Stuff for others -

Gamers? Go nuts. Promise. You know these people. You're lying if you say you don't. Honest.

I had to run home to meet the Vector Control lady (does that sound nifty or what? She's a real native in these parts, too - classic Asian/Hawaiian and very sweet. I may have to talk to her again. I won't mind.) - but in the fifteen minutes or so before she arrived, I was able to attack the flower beds with some vigor and pulled out a shitpot load of weeds, watered everything - and enjoyed my roses for a good bit before she arrived.

Oh, we got rats. I know how they got in now - and what to do about it. Getting rid of them entirely? Not likely. However, I don't have to tolerate them inside spaces - they can run around in the trees and such without bothering me, according to Amy. Matter of fact, I have possums, even though I don't see them. They're there. Okay.

The problem now is that the only real solution is to poison them. I can set some more snap traps, but they've been incredibly ineffective in the past.

So - now we have a weekend project to weatherstrip and close off the openings where the rats have travelled - and set some bait traps. *shudders*

I'm keeping my rule of thumb regarding unwanted pests in my house - someday, natural selection will come up with an ant, a roach, a mouse - whatever - that knows NOT to come in the house. Because I keel everything that steps over the doorway.

Ugh. This means doing something I really won't like. Guess that's life. Because we can't keep going like this - we'll be at risk for certain narsties if I don't do something.

Poison bait. Hey, it's free if I want to make a trip to Pedro to get it. *winces*

Stuff for others -

Gamers? Go nuts. Promise. You know these people. You're lying if you say you don't. Honest.

I had to run home to meet the Vector Control lady (does that sound nifty or what? She's a real native in these parts, too - classic Asian/Hawaiian and very sweet. I may have to talk to her again. I won't mind.) - but in the fifteen minutes or so before she arrived, I was able to attack the flower beds with some vigor and pulled out a shitpot load of weeds, watered everything - and enjoyed my roses for a good bit before she arrived.

Oh, we got rats. I know how they got in now - and what to do about it. Getting rid of them entirely? Not likely. However, I don't have to tolerate them inside spaces - they can run around in the trees and such without bothering me, according to Amy. Matter of fact, I have possums, even though I don't see them. They're there. Okay.

The problem now is that the only real solution is to poison them. I can set some more snap traps, but they've been incredibly ineffective in the past.

So - now we have a weekend project to weatherstrip and close off the openings where the rats have travelled - and set some bait traps. *shudders*

I'm keeping my rule of thumb regarding unwanted pests in my house - someday, natural selection will come up with an ant, a roach, a mouse - whatever - that knows NOT to come in the house. Because I keel everything that steps over the doorway.

Ugh. This means doing something I really won't like. Guess that's life. Because we can't keep going like this - we'll be at risk for certain narsties if I don't do something.

Poison bait. Hey, it's free if I want to make a trip to Pedro to get it. *winces*

Stuff for others -

Gamers? Go nuts. Promise. You know these people. You're lying if you say you don't. Honest.

I had to run home to meet the Vector Control lady (does that sound nifty or what? She's a real native in these parts, too - classic Asian/Hawaiian and very sweet. I may have to talk to her again. I won't mind.) - but in the fifteen minutes or so before she arrived, I was able to attack the flower beds with some vigor and pulled out a shitpot load of weeds, watered everything - and enjoyed my roses for a good bit before she arrived.

Oh, we got rats. I know how they got in now - and what to do about it. Getting rid of them entirely? Not likely. However, I don't have to tolerate them inside spaces - they can run around in the trees and such without bothering me, according to Amy. Matter of fact, I have possums, even though I don't see them. They're there. Okay.

The problem now is that the only real solution is to poison them. I can set some more snap traps, but they've been incredibly ineffective in the past.

So - now we have a weekend project to weatherstrip and close off the openings where the rats have travelled - and set some bait traps. *shudders*

I'm keeping my rule of thumb regarding unwanted pests in my house - someday, natural selection will come up with an ant, a roach, a mouse - whatever - that knows NOT to come in the house. Because I keel everything that steps over the doorway.

