EARTHQUAKE AGAIN

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I was surprised when I walked into the Chart Room last night and Emily asked me about the earthquake. What earthquake? Turns out there was another one about 8 miles off the coast of Cuba wednesday night at 10:20. About  seven miles below the water’s surface. I who read the newspapers all the time had failed to read yesterday’s Key West Citizen. I was unaware.

The earthquake was a 5.1 on the Rector scale. Apparently no damage anywhere. I did not feel it in Key West. Nor did Emily and others at the Chart Room last night.

I have a concern. Earthquakes in this area are uncommon. Now there have been two off the coast of Cuba in a month. Do these two earthquakes portend something? Is there a big one in the making? Should we be concerned about a tsunami?

Don’t laugh! So far the weather media has not discussed this aspect. I am not overly concerned. Such thoughts occur to me, however.

Conch Republic Admiral Frankie was part of our bar discussion last night. Besides the earthquake, the discussion involved the Olympics and skiing. Turns out Emily was/is a skier and a pretty proficient one at that. I thought she was born and raised in Key West. Not so. She was born in Indiana, spent time in Virginia and elsewhere. She developed her skiing prowess in those places.

Before heading to the Chart Room, I stopped at Christine’s opening night of her art exhibit. Christine Cordone has risen to a new level. She now has people in her paintings. I was impressed. Her water colors warm the heart and brighten a room!

Ralph Kiner died yesterday. A baseball great! Played many years with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Then spent even more years as the Mets broadcaster. He is a Hall of Famer.

My recollection goes back to the mid to late 1940s. Baseball was everything. My buddies and I used to spend some summer afternoons sitting around on the floor in someone’s living room listening to major league baseball games. One of our heroes was Ralph Kiner.

Listening is the operative word in the previous paragraph. There was no television back then. It was radio!

Enjoy your day!

KEY WEST LOU LEGAL HOUR RETURNS

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The Key West Lou Legal hour is back. This morning. Ten my time. World wide. www.konkbroadcasting.com. Join me! I am going to do a little rerun on the trip, together with some thoughts on Obama healthcare, Penn State, and Romney’s tax returns.

Jet lag was bad yesterday. Very bad. An all day event.

The blog took me almost four hours to do. My mind and fingers were slow and not working together. I slept four hours in the afternoon. The sleep of the dead. When I woke it was 5:30. The sun was up. It was shining through the window. What the hell was the sun doing up so early? I thought it was morning. It took my mind a few seconds to realize it was supper time.

Dinner was at Lisa’s. My belated birthday dinner. Robert and Ally sitting on each side of me. No Corey. He is diving off Key Largo this week.

Hopefully, today will be better. I am sure it will be. It is now four days I have been back.

A short blog today. I did not do much yesterday. Ergo, I have little to report.

Remember to join me for my internet show this morning.

Enjoy your day!