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Predicted Quake Could Rate 9 On Scale
Canada.com ^
| 8-12-2003
Posted on 08/14/2003 12:06:56 PM PDT by blam
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:06:56 PM PDT
by
blam
To: blam
A 9 on the Richter scale could do some damage.
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:08:37 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Back in boot camp! 232.4 (-67.6))
To: blam
One might forecast, but as the late Charles Richter (of magnitude scale fame) once remarked: "The only people who predict earthquakes are idiots and liars."
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:11:16 PM PDT
by
onedoug
To: blam
National Geographic did a story several years ago regarding evidence of catastophic earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest - far worse that any of those seen in recent history, so this is not really 'new' news, just more supporting evidence.
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To: SamAdams76
The Richter scale is logrithmic in nature. That means that a 7.8 is TEN times as strong as a 6.8 and an 8.8 is ONE HUNDRED times more powerful than a 6.8. That means that a 9 would be on the magnitude of THREE HUNDRED TIMES more powerful than the 2001 earthquake.
When this happens, there won't be much of Seattle left.
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:12:31 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: Blood of Tyrants
As long as its after October 7
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:14:47 PM PDT
by
spokeshave
(A vote for Tom McClintock, Bill Simon or Peter Ueberroth is a vote for Cruz Bustamante)
To: blam
Wonder if Patrick Swayze is waxing the old surfboard...
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:16:27 PM PDT
by
trebb
To: chachacha
***"Hey maybe the LORD had enough of this Ah-nold (gay rights, same sex mariage, affirmative action, gun control, gay rights) sh** from the Knee Pad Republicans and is trying to send a message"***
Or maybe there's just a lot of pressure building up on the fault lines....
To: blam
The '64 Anchorage quake of was 9.3 The ground shook for 4 minutes in Fairbanks.
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:19:40 PM PDT
by
RightWhale
(Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
To: SamAdams76
As long as it isn't when I'm on vacation in SF!
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:19:40 PM PDT
by
rintense
To: big ern; Libertina; Publius; rockfish59; Eala
Ping-a-ling.
To: blam
Watch Mount Rainier!
To: blam
Date?
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:21:09 PM PDT
by
mhking
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:21:31 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: Blood of Tyrants
Damn, why couldn't the earthquake have happened BEFORE Starbucks coffee spread all over the country like a bad virus?
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:21:52 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(Back in boot camp! 232.4 (-67.6))
To: blam
This could be potentially as bad as Canada's sliding into the deep end of the economic ocean due to socialism.
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:24:19 PM PDT
by
A CA Guy
(God Bless America, God bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
To: blam
...as learned in NYC...wise to ALWAYS carry good, re-suppliable handgun, knife and flashlight in potentially "unstable" zones. If you survive the problem...your challenges may be just beginning. (Muttly pack gasmask and magnesium firestarter block too..he is a "good Scout" and intends to be around a long, long time).
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:24:53 PM PDT
by
PoorMuttly
(chasetailchasetailchasetailchasetailchasetai........)
To: Blood of Tyrants
When this happens, there won't be much of Seattle left. Nope. But let's look on the bright side. The areas likely to suffer the greatest destruction have the highest concentration of liberals. We might get a Republican governor again.
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:24:59 PM PDT
by
Eala
To: blam
Ouch, That would certainly leave a mark...
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posted on
08/14/2003 12:26:19 PM PDT
by
Chad Fairbanks
(The wages of sin are death, but by the time FICA and SSI are taken, it's just sorta tired feeling)
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