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Oeditpus Rex

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23. We had quake pools

Reply to Demobrat (Reply #17)

Sat Oct 4, 2025, 10:23 PM

Oct 4

when I was at the newspaper in Hollister (literally two blocks east of the San Andreas Fault). I'd call everybody's name in the newsroom, they'd give me their guess and I'd write it on the white board. I and another guy who'd been there awhile usually cane within 0.5.

We had three or four per year, but most were only in the 3's. I remember only one that rated a story on A1.

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We missed it by that much Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #22

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We had quake pools Oeditpus Rex Oct 4 #23

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