[RJS1950]

Sounds like the New Madrid is rumbling and there have been predictions that is overdue for a big one. Had a small one ~3.0 here in Nebraska last week along the Humbolt/Union fault lines. Something is on the move.

[ErnBatavia]

Being a southern Californian, I used to be kinda nervous sleeping in homes in the midwest -- due to all the knick knacks on wall rails, and stuff all over high cabinets.

We 'decorate' a little differently here if we want to avoid head breakage, let alone loss of possessions.

[Elle Bee]

My very thought

On December 16, 1811, the 400 residents of New Madrid, Missouri, were shaken out of their beds at two in the morning by a violent earthquake. Huge cracks split the ground. The waters of the Mississippi rose and fell like a great tide. Giant waves rose up and swept north, giving the impression that the river was actually flowing backwards. Boats along the river were engulfed, capsized, and theeair crews drowned.

It's one year after two New Madrid earthquakes have devastated the Mississippi Valley.
Battalions of foreign peackeepers are occupying Tennessee, at the invitation of the President.

Phil Carson, (from "Enemies Foreign And Domestic"), and three strangers are hiding in a well-stocked cave, which is a guerrilla fighter's lair. Across the region Kazakh "contract peacekeepers" are wiping out the last remaining American holdouts, who have rejected the federal government's order to abandon their homes and move to "relocation centers."

This scene is in the middle of the novel.

CLICK on COVER to read excerpt from FReeper Travis McGee

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[UCANSEE2]

I find this program to be so helpful in seeing the ‘patterns’ of earthquake activity.

It is 3D, and you can spin the Earth, zoom in/out, and there a bunch of controls that will keep you busy for hours.

EARTHQUAKE 3D. Go to the link, download it (about 2 seconds), then run it.

It is awesome and yet a very small program.
Best of all, IT’S FREE.

http://www.wolton.net/quake.html