The Daily Blog Open Mic – 6th June 2023
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I hope everyone had fine weather yesterday as we celebrated King Charles day. He is 74 I believe and still apparently healthy and capable which is needed in these disrupted days. He will be helped by Queen Camilla who seems supportive .
I have been listening to a cd put together to remember Princess Diana who lost her life so early without finding a settled happiness with a shared role. So sad how things worked out for her, and also for King Charles expected to follow the Palace’ choice for a life partner.
Queen sings Who Wants to Live Forever written by Brian May.
There’s no time for us
There’s no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams,
yet slips away from us?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6KS9urTj-Y
George Michael’s is about death of a loved one, sounds very personal –
‘You Have Been Loved’.
https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/georgemichael/youhavebeenloved.html
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/491430/alpine-fault-s-potential-dangers-are-real-but-still-unknown
West Coasters turned out in their hundreds this week to hear scientists remind them they face disaster when the Alpine Fault decides to rearrange the scenery.
The AF8 roadshow has just completed its biennial tour of the region, updating schools and communities on the latest science has to offer on the magnitude 8 – or greater – earthquake predicted to hit the South Island within decades.
The good news is the Coast is probably better prepared than ever for the expected catastrophe…
It is in fact producing a “hum” the scientists say – a low background noise reflecting the vibrations of the dynamic processes at work deep within the earth.
Holden and colleagues from Victoria University and GNS Science have their ears to the ground via the SALSA project, an array of seismic sensors installed the length of the long skinny part of the fault line from Milford Sound to Maruia.
Hence the project’s name: Southern Alps Long Skinny Array.