My grandson is there right now. Playing Golf and also working for that Podcast guy I mentioned some months ago. He says it's incredible... beautiful. Actually, checking Google Earth, I think it's pretty far north of you? - JamesJMhttps://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162454#msg-1162454Sun, 15 Mar 2026 16:53:44 -0400 Phorum 5.2.18 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1163021#msg-1163021 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1163021#msg-1163021
When I look out over the ocean from the beach, any beach, THAT is the greatest of all mysteries. The ocean draws you to it. However, it's also true that the ocean is my biggest fear. But it's not 'terror' I feel regarding the ocean... it DOES draw me towards it. It's a place I would love to explore but fear prevents it. You are the opposite, and I both admire and envy that.

Think I mentioned this before but my son was in the Coast Guard. Mostly they worked the coastline, seldom out further than 100 miles - - but on one of their missions they went to the middle of the pacific ocean to do maintenance on buoy. They stayed there... ( I guess anchored ).... for 3 days. For recreation they were allowed to jump overboard and swim for a while.

In Death Valley I took a couple 4X4 roads just to experience being 'alone', as close to 'alone' as one can get in the USA. It was great...but even alone in a canyon somewhere in the middle of Death Valley it does not compare to my son's visit to that buoy in the middle of the Pacific.

I think the 'fear' I have of the ocean is actually closer to being explained as 'respect'. I respect the power of Death Valley... but I have more respect for the ocean. I don't like the ocean more... it's not that... it's just that for whatever reason I have more respect for the power of the ocean. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubSat, 12 Apr 2025 15:10:41 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162901#msg-1162901 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162901#msg-1162901 sstrams Bucky's PubFri, 11 Apr 2025 12:40:32 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162769#msg-1162769 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162769#msg-1162769
Most of the coastal towns in Oregon have evacuation routes clearly designated.

Some of the guesstimates about wave heights I've read say they could reach a half mile in height. If so I'm not sure I'm safe here in central Calif. at an elevation of about 165' and 80 miles from the ocean. Should a half mile high wave hit what's to stop it from entering the bay at SF and flooding the entire Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley?

Nope, not losing sleep over it but it's interesting to ponder. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubThu, 10 Apr 2025 16:18:36 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162761#msg-1162761 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162761#msg-1162761 waterfield Bucky's PubThu, 10 Apr 2025 16:05:09 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162670#msg-1162670 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162670#msg-1162670 sstrams Bucky's PubThu, 10 Apr 2025 07:27:35 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162637#msg-1162637 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162637#msg-1162637
Just in case when you visit Disneyland just bring a thick and long rope to tie you and your family around a large tree-much like in the original movie "Hurricane".]]> waterfield Bucky's PubThu, 10 Apr 2025 01:49:09 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162581#msg-1162581 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162581#msg-1162581
Oregon is a lot more in danger due to the fault offshore... but LA is not immune. They must have a plan of some kind.]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubWed, 09 Apr 2025 17:18:18 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162576#msg-1162576 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162576#msg-1162576 waterfield Bucky's PubWed, 09 Apr 2025 17:01:03 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162544#msg-1162544 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162544#msg-1162544
I do remember a sign indicating a fault line existed near my parents house. That sign is gone and houses are on / near where it was 50 years ago.

Just north of that golf course, back in the 70s A bank was broken into by a group with known mob ties. They were looking for millions that Richard Nixon supposedly had placed in the vault.]]> txramfan Bucky's PubWed, 09 Apr 2025 13:09:40 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162514#msg-1162514 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162514#msg-1162514
About that area.... In Oregon, and Northern California, they have tsunami escape routes. I've never noticed that in the LA area BUT.... it could have EASILY escaped my attention. Do you have signs marking designated routes?

I seldom get south of Disneyland, :laughing , so I know little about that area. I'm always traveling on "Google Earth" and one of the great mysteries for me is that great expanse of mountains between 241 and 15. Looks very interesting, on Google Earth... especially the Black Canyon area. - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubWed, 09 Apr 2025 10:18:09 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162474#msg-1162474 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162474#msg-1162474 waterfield Bucky's PubWed, 09 Apr 2025 00:42:36 -0400 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162454#msg-1162454 https://ramsrule.com/herd/read.php?4,1162454,1162454#msg-1162454
He says it's incredible... beautiful. Actually, checking Google Earth, I think it's pretty far north of you? - JamesJM]]> JamesJM Bucky's PubTue, 08 Apr 2025 19:58:21 -0400