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To: week 71

I can’t speak about the other states, but in Missouri, the New Madrid Fault is NOT “little known.”


11 posted on 07/26/2024 3:15:31 PM PDT by scott7278 (Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords.)
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We are building a concrete home. If that don’t trigger the New Madrid nothing will.


13 posted on 07/26/2024 3:17:29 PM PDT by oldasrocks
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In the New Madrid quakes of 1811 and 1812, the ground "liquefied". One moment you are standing on solid ground, the next moment you have sunk up to your neck in porridge. Cows, and people and whole houses disappeared into this gruel.

21 posted on 07/26/2024 3:36:32 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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It is well known here. We’ve felt a few tremors over the years. See post #25


27 posted on 07/26/2024 3:48:08 PM PDT by Indy Pendance (Jesus can't get here soon enough!)
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I was going to say the same thing. Grew up in Washington State, and learned about the New Madrid fault in Jr High school. If I remember correctly, a quake on that fault in the mid-1800’s rerouted parts of the Mississippi and was felt in New England. Then again, schools today don’t actually teach anything so maybe it is “little known” today.


38 posted on 07/26/2024 4:09:06 PM PDT by RainMan ((Democrats ... making war against America since April 12, 1861))
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