This week, I shake it up
Hey there!
I gotta tell you, being on your alma-mater’s stomping grounds is truly refreshing. Seeing the people rushing to classes, stressed out students, and cracked out squirrels is awesome–especially when you no longer have the pressure of a student [or a squirrel..whatever that means].
I was at UC Berkeley to meet with Bob Uhrhammer who is a research seismologist at Berkeley’s Seismo Lab. He was very knowledgeable and really knew the ins & outs of earthquakes. Living on the west coast, this was incredibly interesting–The Berkeley campus is actually less than a couple of paces away from the Hayward fault line. That is a pretty frightening fact when looking at the devastation of past quakes.
Anyway, Bob was kind enough to show me around the instruments used throughout the century, educate me on the origins of the Richter scale, and even let me create an earthquake of my own. Check it out on this weeks edition of Tekzilla!:)N
I continue to be amazed at your performance in front of the camera! I wonder if CNET would have given you these opportunities or if you would have kept answering phones for CNET Live. Best wishes and good luck!
Science rules! Great job, Neha. Keep ‘em coming!