How long before...

[Weird Harold]

... the tinfoil hat brigades blame this morining's earthquake on global warming?

I think it should be fairly obvious to any half-wit that the weight of all the extra water in the Wabash River from the near record flooding is what caused the wabash fault to shift and no further evidence need be presented..

 

[jomar]

No WH, that was just the tipping point. The real issue is the uneven distribution of National Geographics that are stored in attics and basements.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Don't be silly, Harold. Everyone already knows it was done by the Neo-Cons lead by Karl Rove trying to generate another reason to shred the Constitution and blame it on Iran. Sheesh!

 

[Guest]

I blame myself.

 

[Katyusha]

Oh for god's sake people, use your brains. This was obviously caused by illegal immigration. Don't you see? There are too many illegal immigrants here. How much must 12 million people weigh? Having 12 million extra people here is putting too much weight on the American plate and is responsible for the earthquake last night as well as the quakes off of the Oregon coast.

 

[TxRad]

I blame myself.

You were playing with the big toy again weren't you.

 

[OhMissScarlett]

... the tinfoil hat brigades blame this morining's earthquake on global warming?

I think it should be fairly obvious to any half-wit that the weight of all the extra water in the Wabash River from the near record flooding is what caused the wabash fault to shift and no further evidence need be presented..

Funny you should mention that because the pitcher for The Cardinals just said on TV that he thought it was global warming. LOL.

 

[alyxen]

Clearly the Earth is hiding WMDs and must be destroyed!

 

[voluptuary_manque]

No WH, that was just the tipping point. The real issue is the uneven distribution of National Geographics that are stored in attics and basements.

Ah, The Journal of Irreproducible Results surfaces once more. Point for Jomar!

 

[Katyusha]

Funny you should mention that because the pitcher for The Cardinals just said on TV that he thought it was global warming. LOL.

There was a news anchor that asked a geologist if it was in any way related to global warming too.

 

[Weird Harold]

Funny you should mention that because the pitcher for The Cardinals just said on TV that he thought it was global warming. LOL.

There was a news anchor that asked a geologist if it was in any way related to global warming too.

Just goes to show that science credits aren't prerequisites for being a MLB baseball pitcher or a news anchor.

I guess the answer to my somewhat facetious question is less than 24 hours.

 

[glynndah]

No WH, that was just the tipping point. The real issue is the uneven distribution of National Geographics that are stored in attics and basements.

I have taken the precautionary measure of restacking my collection of National Geographics and disbursing them throughout the house and the garage, just in case. Thank you for that timely warning.

 

[fifty5]

Does subscribing to the National Geographic channel affect this? I may need to warn one of my SOs...

 

[Weird Harold]

Does subscribing to the National Geographic channel affect this? I may need to warn one of my SOs...

Only if they habitually order the "VHS or DVD of the show you're wtching now." It's not the content that unbalances things, it's the medium -- Tapes and DVDs are less disruptive than magazines because they have less mass. Although... large concentrations of National Geographic programs on VHS might disrupt the Earth's magnetic fields because of the magnteic particles on the tape.

 

[jomar]

Ah, The Journal of Irreproducible Results surfaces once more. Point for Jomar!

Be careful you don't exercise too much!

I have taken the precautionary measure of restacking my collection of National Geographics and disbursing them throughout the house and the garage, just in case. Thank you for that timely warning.

Wise! Houses have been known to tilt.

Does subscribing to the National Geographic channel affect this? I may need to warn one of my SOs...

What WH said. Otherwise, it's more of a global warming issue.

 

[pleaz_me]

Damn. My bad.

I thought it was some couple out there having mad passionate sex.

"Honey, I'm going to please you so well the earth will move."

" It did! It did!"

 

[Katyusha]

Just goes to show that science credits aren't prerequisites for being a MLB baseball pitcher or a news anchor.

I guess the answer to my somewhat facetious question is less than 24 hours.

Disappointing, isn't it? I thought people who took any high school science at all knew how earthquakes worked.

ETA: I wonder what the looks on scientists faces were when they heard about that.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Disappointing, isn't it? I thought people who took any high school science at all knew how earthquakes worked.

We teach it in sixth grade, here, but what would you expect from California?

 

[Katyusha]

We teach it in sixth grade, here, but what would you expect from California?

I learned it in the sixth grade myself, but I also know that there are an awful lot of people who didn't learn till high school what I learned in the sixth grade.

 

[oggbashan]

Didn't you know?

A GI stamped on a bug in Iraq. He caused the earthquake but GWB sent him to Iraq so the President is to blame.

Og

 

[Katyusha]

Didn't you know?

A GI stamped on a bug in Iraq. He caused the earthquake but GWB sent him to Iraq so the President is to blame.

Og

No!! Why can't you people see that it's our immigration policies that caused this? It's so obvious a baby could figure it out!!

 

[Weird Harold]

Disappointing, isn't it? I thought people who took any high school science at all knew how earthquakes worked.

ETA: I wonder what the looks on scientists faces were when they heard about that.

But the midwest isn't on a plate boundary so Hgh school science didn't cover earthqaukes on mid-plate faults like the Wabash and New Madrid. Obviously for earthquakes to occur in the middle of a plate something besides high-school science is required explain it -- something like the addedweight of billions of gallons of flood water or seepage from flood waters lubricating old faults. Most of the possible "other reasons" lead back to global warming (and/or ground water depletion.)

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

But the midwest isn't on a plate boundary so Hgh school science didn't cover earthqaukes on mid-plate faults like the Wabash and New Madrid. Obviously for earthquakes to occur in the middle of a plate something besides high-school science is required explain it -- something like the addedweight of billions of gallons of flood water or seepage from flood waters lubricating old faults. Most of the possible "other reasons" lead back to global warming (and/or ground water depletion.)

Joking aside, Harold. The geologists from USGA don't know where all the plates and faults are. They found a new one last year running right through the middle of downtown Portland. I'm quite sure it didn't just appear. It's been there for at least three or four years

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Bang on, Jen. Finding faults in SoCal is like finding archeological treasures in Rome. All you have to do is dig a new sewer line or a new foundation for something. And this is a seismologically well explored area. The Midwest is the frontier for seismologists.

 

[Weird Harold]

Joking aside, Harold. The geologists from USGA don't know where all the plates and faults are. They found a new one last year running right through the middle of downtown Portland. I'm quite sure it didn't just appear. It's been there for at least three or four years

Fault lines are all over the country/world some are just older and less active than others. I'm pretty sure that there is a mapped but unnamed fault within 500 yards of the apartment complex where I live.

Also, the weight of surface water is NOT an impossible trigger for earthquakes -- but it usually takes a build up of standing water, as when Lake Mead filled after Hoover Dam was completed. The filling of Lake Mead was blamed for the last earthquake(s) in this region, (although Californians scoff at calling the minor tremors recorded then as "earthquakes.")