-- Odds and Ends --: Supermoon

I too got to see the supermoon (no, I don't call this great photography)

I never thought I would be able to see it because in this part of the world there was a big storm brewing and the evening was really rough. Oh yeah ... and we were expecting a QUAKE (read my previous post).

Just as I was preparing to retire for the day, long after the clock struck midnight, I peeped out of the window and saw this spectacle that hasn't happened in the last 18 years, fighting to see through the storm clouds (Which was almost a miracle if you knew how violent the weather was).

By the way the quake didn't show up that day but we can expect a big one to hit just about anytime. (Read Living between Faults)

It is a time of so much of dread. And the dread is only spreading. It was just a week ago that Japan was devastated with an earthquake and a tsunami. The world is still reeling over the Japan disasters. And Japan is still in pain. To add to their misery there's the nuclear plant that is threatening to leak larger amounts of radiation. Over 2 scores of people in the plant are killing themselves trying to get the situation under control and save the nation from the harmful effects of radiation. Meanwhile some of it has has already escaped from the power plant has found its way into milk and spinach. And a part of it has crossed the Pacific Ocean and stepped into California.

Not enough the bay area -- and the rest of CA -- lives in constant dread of earthquakes, there are tornado warnings now. Sigh! It has been raining here and the forecasts have yet another storm for us later tonight or early tomorrow morning. Then there's the Supermoon: when the moon said to be closest to the earth and promises to look 14 times bigger and 30 times brighter (or something like that). That's interesting, but it spells bad time for sunny California. There's this prediction that CA's next big quake is just around the corner. According to Geologist Jim Berkland, this one is sure to hit the state sometime between today (the 19th) and the 26th; most likely day being today.

Amidst all the bad news and the growing dread I looked out of the window when the showers had stopped for a while and saw this soothing sight.