[DannyTN]

"What does it being poor have to do with an earthquake hitting the area?"

The poor lives in housing that is not as likely to stand up to an earthquake. And they can't afford to lose what little they have and will need public assistance if they do.

[muawiyah]

Another New Madrid quake of the size and location of the 1811/1812 quake will knock Chicago, St. Louis, Indianapolis, Evansville, the cities of the plain in Central Illinois, Louisville, Cincinatti, Nashville, Vicksburg, Memphis and a whole host of other places OVER!

[beckysueb]

Actually Mississippi is not that poor. They have a huge gambling industry like Vegas. More stereotyping nonsense. The libs look at the southeast as poor and ignorant because they vote Republican. Must be discredited. Mississippi was devastated by Katrina but you would never know it because they didn’t whine. They picked themselves up and rebuilt. They didn’t get the media coverage like NOLA did. Alabama was heavily damaged, too, and recieved practically no coverage.

[Joya]

http://www.kait8.com/global/story.asp?s=12071693

JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) – An earthquake along the New Madrid Fault Line rattled a few homes Tuesday afternoon.

According to the United States Geological Survey, a 3.7 earthquake hit southeast Missouri around 1:30 in the afternoon.

The quake’s epicenter was about 2 miles east of East Prairie, Missouri. The depth of the quake was about 3 miles deep.