Ugh. This means doing something I really won't like. Guess that's life. Because we can't keep going like this - we'll be at risk for certain narsties if I don't do something.

Poison bait. Hey, it's free if I want to make a trip to Pedro to get it. *winces*

Earworms

We were watching some Ruroni Kenshin over the weekend. We do that, on occasion - yanno, look at DVDs we own more than once.

End of the Kyoto arc, of course. And there was little tune running in the background - really nice, quiet and sweet.

And I recognized it from an old Billy Joel album.

Hate it when that happens.

Turns out Joel lifted it from the same place the Kenshin folks did - it's Beethoven's sonata "Pathetique."

Damned earworms.

Earworms

We were watching some Ruroni Kenshin over the weekend. We do that, on occasion - yanno, look at DVDs we own more than once.

End of the Kyoto arc, of course. And there was little tune running in the background - really nice, quiet and sweet.

And I recognized it from an old Billy Joel album.

Hate it when that happens.

Turns out Joel lifted it from the same place the Kenshin folks did - it's Beethoven's sonata "Pathetique."

Damned earworms.

Earworms

We were watching some Ruroni Kenshin over the weekend. We do that, on occasion - yanno, look at DVDs we own more than once.

End of the Kyoto arc, of course. And there was little tune running in the background - really nice, quiet and sweet.

And I recognized it from an old Billy Joel album.

Hate it when that happens.

Turns out Joel lifted it from the same place the Kenshin folks did - it's Beethoven's sonata "Pathetique."

Damned earworms.

Whoo-hoo, CERT time!

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0259Z 15 JUN 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0251Z 15 JUN 2005
COORDINATES - 41.3 NORTH 125.7 WEST
LOCATION - OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.4

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

--

..

Uh, yeah.

Whoo-hoo, CERT time!

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0259Z 15 JUN 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0251Z 15 JUN 2005
COORDINATES - 41.3 NORTH 125.7 WEST
LOCATION - OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.4

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

--

..

Uh, yeah.

Whoo-hoo, CERT time!

TSUNAMI BULLETIN NUMBER 001
PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER/NOAA/NWS
ISSUED AT 0259Z 15 JUN 2005

THIS BULLETIN IS FOR ALL AREAS OF THE PACIFIC BASIN EXCEPT
ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

... TSUNAMI INFORMATION BULLETIN ...

THIS MESSAGE IS FOR INFORMATION ONLY. THERE IS NO TSUNAMI WARNING
OR WATCH IN EFFECT.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE PRELIMINARY PARAMETERS

ORIGIN TIME - 0251Z 15 JUN 2005
COORDINATES - 41.3 NORTH 125.7 WEST
LOCATION - OFF COAST OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
MAGNITUDE - 7.4

EVALUATION

NO DESTRUCTIVE PACIFIC-WIDE TSUNAMI THREAT EXISTS BASED ON
HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DATA.

HOWEVER - EARTHQUAKES OF THIS SIZE SOMETIMES GENERATE LOCAL
TSUNAMIS THAT CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE ALONG COASTS LOCATED WITHIN
A HUNDRED KILOMETERS OF THE EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER. AUTHORITIES
IN THE REGION OF THE EPICENTER SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS
POSSIBILITY AND TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

THIS WILL BE THE ONLY BULLETIN ISSUED FOR THIS EVENT UNLESS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

THE WEST COAST/ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER WILL ISSUE BULLETINS
FOR ALASKA - BRITISH COLUMBIA - WASHINGTON - OREGON - CALIFORNIA.

--

..

Uh, yeah.

*laughs*

So.

They called it off.

Well, it was more fun than the earthquake. That we didn't feel.

When are we supposed to fall into the ocean again?

*laughs*

So.

They called it off.

Well, it was more fun than the earthquake. That we didn't feel.

When are we supposed to fall into the ocean again?

*laughs*

So.

They called it off.

Well, it was more fun than the earthquake. That we didn't feel.

When are we supposed to fall into the ocean again?