Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 08/23/2007 - 17:04

Well hello there! Quick update on your M's. They are right in the thick of the wild card race with the Yankees close by! GO MARINERS!

On a more scientific note, I have been checking on the USGS web site recently. There seems to have been a number of smaller 3-4 magnitude quakes in northern Japan and what looks like the Kuril Islands. I'm curious if you have felt and or seen an effects from such quakes?

I hope your trip is ending up well. It sounds and looks like you have had quite an adventure!

~Brandon 

Misty Nikula

BrandonI got to watch my first Mariners' game since the All-Star Break tonight - yeah!  Mariners beat the Rangers 4-2 and are closing in on the Angels - I might even buy post-season tickets!  eek!
We DID feel three small earthquakes when we were on Simushir, but they were quite minor.  There was also an earthquake on Sakhalin Island while we were gone - somewhere on the north end - it might have been one of the ones that we felt, but I never found out if it was or not.  There was some damage caused by it to older buildings and I think a couple of deaths.
Considering the tsunami damage that we saw - we were definitely alert for shaking!
Hope your preparations for Antarctica are going well!
Misty