https://freerepublic.com/tag/themysterians/ en-us Sun, 6 Sep 2026 04:33:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4394401/posts The tragic and terrifying Himalayan flash flood was caused by a chunk of mountain collapsing into a narrow gorge, sending a tsunami of mud and rock that gathered mass as it shot down the steep Trisuli river valley. More than that is not yet clear. Did a breakaway hanging glacier take a rock face with it or was it the other way round? Was there time for the debris to dam the valley and form a lake that burst or did the 60-metre flood of mud come from ice, river water, rock and soil that accumulated in the valley as... The Spectator https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4394401/posts#comment Sun, 6 Sep 2026 04:33:53 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008909/posts RENO, Nev. - Scientists at the University of Nevada, Reno are scrutinizing seismic readings and studying damage at residents' homes to try to figure out what's happening beneath the earth's surface under a northwest Reno neighborhood rocked by a seemingly endless string of earthquakes. What they can't say is whether the hundreds of temblors that have rattled the area for two months — the largest a magnitude 4.7 Friday night — are subsiding or a prelude to bigger things to come. (snip) Scientists are calling the swarm of temblors that began Feb. 28 the "Mogul earthquake sequence", in reference to... AP https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2008909/posts#comment Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:49:43 GMT