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majroj
Thanks again majroj. You are a fount of knowledge.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 7, 2010 at 5:35 AM
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oops
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/
posted by
majroj
on August 6, 2010 at 8:26 PM
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THis one includes the New Madrid area
posted by
majroj
on August 6, 2010 at 8:25 PM
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In guess the Canadian map doesn't update through a link
Oh well.
posted by
majroj
on August 6, 2010 at 8:23 PM
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majro
Jeesh!! I love the understatement of 'the last hour;' the casual approach?
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 6, 2010 at 1:16 PM
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dsm_tchr
I didn't have time to get scared dsm_ tchr. It was a bit like a car crash - over and done with before you know where you are.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 5, 2010 at 6:07 AM
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Pat_B
I finally got the time to look up the New Madrid fault line, Pat. I don't think it's a case of it would be a disaster - it is definitely going to be a disaster. It must be eerie to live through so many earthquakes. We've mentally filed away your earthquake information in case there is a big one. As it is, the two teeny weeny 'quakes we've been in were over before we realized what they were.
posted by
johnmacnab
on August 5, 2010 at 6:04 AM
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So sorry about the damage! A couple of years ago there was one in Nevada that shot up into Idaho! I remember feeling very weird in my abdomen and my daughter called as it was ending! She felt more force than I did but still eerie nonetheless! It would be awful if your scenario came about! So much fresh water just gone in a few seconds! Hold down the fort so to speak! lol sam
I hope you don't have gout!!!!!
posted by
sam444
on August 1, 2010 at 2:14 PM
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch..
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs.html
posted by
majroj
on July 31, 2010 at 6:57 PM
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johnmcnab, what a scary scenario!
posted by
dsm_tchr
on July 29, 2010 at 10:11 AM
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I grew up in western Washington state, where there are two or three
earthquakes a week - most of them so slight you don't feel them. There were several big ones that I was in, but mostly I remember how everyone panicked. If there's another one, you and the grandkids need to get to and stand in a doorway if you're in the house, because the framing may keep the roof from crashing down and flattening you. If you're outdoors, try to stay away from power lines which can snap, and away from structures, especially brick ones. People try to run -- big mistake.
What a thought, that the St. Lawrence or any other river would drain into some giant sink hole. The Great Lakes as desert? OMG! A little over a hundred years ago the New Madrid fault that crosses Southern IL and Missouri, shifted the course of the Mississippi river -- it would be a real catastrophe now, with all the increased population in towns along the river.
posted by
Pat_B
on July 29, 2010 at 6:12 AM
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northsage_45
I just read that Sunday blog northsage_45 and I certainly agree that rock solid is just an illusion. The earthquake certainly altered my point of view regarding Canada as being rock solid.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 29, 2010 at 5:38 AM
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I wrote a blog about what an EQ does, to illusions of safety, just Sunday!
John,
I understand that the experience of the ground shaking and rippling and opening right beneath our feet, actually destroys the FOUNDATION of our mental feelings of solidity, because it shows the concept of "Rock Solid," to be only false security and we come to realize that there really is NO SUCH THING as real safety, it is just an illusion, and only wishful dreaming. This can manifest itself as PTSD, even many years later. I can only imagine the profound shock to everything we hold dear, and true, psychically.
Guy
posted by
northsage_45
on July 28, 2010 at 8:09 PM
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TAPS
It shocked me as well, Taps. I was under the impression that the Canadian Shield would protect the country from earthquakes, but apparently there are 'quake bands round the edges of the Shield. According to the site that majroj sent, it appears that nobody knows why this happens - I would have thought it was quite obvious on the edges of tectonic plates.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 28, 2010 at 7:12 PM
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majroj
Wonderful majroj. Thank you very much - it was something I was always 'going' to do.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 28, 2010 at 7:06 PM
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BC-A
It certainly is, BC-A, especially so when you are frazzled to begin with.
posted by
johnmacnab
on July 28, 2010 at 7:04 PM
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It shocked me that there was an earthquake in Canada. I don't know why.
I guess they can happen anywhere.
posted by
TAPS.
on July 28, 2010 at 12:52 PM
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If you want to see your earthquakes...
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-eng.php
If you want to see Califorina/Nevada's:
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs.html
These sites will update automatically so the picture above will be out of date.
posted by
majroj
on July 28, 2010 at 12:03 PM
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johnmacnab
u That’s scary when you try to relax sir. BC-A, Bill’s RJLst
posted by
BC-A
on July 28, 2010 at 8:08 AM
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