Researchers Complete Seismic Borehole In Kentucky (New Madrid Seismic Zone)

Science Daily ^ | 12-14-2006 | University Of Kentucky

[null and void]

LOL!....stop that!...that's so true, in so many endeavors. :)

I know, I'm an engineer...

[skinkinthegrass]

I know, I'm an engineer...

:D ("Old School" Designer/CAD Operator/Draftsman) here ....kinda figured that....take Hydrology; the Hec2 program...(please :)..more applied art, than science. :)

[Dog Gone]

20 seconds warning probably wouldn't even help the first people to detect the signal of an impending earthquake. How would you possibly notify 75 million people in that time period?

[muawiyah]

Initially through such primitive means as radio, television, telephone, and later through the internet, and eventually, thanks to recombinant DNA technology, tiny microscopic nano-instruments built right into our genome.

And you thought they were wasting money on drilling holes ~ just wait'll you see how much that DNA workup is going to cost.

Whoo, boy!!!

[Steamburg]

Ping, I'm glad the earth moves for someone.

[Museum Twenty]

Hello -- Could you add me to your ping list? Thanks!

[ßuddaßudd]

LOL, it would be nice if Kentucky fell off into the....

[RonPaulLives]

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You've been added to the Bluegrass Ping list. Thanks.

[Twinkie]

I lived in Gibson County when I was a kid and one of my earliest memories is of my parents taking me to Reelfoot Lake on picnics and for Daddy to go fishing with my uncle. My husband, son and I went down there a few years ago to see the eagles in that area. They were having a few little tremors at that time.

[WKUHilltopper]

I grew up in Henderson, KY, maybe 200 miles straight line from the New Madrid fault--we had tremors all the time. One year, I think about '68 we had about a 7.0 quake that crumbled part of city hall, knocked some houses off foundations, etc. Pretty scary and strange feeling with the ground rolling and rumbling around.

[Theophilus]

Frequently, though, the jam would fly off of the shelf

Hey, I'm going steal that from you: "The jam is gonna fly off the shelf if you do x, if you don't do y or if momma finds out about z"

[SunkenCiv]

Dangerous Echoes Of Ice Ages Past - [New Madrid Fault}
Source: Stanford
Published: 7 Mar )1 Author: Louisa Dalton
Posted on 03/09/2001 19:35:47 PST by RightWhale
http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a3aa9a113213a.htm

Seismic Activity in Country's Center Sparks Debate
CNN | 6/23/2005 | By KC Wildmoon
Posted on 06/24/2005 12:44:41 AM EDT by ex-Texan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1429494/posts

[Sam Cree]

Bedrock was found at 1948 feet? It's about 3" at my house, except in some places where it protrudes right up through and above the grass.

[blam]

That must be tough on lawn mower blades, huh?

[Sam Cree]

You definitely have to set the blades high enough so they won't hit the rock. My lawn isn't exactly level! I like it, though. Funny thing is, I have 3 wells on my lot, they are about 17 feet deep, that's as far as you have to go to hit water. 'Course the water is full of calcium, but I think drinking it's good for us.

I suppose the water may be fairly close to the surface where you live too?

[blam]

"I suppose the water may be fairly close to the surface where you live too?"

Yes, 30-50 feet but sulfurus. I went to 200 feet and got good clear artesian water.

[Joya]

Interesting article

http://www.showme.net/~fkeller/quake/liquefaction.htm

[blam]

That's a very good article, thanks.

[CPT Clay]

Geololgist bump

[Smokin' Joe]

Thanks for the ping!