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In the General/Chat forum, on a thread titled Q ~ Trust Trump's Plan ~ 04/01/2024 Vol.490, Q Day 2347, numberonepal wrote:
Quake: 40.689°N, -74.754°W
Trump National Golf Club Bedminster: 40.656°N, -74.696°W
Distance between: 3.8 miles
Dutch Sinse and the USGS have been battling each other for years. THe USGS lies, changes data etc. During a show, 'someone' faxed Dutch, apparently some kind of threat. He perserveres. I think they rained on him hard when he reported that seismic activity off Catelina Island (CA) was not an earthquake, but based on the depth, was located in the secret submarine base there.
The USGS used to torment Dutch because he reported 'earthquakes' in the Washington Oregon areas were too shallow to be earthquakes. The USGS responded by saying they were the result of 'mining operations' (i.e., explosives). Dutch shot back, "Really? Aren't there any mining operations in Eastern US? Why aren't they reported but 'mning operations' in WA/OR are reported?"
It's not unusual for the USGS to downgrade intensity, so it's possibly there was 'drift' in the coordinates reported (a 'correction') because Dutch can access and cross confirm magnitude and location with international data sources, too, in addition to in-person reports. Just a possiblity.
Personally, I believe there has to be missile batterys embedded in and around the whole area, not just Mar A Lago, just as there are missiles in D.C. So a distance of 3 - 4 miles, IMHO, could be errors in targeting, locations of air defense, deception from USGS, or combinations of the above and other considerations. I think what Dutch was pointing to is there just aren't plate boundaries in that region that would shift to create earthquakes.
Just an aside. In early Q, still monitoring Dutch's information, I looked at the USGS, wondering why they were tormenting Dutch. At the time, I thought that for a government building, they put an unusual amount of money into designing functional Government (nerd) buildings.
From searching Google Earth for USGS HQ at 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., Reston, VA 20192
Most likely the building design was derived from a 'compase rose' symbol for cardinal directons.
But anymore, I wonder what(else) the compass rose was based on. I wonder what any symbol I find in government buildings and documentation was based on (i.e., the creepy serpent imagery of the CDC).

Freepers did an OUTSTANDING job in Q1 when Free Republic had to collect almost $20,000 in TEN DAYS to make the budget! Here's a possible strategy to avoid epic 'tight corners' like that one.
4/6/2024 | vanity
Posted on 4/6/2024, 2:37:34 PM by ransomnote
Freepers did an OUTSTANDING job in Q1 when Free Republic had to collect almost $20,000 in TEN DAYS to make the budget! Many donated even though it 'hurt' and some FReepers even donated TWICE to get us across the finish line - we couldn't have made it without that kind of loyalty and generosity. Amazing. I thank God for blessing us with FR, Jim and Chris, and the FReepers who get the job done.
As a rule of thumb, I guesstimate trying to collect $1000 per FReepathon day would reduce emergency collections. SO looking at Q2, I see we're on day 6 and we've collected $3,000 (THANKS TO EAGER FREEPERS!).
To stay outta trouble near the end of Q2, we might aim to match thousands to days in Q2. Just an idea. The Biden economy has made it harder on FReepers and yet FReepers persevere in working to Make America Great Again.
If you plan to donate this month and just haven't taken the step yet, could you put in your donation today to see if we can get closer to our $1K per day to keep the emergency collections away?
Some plan for later in Q2 and that is wonderful; my suggestion is only for those who are able to do so now. For most donors, the money comes in, whenever it can come in, and that has kept FR alive for many, many years. May God continue to bless Free Republic and those who call FR home.
THANK YOU, FREEPERS!

Try no to overthink it. That USGS star wars building design had to be the winner in a college architectural design competition. Happens all the time when gummint has money to burn and probably fell within the allowance of the local congressional cabal.

That part about arguing about quakes in the WA/OR area is a bit of a non-event. Both states are extremely volcanic by courtesy of the Cascade Mtn Range and when one looks at a geologic map of the two, especially the eastern parts, it’s obvious they are built like a bowl of ice cubes. There are so many fault lines there is almost no way that a jiggle in any one part will be felt more than a county away. The top layer of ground is about a half mile deep, give or take, the water table is a thousand feet down, and the whole place is built like a gravel pit.

At this moment the ODOT guys are blowing up a basalt ridge in two steps, to widen Hwy 97. They are 100 yds long at least and when they went off nobody knew. Kind of makes the case?