Posted on 03/17/2011 6:56:17 PM PDT by Chattering Class of 58
A former United States Geological Survey scientist says a major quake on the West Coast is imminent.
Jim Berkland predicts earthquakes…accurately.
Never heard of him? Perhaps you should—especially if you live on or near the West Coast of the United States, or know someone that does.
Anyone with an average 80 percent success rate predicting earthquakes should command attention, and lately Berkland has been in the limelight of the national media.
"The people that say you cannot predict earthquakes, they don't know what they are talking about," Berkland told the Santa Cruz Sentinel during a 2009 interview.
Appearing on late night radio shows for many years, since the great quake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan the retired geologist has been finding his booking calendar full. His unpronounceable and difficult-to-spell website, syzygyjob.com, has crashed several times after his latest appearances on FOXNews with Neil Cavuto and the popular talk radio host Michael Savage's show.
While Berkland has scored many direct hits with earthquake predictions—they fall within his self-described "seismec window"—his greatest claim to fame was his accurate prediction of the powerful 1989 temblor that rocked San Fransisco four days before it occurred.
Now the earthquake prognosticator admits he's worried about the prospects of a strong quake hitting the West Coast of the US sometime during March 2011, particularly around March 19th.
The "ring of fire" that encircles the Pacific rim includes the region from Alaska south to South America. During the past several years earthquake and volcanic activity has been on the upswing all along the rim except on the northeastern perimeter.
(Excerpt) Read more at setyoufreenews.com ...
Cuz, ya know, I'm just sayin'...I might be luvin' the super moon
Certainly so! But a similarly outline-revealing pic of that would have gotten pulled off the thread, I wager...
I even thought twice about the one of the woman, but since I'd also seen it as a baby t-shirt, I figured it was pretty innocent...
Holy crap, I am heading out on my boat for a cruise up Puget Sound. My house is 500 feet up....
Now what?????
Necklace? What necklace? ... Lemme look again....
Oh yeah, sure enough, there's a necklace. :)
Exactly.
I recommend everyone read my comment on this thread.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2689504/posts?page=89#89
Smoked guda and Snickers, washed down with a fine Merlot ... the only way to do it right.
Glad you liked it! :)
Been following Jim Berkland on and off for many years. Here’s his website: http://www.syzygyjob.com/
Maybe you can anwser this ? for me. I sit outside at night sometimes (actually every nite) I’ve noticed the moon has changed position,seems markedly. We have had quite a few cloudy nights, but for some reason it seems different.
Am I just imagining this or is there really a reason?
Good documentation. It may be the only thing that may predictable based on Berkland’s theory at this time is the probability of an event. I think the research into electromagnetic disturbances may tell us where the fracture is most likely to occur. The earth’s crust is very thin but not very revealing, so maybe the Russians are on to something. Nonetheless, it’s still probability and not certainty.
Some things just need biting.
What’s interesting in a clinical sort of way is that there have been major earthquakes recently in several places around the ring of fire, except the West Coast.
The earth “rings like a bell” when there is a major earthquake, so the chances have increased for a bad one here. There are articles by other geologists regarding that.
Also, the likelihood of a subduction zone EQ on the Cascadia fault has recently been estimated as 30% within the next 50 years, based on the history of EQ’s on the Cascadia fault.
So, he may not be the great guru of earthquakes, but may be inadvertently correct.
A moderate chance of a quake next week along the Aletians and then a couple more weeks later around Seattle a bunch of small ones, my prediction.
BTW my cats are acting just slightly off kilter here in Alaska so I think we will have a small quake in the next 24 hours, 4.0 or so.
bump: till march 20
HOW ABOUT SOME EXAMPLES . . .
Say his 3 most specific . . .
A rather curious response from his superiors, I thought at the time.
Imminent Ping!
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