HAPPY BIRTHDAY KING

back at my old crappy school, some immature 6th grader attempted to stab me and my friends’ backs with a sharp pencil. i, myself, literally did nothing rude or hurtful to him to cause him to stalk me and my friends everywhere we go during lunch just to do that. don’t worry guys, we dodged it and none of us were injured luckily. the 6th grader kid was also the one who kept chasing me down and screaming at me, back when I was in 4th and 5th grade (and he was like 3rd/4th grade at that time too wth???). i had to be near the swings because that’s where all of my friends would hang out that’s where i was only safe during recess back then :/

for people who are creating these bots of “hot women”, please stop following me. it really makes me uncomfortable and be in disgust of these bots. im so tired of them, y’all act like if i was so thirsty for them but I’m not because 1) im aroace and 2) im a teenager.

so please stop it. thank you.

From Phoenix to Las Vegas.

At 4:31 AM on January 17th, 1994, people all over southern California were startled into terrified awakeness by the ground below them lurching into motion. This shaking lasted from ten to twenty seconds, depending on individual account and the observer’s location. Once it was over, much of Los Angeles plunged into a confused terrified cold dark morning, without electricity, without being certain of the structural soundness of their homes, under the threat of broken gas and electric lines sparking fires, not knowing when the next aftershock would hit. When daylight came, the damage became more apparent and tangible: shredded freeways, walls fallen away from hospital buildings, collapsed parking structures, pancaked apartment buildings. The toll of the earthquake was eventually counted to be over $20 billion, and 59 human lives.

The 1994 earthquake had a magnitude of 6.7, which is not actually particularly large, in terms of seismic energy release. But when the source of an earthquake is directly under a densely-populated area, it does not need to be very large to cause serious damage. This earthquake occurred on a previously unidentified fault under the Reseda neighborhood in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, though the direction in which the fault slipped led to the strongest shaking occurring north of the epicenter (with the worst damage in the Northridge neighborhood, which is why the 1994 event is commonly known as the “Northridge quake”). In many of these areas, the shaking approached the acceleration of gravity; these were the strongest ground motions ever recorded in an urban setting at the time. Part of the reason the motions were so strong is that the fault which caused them had not slipped for hundreds, if not thousands, of years, which meant that it had a great deal of built-up strain to release. The fault’s quietness, and the fact that it has no obvious trace on the surface of the earth, is why nobody realized it was there until well after the ground above it was covered in suburbia: on January 17th, 1994.

The Northridge earthquake (as well as the 1971 M6.6 San Fernando and 1987 M5.9 Whittier Narrows quakes) was a literal and figurative wake-up call for earthquake hazard in the greater Los Angeles area. It led to substantial revision of construction codes for buildings and freeways alike, as well as revisions to zoning laws near active faults. It also spurred much additional research into identifying hidden faults in urban areas. And certainly, it left an unforgettable impression on everyone who experienced it, which hopefully led to a better sense of awareness and preparedness for at least some of them. After all, even though the fault that caused the 1994 earthquake is unlikely to slip like that again in our lifetimes, there are hundreds of other faults in California capable of earthquakes of that size. The timing will always be a surprise, but what to do once it happens shouldn’t be.

yea talk about teal roots gerard all ya want but we really forgetting this

yo! name’s denver, i also go by phoenix! pronouns are she/her - they/them. im from a city thats really…chaotic :’D (you can guess by this blog name - seattle!) im really OBSESSED with the space needle HHHHHHHH.

It's my 3 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

time flies REALLY fast 💔💔💔