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Dispatches from the Lucky Land of Lassen

By Jeremy Couso
Publisher and Editor, SusanvilleStuff

It was a busy week in Susanville! Spring events are underway, and the weather has been perfect for stuff like…

We had an earthquake last week! Well, technically Lake Almanor had the quake, but in Susanville we felt a pretty good shake and it was the topic of conversation wherever you went in town for at least 72 hours.

Much discussion was had about the 5.4 temblor and its aftershocks, one of which was large enough to be felt by a lot of people here in the wee hours of the following morning.

This prompted a lot of discussion around town about the aftershock, and what the definition of an aftershock actually is. The answer is surprisingly simple – the largest quake in the series is the ‘mainshock’, and any smaller quakes in that fault system the come after it are ‘aftershocks.’ Rarely you will get little quakes that precede a mainshock, and those are called ‘foreshocks.’ What seemed to be a mainshock can then be called a foreshock once a larger quake has occurred.

But, as my mom pointed out, they are all earthquakes no matter what you call them.

It was a bit of excitement for a while, but I am very thankful that the damage near the epicenter at Lake Almanor was limited. Those poor folks in Plumas County are still dealing with the aftermath of the Dixie fire and I would have hated to see them deal with anything else.

Here at the office, we had a picture fall off the shelf and break. But, since I have knocked the same picture off the shelf a few times walking by it, I’m thinking it didn’t take too much to topple it over.

Even as I write this Thursday evening, looking at the USGS map, we are still getting little aftershocks in the 2.3 to 2.6 range, but they are too weak to feel.

At least we don’t get tornades.

At last year’s inaugural Torch Run, Lassen County Probation Chief Jen Branning had the honor of running the first leg of the event.

The Law Enforcement Torch Run

There is a new annual event in town that I think is pretty fantastic! Because my job requires me to go to lots of events, I am always so thankful when a new, unique and sustainable event shows up. The Law Enforcement Torch Run is one of those. A keeper that I think we will still be doing twenty years from now.

On June 15th the second annual Law Enforcement Torch Run for Northern California Special Olympics will take place, starting at the old courthouse on Lassen Street and ending way out on Riverside Drive at the new Hall of Justice.

The lead runners get a fancy Olympic-looking torch and run, relay style, handing it off to different participants along the course.

Last year the runners were primarily members of local law enforcement, but this year they will also be including other running groups with a goal of raising $5,000 for the cause.

I’ll give you a link here where you can register to be on an existing team or form your own, or, what the heck, just make a donation to torch run because it’s a worthy endeavor. Click here.

And then of course, on June 15th, if you have the time, opening ceremonies are at 7:00a.m., runners leave the old courthouse at 7:30 and it would be awesome to have a lot of people along the course to cheer them all on.

#SusanvilleFamous

Went to the ballpark, saw the dude from Survivor playing trumpet! Man, this is a cool town.

Fishing Derby

The annual Junior Fishing Derby is another event I love and I am sad it had to be postponed at the last minute this year because of dangerous conditions on the river. Wade Workman, who oversees the event for the Lassen Sportsmen’s Club, said he expects the derby to be rescheduled for August.

But I think I heard they already planted some big fish in the river and Paiute Creek? It may or may not be true, but if it is, there should be some good fishing on the local waterways when they open up. Fish on!

Hey, have a great weekend everybody! Enjoy the nice weather and I will see you next week!

Jeremy Couso
Jeremy Couso
SusanvilleStuff.com Publisher/Editor
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