January 7, 2023

 This is the first post of the year and the first one I have made in a while. Before, I almost retired this blog, but realized that I still have more to discover. This time, I want to talk about the pain I feel in my side(left side) before earthquakes. In the past, I speculated that the severity of the pain may determine how large an earthquake might be. I'm beginning to conclude that the severity of the pain may not be relevant. On the morning of the July 4th earthquake(the mag. 6.4 foreshock) near Ridgecrest, California, I was feeling some pain, but it was not agonizing nor was it before the mainshock the next evening. I did think I was not in excruciating pain because it was not close enough. Now, I'm giving in to the possibility of it being the same as with a minor earthquake. Once I think about it, an earthquake is not instantly large. It can start out small and a fault or area can suddenly slip into a major rupture. Although, I'm not ruling out distance being a factor. Otherwise, it does not matter where I am. If I feel something, it is always wiser not to ignore it. Now that I'm no longer in an earthquake prone area, I do not feel sharp pains in my left side nearly as often as I did in California. Whenever I do feel that pain, it is most likely from a large earthquake from far away.