Posted on 11/20/2008 7:10:40 PM PST by NormsRevenge
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said if earthquakes strike in what geologists define as the New Madrid Seismic Zone, they would cause "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States."
FEMA predicted a large earthquake would cause "widespread and catastrophic physical damage" across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee -- home to some 44 million people.
Tennessee is likely to be hardest hit, according to the study that sought to gauge the impact of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in order to guide the government's response.
In Tennessee alone, it forecast hundreds of collapsed bridges, tens of thousands of severely damaged buildings and a half a million households without water.
Transportation systems and hospitals would be wrecked, and police and fire departments impaired, the study said.
The zone, named for the town of New Madrid in Missouri's southeast corner, is subject to frequent mild earthquakes.
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It is the will of The One (piss be upon him).
Historic Earthquakes
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1811-1812.php
New Madrid Earthquakes 1811-1812
1811, December 16, 08:15 UTC. Northeast Arkansas
Magnitude ~7.2 - 8.1
We’re dooooomed.
The big one has been predicted on the New Madrid fault for a long time. I don’t doubt it’s coming, though.
What would you expect? The Anti-Christ has risen to power.
LOL! A little too late, guys. The builders can keep it in mind when they see pretty much everything in the center of the country get leveled into rubble.
And the New Madrid fault line will be renamed (drum roll)....”Bush’s Fault”. Ba-da-bing.
FEMA wants people to be prepared for a catastrophe.
It’s politically correct to talk about earthquakes and global warming. Not PC to talk about a terrorist attack.
BTW, is there any more news about the rumor that retired military are being called up?
FEMA wants people to be prepared for a catastrophe.
It’s politically correct to talk about earthquakes and global warming. Not PC to talk about a terrorist attack.
BTW, is there any more news about the rumor that retired military are being called up?
Of the five most powerful earthquakes to strike the United States, none of them occurred in California (think New Madrid, Charleston, Good Friday, etc.)
“KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) – People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday”
Gosh government, how many millions did we spend to have you tell me in southern Calif I live in an earthquake zone and you will be of no help to me in a big one.
Stupid people -work in government.
Remember half of every graduating class, graduates at the bottom and gets government jobs.
What is going on tonight. I DID NOT hit the post button twice!
Another liberal attempt to fool the San Andreas fault from destroying San Fran.
Libs think they can control the temperature of a planet, why wouldn’t they think they can control Earthquakes
“Government warns of “catastrophic” U.S. quake (FEMA & the New Madrid Seismic Zone)”
That headline should be nominated for the category of “most misleading headline in 2008”. Maybe it is just me, but when I read that headline I thought the government was warning us of a catastrophic quake....that was an imminent prediction, not the same old warning we’ve known for years and years. LOL
What the article says is, “..... if a major earthquake struck there...”; “if earthquakes strike in what geologists define as the New Madrid Seismic Zone...”.
I think it is wise for people in those areas to make sure they are taking into account the POSSIBILITY of a major quake, for I have no doubt that sometime, somewhere down there, there will be a catastrophic earthquake. We had our 7.9 a few years ago but I still check the AK earthquake website every day to see if the bumps I thought I felt were in fact earthquake bumps.
maybe it was a mini quake
maybe it was a mini quake
Again!
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