Posted on 09/02/2002 3:55:45 PM PDT by 2sheep
Four earthquakes off the coast of Oregon (and another in the bottomless pit in Fiji):
NEIC: Near Real Time Earthquake List
Near Real Time Earthquake List
Updated as of Mon Sep 2 22:06:17 UTC 2002.
DATE-(UTC)-TIME Latitude Longitude Depth Magnitude Q COMMENTS
yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss degrees degrees km
2002/09/02 18:21:35 43.95N 128.36W 10.0 4.7 A OFF COAST OF OREGON
2002/09/02 15:17:13 44.01N 127.92W 10.0 4.4 B OFF COAST OF OREGON
2002/09/02 13:39:17 43.94N 128.29W 19.2 5.4 A OFF COAST OF OREGON
2002/09/02 13:38:10 43.91N 128.39W 21.6 5.2 A OFF COAST OF OREGON
2002/09/02 06:16:53 17.32S 178.79W 500.0 4.4 B FIJI ISLANDS
NEIC: Historical Seismicity: OFF COAST OF OREGON
210 miles (340 km) WNW of Coos Bay, Oregon
220 miles (350 km) W of Newport, Oregon
245 miles (395 km) NW of Brookings, Oregon
270 miles (440 km) WSW of SALEM, Oregon
Good News For The Day
The truth will set you free. (John 8:32)
"God's dismissal in the 19th century, and the humiliation of truth in the 2oth, was supposed to set the world free."
"The experiment has been under way for some time now, and it is fair to ask, what are the... results---so far?"
"The Nazi experience in Germany provides a case study. There, a government and a society were organized on the principle of God's non-existence. Did liberation come to pass? On the wall of one of the death camps there is a plaque. It preserves the language of one of Hitler's speeches. The plaque overlooks large mounds of human hair, piles of personal effects; shoes, spectacles. The plaque reads: "I freed Germany from the degrading fallacy of conscience and morality. We will train people capable of violence-imperious, relentless, cruel. . ."
"Those sentiments were nurtured on the same continent that gave the world the reformation. Which was more liberating? If someone came today and said: "I am the truth," we would not take him seriously. But when Jesus says it, we are tempted to let him get away with it. If he is mad, it is a beautiful madness; such an attractive insanity. Let us not be ashamed to offer Christ to the world."
The truth will set you free. (John 8:32)
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Good News For The Day
I am the truth. . ..(John 14:6)
For most of time, men and women have assumed that the truth was there to be found out. This began to change in the 19th century and the change gathered pace in the 20th. As people began to question the existence of God, it became obvious to some, that the existence of truth requires the existence of God. With God dismissed, it became impossible to conceive of truth in any absolute sense. This has resulted in the humiliation of truth. Truth is now whatever you would like it to be.
Truth's demise has filtered down through the great centers of learning, the arts, and on into streets and homes. Everything is possible with truth gone. Everything is permissible. Musicians make music that doesn't sound musical. Painters paint pictures that are incomprehensible to normal folk. Playwrights write plays that are nonsense, and architects design buildings that no one can understand. All this is put forward as legitimate, but what does it all mean?
No matter how much... popular culture---is encouraged to believe in the relativity of truth, no one can build a decent life on such a notion.
Inevitably proponents of freedom from God, and from absolute truth, are obliged to reach outside of their own system, and borrow something from theism in order to make their lives work. The person who believes that everything is valid, will soon find that he is condemned to meaninglessness. Christ is a standing offer of escape from such a hell as this To believe that truth is like Christ, is salvation indeed.
Warnings!
Seesh, you sound like a kook.
Scale | ||
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Mercalli | Richter | Description |
I | 0-4.3 | Vibrations are recorded by intruments. People do not feel any Earth movement. |
II | People at rest upstairs notice shaking. A few people might notice movement if they are at rest and/or on the upper floors of tall buildings. | |
III | Shaking felt indoors; hanging objects swing. Many people indoors feel movement. Hanging objects swing back and forth. People outdoors might not realize that an earthquake is occurring. | |
IV | 4.3-4.8 | Dishes rattle; standing cars rock; trees shake. Most people indoors feel movement. Hanging objects swing. Dishes, windows, and doors rattle. The earthquake feels like a heavy truck hitting the walls. A few people outdoors may feel movement. Parked cars rock. |
V | Doors swing; liquid spills from glasses; sleepers awake. Almost everyone feels movement. Sleeping people are awakened. Doors swing open or close. Dishes are broken. Pictures on the wall move. Small objects move or are turned over. Trees might shake. Liquids might spill out of open containers. | |
VI | 4.8-6.2 | People walk unsteadily; windows break; pictures fall off walls. Everyone feels movement. People have trouble walking. Objects fall from shelves. Pictures fall off walls. Furniture moves. Plaster in walls might crack. Trees and bushes shake. Damage is slight in poorly built buildings. No structural damage. |
VII | Dificult to stand; plaster,bricks, and tiles fall; large bells ring. People have difficulty standing. Drivers feel their cars shaking. Some furniture breaks. Loose bricks fall from buildings. Damage is slight to moderate in well-built buildings; considerable in poorly built buildings. | |
VIII | 6.2-7.3 | Car steering affected; chimneys fall; branches break; cracksin wet ground. Drivers have trouble steering. Houses that are not bolted down might shift on their foundations. Tall structures such as towers and chimneys might twist and fall. Well-built buildings suffer slight damage. Poorly built structures suffer severe damage. Tree branches break. Hillsides might crack if the ground is wet. Water levels in wells might change. |
IX | General panic; damage to foundations; sand and mud bubble from ground. Well-built buildings suffer considerable damage. Houses that are not bolted down move off their foundations. Some underground pipes are broken. The ground cracks. Reservoirs suffer serious damage. | |
X | Most buildings destroyed*; large landslides; water thrown out of rivers. Most buildings and their foundations are destroyed. Some bridges are destroyed. Dams are seriously damaged. Large landslides occur. Water is thrown on the banks of canals, rivers, lakes. The ground cracks in large areas. Railroad tracks are bent slightly. | |
XI | 7.3-8.9 | Railway tracks bend; roads break up; large cracks appear in ground; rocks fall. Most buildings collapse. Some bridges are destroyed. Large cracks appear in the ground. Underground pipelines are destroyed. Railroad tracks are badly bent. |
XII | Total destruction; "waves" seen on ground surface; river courses altered; vision distorted. Almost everything is destroyed. Objects are thrown into the air. The ground moves in waves or ripples. Large amounts of rock may move. |
Thanks for your good input.
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