[Labyrinthos]

I recall reading it on Thread II, but didn't give the thought a lot of credence. I still don't. Why waste a nuke on an untested theory with uncertain results, when you can blow a nuke up in Mid-Town Manhattan and pretty much wipe out a large chunk of the largest city in the United States and kill perhaps a 100,000 people or more with near certainty.

[Calpernia]

What about a Tesla Toy?

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/

[JustPiper]

Report: Bin Laden's Driver at Gitmo
Fox News ^ | 2/11/04
Posted on 02/11/2004 9:19:19 AM CST by areafiftyone
Comment by Old Sarge

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1075949/posts?page=9#9

[JustPiper]

An Uh-Oh Alert!

Earthquake shakes up Middle East (Israel)
BBC ^ | Feb 11, 2004 | staff
Posted on 02/11/2004 10:24:55 PM CST by ETERNAL WARMING

Earthquake shakes up Middle East An earthquake has shaken parts of Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip, according to witnesses. There were no reports of substantial damage or casualties.

Israeli radio said it caused MPs in the Israeli parliament to rush out of committee meetings into the corridors fearing a large bomb had gone off.

People left offices across the region, as tremors were felt in the Jordanian capital Amman and as far away as the Lebanese capital Beirut.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1076454/posts

Magnitude 5.1 DEAD SEA REGION
2004 February 11 08:15:03 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 08:15:03 (UTC) - Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 10:15:03 AM local time at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 31.68N 35.49E
Depth 25.8 kilometers
Region DEAD SEA REGION
Reference 30 km (15 miles) ESE of JERUSALEM, Israel
40 km (25 miles) ENE of Hebron, West Bank
50 km (30 miles) SW of AMMAN, Jordan
55 km (35 miles) ESE of Rishon le-Ziyyon, Israel

Remarks Four people injured in western Jordan and a landslide occurred in Ma'in. Minor damage to buildings at Jerusalem, Petah-Tiqwa, Tel Aviv and in the Nablus area. Felt from Cairo, Egypt to Lebanon.

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_etal.html

Quake shocks Middle East
Thursday 12 February 2004, 2:36 Makka Time, 23:36 GMT

The tremor's epicentre has been located around the Dead Sea

A medium to strong earthquake has rattled several Middle Eastern countries, causing some minor injuries and damage, and sparking scenes of panic from Cairo to Amman.

The tremor's epicentre has been located around the Dead Sea

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/B5257E64-5F68-441B-9935-0D368AAA9920.htm

Last Update: 12/02/2004 01:38

Quake rocks Israel, neighbor countries

By Haaretz Service and Agencies

Government officials decided after an earthquake Wednesday to begin looking into the stability of the country's infrastructure and security compounds in the coming weeks.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/393241.html

JNW News
Earthquake cracks Knesset
By Jerusalem Newswire Editorial Staff
February 11, 2004

Jerusalem (jnewswire.com) - An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale rocked Israel and surrounding states Wednesday morning, sending frightened people streaming into streets throughout the country, but causing only one indirect injury and little damage.

http://www.jnewswire.com/news_archive/04/02/040211_quake.asp

[SpoofChicken]

Why waste a nuke on an untested theory with uncertain results, when you can blow a nuke up in Mid-Town Manhattan and pretty much wipe out a large chunk of the largest city in the United States and kill perhaps a 100,000 people or more with near certainty.

Exactly. I believe our own scientists (with much better resources, education and funding) attempted triggering an earthquake using nukes with undesirable results. They didn't trigger one or if they did, a very small one with a fairly large nuke. I can't exactly remember. Although they said the possibility is there, it's a very small one. It's possible if they had several placed on very precise points (from another article I read) but I'm not sure they would risk that. If AQ heads are as smart as some make them out to be, I would figure they did their homework. I figure it would be the same with a volcano. Plus if Yellowstone goes off again (they should know this as well) it would not just destroy America, but the entire globe over time. I think even attempting this would be a HUGE gamble on their part, something I would figure the "well-educated" heads of AQ wouldn't take. I emailed the head scientist at Yellowstone about it after reading the discussion before, I could post his response here if anyone wants.