Little 4.4 quake

[PrntRhd]

We had a little 4.4 earthquake this evening located just south of Santa Rosa CA.
Hope you are OK Bassman.

[deddard]

Hope you're OK PrntRhd - was there much damage? I know a 4.4 isn't monstrous, but it must be a bit scary.
In the UK we don't get anything powerful
The last one I recall was a coupleof years back - we just thought there was an explosion somewhere. :eek:

[PrntRhd]

I did not even feel it here but it was centered less than 6 miles from Bassman's home.

[bassman]

Hope you are OK Bassman
:D 4.4 is nothin. I just sat in my little office and watched the hallway and ceiling flex. All I could think of was "Now I get to see how good my work is" (I built this house). When I walked outside a couple minutes after it calmed down enough to not feel, the water in my birdbath was still moving around. Several neighbors came out and one yells "Do you like yours shaken or stirred?" :cool:

I am more concerned about the heat out in the east. Is mjc OK? I know we have folks in DC and Philly area. Hope they are OK.

[PrntRhd]

Yeah, 4.4 is pretty small, but it can knock the pictures off walls and such if you are on top of it. Feels like a large truck rolled by to others further away.

I was in South San Francisco when the 89 quake dropped an upper deck section of the Bay Bridge, so I know what a 7 feels like too. No thanks on a repeat.

[Paleo Pete]

I am more concerned about the heat out in the east.

Don't forget us rednecks down here in dixie... :D

It's been plenty hot here too, I haven't checked the weather lately but I know it has been over 100° a few times, and seems hotter than usual. Heat index for a couple of days last week was 105° or higher. Just decided to check the forecast, NOAA page says 101° for here today.

I don't know how mjc is getting along, and haven't seen him logged on the past couple of days, just figured he was on at different times, but at 11 PM my time it's unusual for him not to be lurking around somewhere. He's probably OK, I know mjc well enough to know he has sense enough to stay out of the heat or take appropriate precautions if he has to go outside and brave the elements.

I'm staying out of the heat s much as I can, a mild heatstroke 20 years ago forces me to, I can't take the heat any more and that really sucks, summer has always been my favorite time of year. Until that happened I'd mow our 1 1/2 acre yard with a push mower in 102°-104° heat and never give it a secod thought, just drink plenty water. After the heat got me once I have to be really careful and can't take much heat at all. Run a weedeater for an hour in 90° temp and I'm done for the day...it really sucks...

Take some advice folks, stay out of the heat as much as possible, wear a wide brim straw hat (loose weave for plenty air circulation) and long sleeve THIN, LOOSE white shirt, (white reflects a lot of heat) and drink PLENTY water, room temperature is best. Cold water can and will induce shock especially if you drink too much too fast. If you don't have to urinate every 45 minutes or so, you are not drinking enough water. I sometimes drink over a gallon of water in a day. And that's really not enough according to the above guideline...

Heat Stroke or Heat Prostration:

You will stop perspiring, get dizzy or light headed or groggy, feel drained of energy, just before passing out your vision may be dimmed, others will notice you look very pale and unhealthy...when my uncle (who I was working with) looked at me, HE turned pale, it scared him. He knew I had a serious problem just by looking at me.

At that point GET TO SOME SHADE QUICK. Pour a half pint to a quart of ROOM TEMPERATURE water over each forearm, (this cools your body down considerably) DO NOT pour cold water over your head, that will induce shock. Take a swig of water, room temperature, swish it around and spit it out, DO NOT DRINK IT. Do that 3 or 4 times, then pour more water over the forearms and drink up to a pint of water VERY SLOWLY. Take a small sip, wait at least a full minute, then another small sip etc.

When I had heat prostration I poured a pint of water on each forearm, swished and spit out a swig 3 times then took almost an hour to drink a pint of water. Room temperature, NOT cold...

The idea is to cool down, but not too quickly. Cold water or ice water is a VERY BAD idea when heat prostration sets in. If you have a full heat stroke, someone else will be tending to you, you'll be unconscious. Then you have a serious problem and at least a week long hospital stay...if you're lucky...if you're not lucky, I hope you have your will made out...

Do not pour water over your head until you cool down some by pouring water on your forearms, and always use room temperature water, NEVER ice water. I have to keep stressing that, Ice water can and will induce shock if you get overheated, always use straight tap water or room temperature water.

Avoid cold, carbonated or alcoholic drinks, especially alcoholic, that will actually help induce heat prostration or heat stroke. Beer is the very worst thing to drink in hot weather. Sorry beer drinkers, that's a long proven fact.

If someone around you passes out from heat, check the forehead. If you see no perspiration, CALL 911 QUICK. Once you pass out, it's a heat stroke, mainly caused by dehydration and shock, and it is a serious problem that can cause partial paralysis, brain damage, loss of speech, loss of coordination and that's just the beginning. Heat stroke can also be fatal, if you see someone pass out, call help fast, and ask what you can do while the ambulance is on the way. I can't remember the proper first aid procedures for actual heat stroke, it's been a long time, but for heat prostration, again you want to cool down but not too quickly. Get into the shade and start pouring room temperature water on your arms, lots of it. Then drink some VERY SLOWLY so you don't induce shock. I must repeat...Cold water or too much too fast will induce shock.

Sorry about the long post, but this is an important issue, and I felt that some decent information would be helpful to a lot of people who have to deal with really hot weather. A lot of people worldwide are killed by heat every year, especially the elderly. With senior citizens, it's worse, they just can't handle the heat the way younger folks can. A large number of youger people are killed by heat simply because they don't know what trouble signs to look for or how to deal with it once it sets in. I know from experience it's really not very noticeable, if I hadn't happened to wipe my forehead and find it dry, I would have passed out a minute later. Only then did I realize I had been lightheaded and lethargis for the past few minutes, which tipped me off that I was on my way to a heat stroke. I know from first aid training long ago what symptoms to look for and how to deal with it. So I thought I would share some of that so maybe some of you can avoid problems.

The best thing to do is avoid heat problems...drink only room temperature water on really hot days, and lots of it. Get in some shade now and then, drink some water and cool down. Pour water over your forearms if necessary, and NEVER use cold or ice water, soft drinks or beer. In really hot weather I wear a very loose long sleeve white shirt. The white reflects sunlight and therefore heat and really is not that hot as opposed to short sleeves, and is much better than a heat stroke.

If I have posted any erroneous information, please feel free to correct me, or add to this, I'm not perfect and have no problem with being corrected.

[FrankSG]

I'm in Ohio--good ol' Buckeye Country :) . This past Wednesday, I think I could have fried an egg on the roof of my car.

[PrntRhd]

We had the heat wave a week ago, 114 F degrees here, killed 165 people in California and we went to Stage 2 energy grid warnings.
Hotter than Las Vegas?

You guys are getting the humidity too, so it gets brutal.

[mjc]

90 and 95% humidity is a heck of a lot worse than 114 and dry...

[TopChip7]

Hey Deddard ;o)

That little earthquake shook our whole house and woke most the village up lol

However - as the crow flys we're only about 6 mile from epicentre lol