Whole lotta shaking goin' on

From our perch on the edge of the Pacific Ocean we watch with interest as the earth's crust begins to shake, rattle and occasionally roll to the North and South of Podunk's place on the big ball of life.

This has been an interesting week for tracking the shifting plates of the Ring of Fire as the temblors roll on from Chile to Alaska, with a couple of stops in and off of California for good measure.

So far our little corner of the geological plates seems to be quite solid (though the Haida Gwaii area has had a few little boomers in the last few weeks) but as each successive quake increases in magnitude and seems to creep north one wonders just what may be around the corner. Most recently we had a temporary tsunami watch in effect, just to put the emergency preparedness people to work for the evening.

Confusion reigned in the southern reaches of BC as the media scrambled for information, finding that some outlets received complete information while others had to contact American media operations for details. In true Canadian fashion, the finger pointing is quick to be directed in many directions.

At any rate, follow along with our fellow Podunkians as we plot our graphs and store the supplies. For those living on the flatlands of our fine continent, hang in there you may not be as far away from having beach access as you once thought. As George Strait once sang, "I've got some ocean front property in Arizona!"