Posted on 02/20/2008 12:39:26 AM PST by Alter Kaker
Earthquake
So what else is new?
NFW.
The last time this happened, in almost exactly the same place, 225,000 people died.
This is the first linked report besides the USGS. Prayers for safety, for the people in harm's way. That was a BIG one!
WoW! That’s another big one!
No its not.
BTTT
While this is worrisome, and of course often quake magnitude estimates go up with time, let's remember that the Tsunami causing quake of 2004 was of much higher magnitude - a high 8 or even 9, if I remember correctly.
Still, though, all should heed the Tsunami warning!
“The last time this happened, in almost exactly the same place, 225,000 people died.”
You know, I just can’t work it up anymore. This area has one earthquake after another. It’s just a fact of life (or death) for that part of the world. I feel sorry for them, but there is absolutely nothing one can do to change Mother Nature and what she puts forth. This time let the other parts of the world closer to them foot the bill for relief rather than us. I’m tired of sending aid to primarily Muslim countries that will just go back to hating our guts after getting our aid. Let Saudi Arabia, etc. provide the relief.
“correlation can not be confered to causation’
What do I know. I’m just a VERY junior college guy.
Junior college equals VERY bad intellect.
>>The last time this happened, in almost exactly the same place, 225,000 people died.<<
Not to minimze the risk - any Tsunami is a Tsunami I would not want to be in...
But if I’m doing the math right, a Magnitude 9 quake like last time is 32 times as big a quake with 100 times as much energy as a 7.5 magnitude like the preliminary reading on this one.
The energy release of an earthquake scales with the 3/2 power of the shaking amplitude, and thus a difference in magnitude of 1.0 is equivalent to a factor of 31.6 in the energy released; a difference of magnitude of 2.0 is equivalent to a factor of 1000 in the energy released.
So? Are you trying to tell us somthing? If you are, what the hell could you possibly be trying to tell us?
Nobody listens to me. What makes you think that you may be different? Ego? Perhaps you went to a MAJOR college, eh?
Who cares?
The amazing forces of nature.
>>Nobody listens to me. What makes you think that you may be different?<<
He’s one up on you because he used numbers and he beat me with more decimal places... :(
All Tsunami Warnings have been canceled.
Praise Allah.
I’m tired of sending aid to primarily Muslim countries that will just go back to hating our guts after getting our aid. Let Saudi Arabia, etc. provide the relief.”
What...actually adjust one's life to meet Mother Nature instead of trying to impose our will on her? Why, you LEFTIE! ;-)
This time let the other parts of the world closer to them foot the bill for relief rather than us. I’m tired of sending aid to primarily Muslim countries that will just go back to hating our guts after getting our aid. Let Saudi Arabia, etc. provide the relief.
Right on target. And why should we borrow the money from China, right in that neighborhood, without China offering us debt relief?
WJC and B1 on standby.
I care.
There are humans there. Don’t talk to me about crazy ragheads. They most of all need salvation.
There are Christian workers there.
Humans.
I care.
No, praise the Lord. There is evangelism happening there and they do not all hate US.
I agree with you. No government aid.
As a private citizen, I will see what I can do.
I can still see the picture of the boy wearing the Bin Laden t-shirt. Reading/hearing the whining about how much our government ‘failed’ to give monetarily. Upset countries because we sent Marines to help with major clean-up...nothing about us being the only nation ABLE to clean it up!
All I will to today for them is pray.
Maybe these Muslims should pray to a loving God and his Son that may hear their prayers. I hope we don’t send another red cent to this area until the Muslim nations match what we spend and have spent on these ungrateful miscreants.
Prayers up.
This earthquake had the longest duration of faulting ever observed, between 8.3 and 10 minutes. It caused the entire planet to vibrate as much as 1 cm (0.5 inches)[1] and triggered other earthquakes as far away as Alaska.[2]."
Seem to be fairly common on this planet.
This non-event has nothing to do with the full moon. No statistical correlation. Nope. None. Neither did the last one.
Lunar eclipse tonite.
I’m with you. I care too. The images of people in tsunamis and earthquakes are horrific.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008nrbf.php
6.2 in greece with in the last hour. hmm.
My neighbors are missionaries and they just went back to Indonesia, about a week ago. They should be in the high area by now, but I pray for their son, who accompanied them just to get them there safely, and should be on his way back.
What was the strength of the earthquake that hit that Christmas day?
I should have read the thread before posting my question.
Never mind...........thanks.
USGS is saying 6.9 in Southern Greece.
Send them Obama to talk them better! Egad I hate sending aid to these 6th century as_hats.
Not everyone over there feels the way it was reported by CNN and the BBC.
CNN hates the US.
BBC is worse.
I’m going to check with my boss today and see if I can assist with the relief. Probably can’t. But I’ll check.
Thank you, Jemian, for your comments.
My niece is there on a mission to Banda Aceh. Aged 24, one of the sweetest kids you will ever meet. Braver than me. I didn’t want her to go there. She covers her head and keeps a low profile. So far, a year later, so good.
Anyway, she normally pops up on Skype to say she’s ok but I haven’t heard from her yet. I pray that she is.
Yikes!
I pray that she’s okay too. I hope you hear from her soon.
Odd, we saw on the History Channel last week that if another big EQ hit the island chains of Crete, another island could and probably would go under from the tsunamis.
The geophysicists said the lost island of Atlantis is probably located in that area. They showed photos from years ago and present photos. It’s a totally different chain of islands. Hopefully, there won’t be a volcano to complete the trifecta of all h*ll breaking loose.
We have enough people to help in our own country and immediate neighboring countries we don’t need to go looking.
The 2004 quake registered here in SW Va.
Ron, I am over in the far eastern province. Last night our prayer chain was activated because we had no info on our workers in Aceh. I’ll call my bosses in a few hours (it is on 0634 here) and see if there is any update. I’ll be sending you a freepmail in a few minutes.
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