[irised] Illinois earthquake

[Ginny Elliott]

Sue,
I was with some friends when the piece on you came on Channel 9.  They were all quite impressed both with the experience and how wonderfully you communicated what was going on.
I was pleased to say I knew you!
Ginny

On Sunday, April 20, 2008 11:46 AM, Sue Vogel <sjvogel at southslope.net> wrote:
>
>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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