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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to BenWilson,
the thought of them there is still very nice
Me, I'm always wondering, why aren't more women joining in? Here more than most places on teh internets, where the reasons why women don't join in are fairly obvious!
What on earth do people do with their time when they’re not on the Internet? I don’t understand! That’s 138+ hours a week not spent on the Internet. Noone needs to sleep that long.
+1 :-)
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to Russell Brown,
22% of PA readers describe themselves as “Professional or Senior Government Official”, vs 23.84% at Pundit. A couple of per cent of us are beneficiaries, so yeah, some privilege there. (71.2% of y’all are “not in paid employment”, which seems to be exclusive of beneficiaries
Right, because obviously beneficiaries are in paid employment. Does not-in-paid-employment include self-employed people?
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Hard News: #NetHui: it's all about you, in reply to recordari,
Like that Doberman when I was doing door to door Market Research for Heylen
was one of the questions, "Do you have a big scary dog?" ;-)
I don’t, but that’s for my own reasons
Yeah, I don't mostly because it feels futile to me to argue about politics. We all have our own views that aren't likely to change, and I have no special insights to share.
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how active and comfortable women are in these forums
Do you keep stats on the gender breakdown? I do notice that some topics (notably the more political ones) get only a small number of women commenting.
But yes, I certainly feel very comfortable here.
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Russell Brown,
I did notice it
Perhaps someone could do a t-shirt, "I felt the Auckland earthquake". A badge of pride for those feeling left out of the Southern Shaky Fun? ;-)
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Russell Brown,
GeoNet said that in suburbs near the epicentre the tremor was felt as a 5 – rated “strong” – on the 12-step Mercalli intensity scale
Obviously Geonet has rated it 5 on the MMI scale in response to felt reports, worth noting that a 2.9 moment magnitude yielding a 5 in MMI is highly atypical according to the values listed in Wikipedia.
There was an interesting comment on the Weatherwatch blog:
MMI values and Auckland quake
Philip,
I like your post for different reasons.
a) @ earthquake-report.com, we experience almost daily oversensitive reactions like in Auckland. I think this is normal. People in Chile need a M 6.5 before they wake up, but small tremors are making people panic with a 2.9 quake elsewhere. The main reason will certainly be : used to it or not (although nobody can get used to earthquakes i guess)
b) every earthquake is felt differently. The focal mechanisms are completely different in every earthquake which make people feel it totally different.
c) I have a hard time however to understand the V MMI from Geonet (moderate shaking) as mentioned in your article. If the depth they published is correct (9 km) combined with a magnitude of 2.9, the max. MMI should be more a III than a V. So, I guess the mentioned MMI are the individual opinions of some people.
d) i have included your article in our daily "Earthquake Related News" as it is very typical for areas with few earthquakes all over the world, and not only in AucklandArmand
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The cliff faces around Sumner and Redcliffs here in Chch have always been shedding the occasional rock, particularly after long spells of wet weather. Mostly people aren't nearby when they fall. Erosion is a continuous process, and remember when the top of Mt Cook fell off? That didn't need an earthquake.
And 2.9 magnitude is really small. It's 1,000 times less powerful than a 4.9, which is still not a very big earthquake.
It's a tragic thing to happen, but I think most likely not earthquake related.
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to recordari,
Send the signing guy though
Oh no, you can't have him!! He's much too cute to give away.
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Up Front: Life on Mars, in reply to Russell Brown,
Jackie Blue spoils it. Sigh.
Not to worry, she's given us a good giggle down here. :-)
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A magnitude 2.9!
"There was a big jolt and Auckland doesn't get earthquakes, so this was scary,'' Dr Blue said.
''It's quite scary given what has happened in Christchurch and to think it could happen to Aucklanders is worrying and unnerving.''