[irised] Illinois earthquake

[Sue Vogel]

Hi Cris and all IRIS,  I, too, had great trace images of the EQ and after shock.  I was lecturing about 70 people when the aftershock came through.  The small stuffed objects suspended on a wire across the top of my classroom (all 29 of them) swayed in harmonic motion.  It was great!  Two local TV stations showed up to come film.  They already know I have the seismograph in my classroom so I don't have to call them anymore.

Thank you to IRIS for the great educational experience for the children and the positive PR in the community.

Sue Vogel
Science Depart. Chair
Jefferson HS, Cedar Rapids, IA
PAEMST 2002
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: cdewolf at chsd.us 
  To: Jay Sinclair 
  Cc: irised at iris.washington.edu 
  Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2008 1:04 PM
  Subject: Re: [irised] Illinois earthquake


  Really? I just looked at recent earthquakes at the USGS site and it is there. 

  As it was felt by people in the Grand Rapids area - and some in our county, I sent an image of our station's seismogram to Channel 13 in Grand Rapids. They used it in their web-based story on the quake and came up to do some filming as I did a lesson relating to the quake with one of my classes.

  It was great to see the amount of coverage the science behind earthquakes got. They aired versions of the story using this footage at 6, 11 yesterday and 7:30 this morning.

  It was ironic that our "local" station out of Cadillac did not even respond to my e-mail.

  Now if I can just get my school to let me past the firewall again and get my station back on the IRIS site......


  Cris L. DeWolf
  Editor, The Michigan Earth Scientist
  Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association
  THEMIS-GEONS Ambassador
  NAGT Central Region State Contact

  > We picked this quake up strongly on our AS-1, but now it has been
  > deleted by the USGS. Why would this be?
  > 
  > Jay
  > 
  > Jay Sinclair
  > OESTA Chair
  > Past President
  > Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association
  > sinclair at ida.k12.mi.us
  > 
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