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crackers4jenn!Feb. 24th, 2006
Newfoundland Gold
Feb. 24th, 2006 04:01 pmThe Canadian men's curling team won gold today. What makes this notable - to me, at least - is that three of the team members are Newfoundlanders. Only one Newfoundlander has ever won a winter Olympics medal before and that was in 1944. Apparently, schools in St. John's were closed this afternoon so that kids could go home and watch the match. :-)
We just had an earthquake! My apartment building shook, things rattled, the dog woke up, and then my father called to tell me he felt it too. Neat!
Ottawa is built near a major fault; fortunately for us, it's not a very active fault. We do get shaken a little bit from time to time, though. I usually sleep through them (why do interesting things always happen at night?) - the only one I've ever felt before this happened around 6 am on January 1, 2000. Which I thought seemed appropriate somehow.
ETA: It's official - the USGS has our earthquake online: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/usjpad.php
Neato.
Ottawa is built near a major fault; fortunately for us, it's not a very active fault. We do get shaken a little bit from time to time, though. I usually sleep through them (why do interesting things always happen at night?) - the only one I've ever felt before this happened around 6 am on January 1, 2000. Which I thought seemed appropriate somehow.
ETA: It's official - the USGS has our earthquake online: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/usjpad.php
Neato.
