day 39 or so. No snow. Then comes pretty big change from what I understand.I can't really go too far ahead. I can say is going to be in the teens anyway for cold nights. Daytime would be around the low 20s. It's really no big deal up until ourI can see. My son is over in Kellogg Idaho with his family snowboarding. You get up in the elevation and there is snow. We're talking Silver Mountain here. Me? I'm just sitting here watching the Seahawks and eaten pizza.
Rick Price
Five significant sized earthquakes have been recorded north west of Vancouver Island between Saturday afternoon and early Sunday morning. The quakes have all been between 4.0 and 5.0 magnitude. There were no tsunamis generated and no damage is expected as the earthquakes all struck well offshore. The nearest community is Port Hardy, about 190 kilometres away.
Three quakes occurred in approximately one hour Sunday at 1:40 am (4.9 mag.), 2:19 am (4.0 mag) and 2:45 am (4.5 mag). The first in the cluster of quakes, occurred at 2:54 pm Saturday. It was a magnitude 4.3.
The largest quake was 5.0 magnitude. It occurred at 6:57 pm Saturday.
Three quakes occurred in approximately one hour Sunday at 1:40 am (4.9 mag.), 2:19 am (4.0 mag) and 2:45 am (4.5 mag). The first in the cluster of quakes, occurred at 2:54 pm Saturday. It was a magnitude 4.3.
The largest quake was 5.0 magnitude. It occurred at 6:57 pm Saturday.
NOT FROM VANCOUVER QUAKES
“The size of the fault correlates to magnitude of the quake,” said Oskin.
A stronger quake could be as intense as 7.0, he said, and could devastate the Napa area. “A large earthquake in Napa Valley is close enough to the Delta to cause some worry about levee stability,” Oskin added.
The threat of earthquakes has been a longtime concern in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, said Nancy Vogel, spokeswoman for the California Department of Water Resources. “We have long known there is a seismic risk in the Delta,” Vogel said, adding that it was too soon for the department to respond to the research released Thursday.
Approximately 1,115 miles of levees protect 700,000 acres of lowland in the Delta, some of them old and privately built and owned. During the last century, there have been 162 Delta levee failures leading to flooded islands.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s last estimate concluded that there was a 62 percent probability that an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 or greater would occur in the Bay Area between 2003 and 2032.
An earthquake of that magnitude is capable of causing levee failures in the Delta region and could result in fatalities, extensive property damage and the interruption of water exports from the Delta for an extended period, according to USGS estimates.
The West Napa Fault is much smaller than the Hayward, Calaveras or San Andreas faults, but it could still endanger levees, Oskin said. It starts south of Napa and heads northwest, ending several miles north of Calistoga.
Identifying the length of some faults can be difficult. Stretches of the West Napa Fault, for instance, are hidden under vegetation or on private property, making access difficult.
“We rely on topography. We see increments of things happening with each successive earthquake,” Oskin said. “We were well prepared to make observations.”
Right after the quake hit, UC Davis students went out to measure the area. They were able to develop a rupture map in less than 15 hours after the quake.
The students and researchers also established there is a pattern of activity in the Napa region. They did so by comparing this year’s earthquake to the magnitude 5.0 Yountville earthquake that struck in 2000. It found that both earthquakes were on the same fault and that a small portion of that fault has ruptured twice in the past 15 years.
“Earthquakes are known to cluster, so maybe that’s what happened,” said Oskin.
Clusters of small earthquakes do not take up enough of the accumulated strain to reduce the likelihood of larger quakes, he said.
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A stronger quake could be as intense as 7.0, he said, and could devastate the Napa area. “A large earthquake in Napa Valley is close enough to the Delta to cause some worry about levee stability,” Oskin added.
The threat of earthquakes has been a longtime concern in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, said Nancy Vogel, spokeswoman for the California Department of Water Resources. “We have long known there is a seismic risk in the Delta,” Vogel said, adding that it was too soon for the department to respond to the research released Thursday.
Approximately 1,115 miles of levees protect 700,000 acres of lowland in the Delta, some of them old and privately built and owned. During the last century, there have been 162 Delta levee failures leading to flooded islands.
The U.S. Geological Survey’s last estimate concluded that there was a 62 percent probability that an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 or greater would occur in the Bay Area between 2003 and 2032.
An earthquake of that magnitude is capable of causing levee failures in the Delta region and could result in fatalities, extensive property damage and the interruption of water exports from the Delta for an extended period, according to USGS estimates.
The West Napa Fault is much smaller than the Hayward, Calaveras or San Andreas faults, but it could still endanger levees, Oskin said. It starts south of Napa and heads northwest, ending several miles north of Calistoga.
Identifying the length of some faults can be difficult. Stretches of the West Napa Fault, for instance, are hidden under vegetation or on private property, making access difficult.
“We rely on topography. We see increments of things happening with each successive earthquake,” Oskin said. “We were well prepared to make observations.”
Right after the quake hit, UC Davis students went out to measure the area. They were able to develop a rupture map in less than 15 hours after the quake.
The students and researchers also established there is a pattern of activity in the Napa region. They did so by comparing this year’s earthquake to the magnitude 5.0 Yountville earthquake that struck in 2000. It found that both earthquakes were on the same fault and that a small portion of that fault has ruptured twice in the past 15 years.
“Earthquakes are known to cluster, so maybe that’s what happened,” said Oskin.
Clusters of small earthquakes do not take up enough of the accumulated strain to reduce the likelihood of larger quakes, he said.
http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article4654260.html
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