Plate tectonics rules the surface of the earth, it’s eveidence of a tortured surface and continental drift is visable all around us.
We float on the froth of our planet.
But people love to freak out and think it means something ominous. It means build stuff better generally.
Chunks of loose pie crust on a bubbling molten filling.
Fossil fish capital of the world? Kemmerer, Wyoming
An 8.8 earthquake is nearly 100 times as powerful as the 7.0 quake that hit Haiti.
Most of the devastation in Haiti can be attributed to poor building practices (I've said as much on FR several times). However, there's a point when even the best built structures lose to the forces of nature — 8.8 is close to that point.
It is true that Obama actually renamed the tectonic plates under Haiti - BUSH’S FAULT?