[CaribouCrossing]

“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.

[GirlNextDoor]

Nope, not just you. Maybe it was just us though. :)

[concerned about politics]

I think it is wise for people in those areas to make sure they are taking into account the POSSIBILITY of a major quake

I saw a segment on FOX that showed teens training for a quake in California. I missed most of the story, though. I just caught the end of it.