Wait a minute Mr. Postman

Since I came here to update my prognostication on earthquakes (below), I figured I'd bring a couple other topics up to date too.

I've added a couple more songs lately to my kayaking repertoire:
If I Only Had a Brain, from the Wizard of Oz.
Good Day Sunshine, by the Beatles
What a Wonderful World, by Louie Armstrong
Unforgetable, by Nat King Cole, but not close in terms of quality
Rain on the Roof, by the Lovin' Spoonful,

I went to a party hosted by my former brother-in-law and found myself singing House of the Rising Sun to the gathering because the live band he had could only replicate the music but didn't know the words. I think I did well enough that I wouldn't mind hearing it. A couple, or more, glasses of wine contributed to my willingness.

As for rowing, I have been merely looking at my scull lately, but keep pledging not to give up. Two weeks of record breaking cold, by Miami standards, have even kept me out of my kayak since the new year began.

I think I'll resist the temptation to discuss the presence of my pregnant step-daughter and her new husband so prominently in my life. If you can't say something nice...

Prognostication update

A couple blogs back, I said that a large earthquake seemed inevitable to me. I am not going to claim that the Haiti earthquake was the one, as it was outside the geographical area to which I limited my prediction, the Pacific Rim. There was a 6.5 recently near Eureka, Calif., but that one isn't as large as I am anticipating, nor was the Haiti quake at 7.0. I'm thinking more in the range of 8.0 which is way bigger than Haiti's.

Haiti suffered so badly because they make no provision in their building code, if they have one, for earthquakes, even though they are known to be in a geologically risky area.

I keep wondering if the Earth has in store for us the kind of event that makes mountain ranges. In the Northeast US, there are lots of rock outcroppings with metamorphic rock, which came from deep within the earth and was formed under great pressure and then somehow got pushed to the surface. Why should that kind of geologic event be out of the question? What it would do to the people and economy of the area it might occur in is inestimable (awesome).