Big Hail – 04.26.16

Well folks, the storm has arrived.

OKC 042616Meers 042616It’s like watching a train wreck in slow motion, tracking severe storms that eventually will be in your town.

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A couple of pictures from Twitter storm chasers somewhere near Chillicothe TX all re-tweeted from the NWS Norman Twitter feed.

The good news is the earthquakes have settled down.

Big Hail

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Pets Are Good For Humans’ Health – NPR

Eric O’Grey was 51, obese and suffering from diabetes and high cholesterol when he took home an overweight shelter dog. Now the duo are headlining a campaign on how pets improve humans’ lives.

Source: Eric And Peety Make The Case That Pets Are Good For Humans’ Health : Shots – Health News : NPR

The video located in the website link above is a must see.  Wonderful story!

Recent Edmond-area quakes draw targeted well shut downs, volume cut backs – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey

Source: Recent Edmond-area quakes draw targeted well shut downs, volume cut backs – Tulsa World: Latest Earthquake Information From The U.S. Geological Survey

Sorry if my recent posts have been unrelated to mortality underwriting.  But when the house is a rockin’ don’t bother knockin’ just come on in.  The statistics from OGS in the Tulsa World article is reproduced below.

The trend line looks bad.  Real bad.

I’m feeling this things several times a day.

The following are yearly totals of earthquakes registering magnitude 3.0 or greater as documented by the Oklahoma Geological Survey since 2005.

2015: 907*

2014: 584

2013: 109

2012: 35

2011: 66

2010: 41

2009: 20

2008: 2

2007: 1

2006: 3

2005: 2

*Total number could fluctuate as data are analyzed.

Source: Tulsa World