THIRD UPDATE: Preliminary reports indicate very little damage throughout Humboldt County despite the severity of the magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck about 60 miles west of Petrolia at 10:44 a.m. Humboldt County Sheriff William Honsal says the Eel River Valley was impacted worse than other areas of the county, but nothing like the damage caused […]
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Huffman, Citing Rio Dell, Asks FEMA for more ‘Flexible, Equitable’ Access to Disaster Aid
North Coast Congressmember Jared Huffman questioned the head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency about inadequacies built into the disaster relief program Sept. 19, specifically citing the recovery struggles in Rio Dell as an example of how the system is failing smaller, rural communities in the wake of natural disasters. While thanking FEMA Administrator Deanne […]
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NCJ Preview: Shaky Hospitals, Organic Waste, Bohn’s Offensive Comment and Good Eats
This week we’ve got a cover story on the challenge of retrofitting hospitals, particularly in rural areas like ours, for earthquake safety. We’re also looking at ways to fight climate change by diverting organic waste from landfill. And Humboldt County Supervisor Rex Bohn has once again drawn criticism for an offensive comment, this time a […]
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NCJ Preview: Tsunami Sirens and Eureka’s Drive-thru Dilemma
Is it worth it to fix Humboldt’s tsunami sirens? This week’s cover story looks at the cost and the payoff, as well as whether sirens are as effective as cellphone alerts and other warning systems. And as a petition circulates to keep Annie’s Cambodian Cuisine from being converted into a Starbucks, we’ll talk about what […]
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Earthquake Swarm Off the Oregon Coast
If you haven’t heard, there’s a whole lot of shaking going on off the coast of Oregon. Over the last 24 hours, a swarm of more than 50 earthquakes have been recorded on one of the region’s most active faults, including two magnitude-5.8s and six magnitude-5.5s, according to USGS. The Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group […]
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Share Your Stories About The Two Days That Shook Humboldt
With the 25th anniversary of the Cape Mendocino earthquake coming up next week, the Journal invites our readers to share their memories of those two days in 1992 when it almost felt like the earth would not stop moving. The magnitude-7.2 temblor followed by a series of strong aftershocks, including a 6.5 and 6.6, caused […]
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Darryl Dawkins in Santa Rosa?
Fortunately, a 2.6 magnitude earthquake — like the one that just struck Santa Rosa — is no big deal and not at all newsworthy at this distance. It’s just that when the quake in question is epicentered directly beneath the hoop of the middle school’s basketball court … well, you just have to wonder. View […]
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Another Shaker
Initial reports scored it a magnitude 5.4. It has since been upgraded to a 6.0, though as the map above [ source ] states, the data has yet to be reviewed by human. [Update: It was dowgraded ever so slightly to a 5.9.] This map suggests the temblor occurred along the Mendocino fault zone. The […]
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Titus And Her Tweet Quake
PoynterOnline’s Julie Moos interviewed Caroline Titus, editor and publisher of The Ferndale Enterprise, about her leap into the Twitterverse on Jan. 9, after the 6.5 quake in Humboldt. Titus recalls how, once she’d made sure her family and a neighbor were OK, she went to town to do the usual reporterly thing of “chronicling the […]
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Eureka, Haiti Victims of ‘Earthquake Weapon’?
The U.S. government can’t reduce the deficit or pass health care reform, but when it comes to weaponry, you better recognize! Within reason, that is: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez apparently believes that Eureka’s 6.5 temblor and Haiti’s devastating 7.0 quake were caused by a top-secret Pentagon shockwave weapon — a sort of disaster-blaster that can […]
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Got Earthquake or Storm Damage?
If your house was among the many that sprouted cracks and leaks (or worse) in Earth’s recent tectonic North Coast smackdown, or if it suffered flood damage from the near-Biblical storm that’s saturating our very pores, well… Humboldt County to the rescue! Low-interest, deferred loans are now available for low-ish income residents to conduct home […]
