Thursday Eureka/Humboldt County experienced another quake – 5.9 this time, which is large enough to get my mom and dad from Minnesota calling me, telling me (again) that I should move to MN.
“Oh yeah, how cold is it there at the headwaters of the Mississippi, dad?”
“Oh, it was warm - it got up to ten today.”
That’s 10 degrees Fahrenheit…people.
Wind is really whipping through tonight…the Redwoods in Cutten are really leaning into the gusts.
One last note: I got on the air on KHUM-FM Thursday and thanked them – they were the only radio people who gave a damn that Humboldt had just went through another shake and baker. All other Humboldt stations choked, man. Community radio- my ass!
JD says, ” THANK YOU KHUM!! “
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Dan Wargo
// Feb 6, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Your recent comments are noted. At KHSU several people ran out of the building, and headed for the hills leaving the station with dead air for quite some time. When On Air broadcasting resumed, announcers made jokes about begging neighbors for food, and made light of any information that would assist listeners with information concerning aftershocks. On the following Saturday, I found out from the Public Information Officer at a meeting at Humboldt State University that the radio station was not integreted into the University Emergency Procedures, and that whenever there had been power outages, the radio station would be without essential power to computers, telephones, etc. Hope this helps.
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jdheadcase
// Feb 17, 2010 at 7:16 pm
Thanks! This is funny, sad and TRUE and in the interest of 1st amendment rights, we publish it here.
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