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Betty Buginas

About Betty

Betty is a resident of El Cerrito and teacher in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. In addition to a teaching credential, she has bachelor's and master's degrees in journalism. She is a former city editor of the West County Times and operated ElCerritoWire.com from 1999 until 2010.

Email: bbuginas@hotmail.com

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Larry Craighill

6:03 am on Monday, March 5, 2012

Boy did we feel that one!. The first bump woke me up, and the second had our hearts racing. The bump was the P (pressure) wave, and the second was the S (shear) wave. The time delay between the two is how the USGS calculates the distance from the epicenter. Once they have three readings, they can pinpoint the location in three dimensions. The system maps it automatically, and that's how we find it so quickly on that nifty map on their website. Pretty cool huh? Now for my coffee. Whew!

leslie wheeler

1:07 pm on Monday, May 9, 2011

Hi Betty,
Ty, for visiting on 5/6/11 & scouting about while taking pics of FKL book sale setting up. Over Saturday & Sunday, volunteers sold a ton of books! The unsold books & tables were packed up & put in place by 5pm on Sunday!

our best,
Leslie Wheeler
510-235-0122 mess.
510-978-7467 celly.
www.linkedin.com/in/lesliewheeler
btw:
Two Strong Women Haul Away is the
Mayor of Berkeley on:
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