Earthquakes: Wha-Huh?
By theprofessionalhobo ~ October 17th, 2007. Filed under: Alberta.
Boy, is Hawaii ever going to be an adventure! Volcanoes, surf, and sustainable living aside!
My first clue that we are in for an adventure came when I was surfing Hawaii on Google Earth, and clicked on the Geographic Features/Earthquakes option. All of a sudden, the beautiful luscious green island of Hawaii turned red with earthquake markers!
My next clue that we are in for an adventure came when Kelly quoted a lovely statistic from Lonely Planet’s Hawaii book:
Quakes come with the territory: There are more than 1200 earthquakes of measurable magnitude on this island every week.
Yikes!
Of course, living on a bunch of active volcanoes will do it, but when it’s put in numbers like that, it brings on a whole new element of “adventure” to the game!
Ah well – at least we’ll get to eat chocolate covered macadamia nuts right from the source!
PS – Moms, please don’t worry. At least any more than you normally would!
October 17th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
1200 quakes … per WEEK?!
Now that is what I call “adventure” travel.
KEEPHOPEALIVE, you two!
You’re setting a great example for all of us.
Love & best
Sam
p.s.
Nora, I got a free-fly-friendly rig this year, and got to SIT-FLY again for the first time in over a year! yay!