Earthquake Storms

[OuTpaTienT]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon...stormsqa.shtml

This was a very interesting show. Especially for anyone in earthquake county, like us in California. And according to their calculations Istanbul is in big trouble. I seen it on the Discovery Channel. It's also showing on the Science Channel. Watch for it.

[super gerbil]

sucks for them.

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by super gerbil
sucks for them.

It really does. The last big quake in Turkey killed something like 20-30,000 people! Istanbul has a population 10x the city that was hit last. I dread what's going to happen.

They try to end the show on a positive note by saying with this warning the people of Istanbul can start preparing. Didn't seem very positive to me. The previous city in Turkey struck by an earthquake also had warning that they had a very good chance of a quake coming...they did nothing about it.

[super gerbil]

yeah. they can't do much except move out of turkey

[SiliconJon]

So then if these other faults are tectonic borders, then what is the New Madrid fault? It's my understanding it starts right near St. Louis and heads south from there (er, here).

I've heard quite a bit of conversation about this fault line lately, particularlly it's history.

In the winter of 1811-12, the central Mississippi Valley was struck by three of the most powerful earthquakes in U.S. history.

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/

Dang! Can you imagine seeing the ground literally ROLL...time for a new box of "Oops I crapped my pants!"

http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/980422quakes/

Eyewitnesses reported the Mississippi River flowed backwards for a period of time after the quake. This account is only partially true. Only a small section of the river was affected this way. The backward flow of the river was due to the lifting up of a region called the Tiptonville Dome near Reelfoot Lake in Kentucky.

http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/icl010810.html

[U-96]

Well, if that one don't get ya, the supervolcano brewing under Yellowstone, Wyoming, will

[OuTpaTienT]

Originally posted by U-96
Well, if that one don't get ya, the supervolcano brewing under Yellowstone, Wyoming, will

Yeah, heard about that too. But, hopefully, that's hundreds of thousands of years away.

[ClubMed]

And if that still doesn't get ya, the asteroids will...

[OuTpaTienT]

If you want to have so fun knowing what might "get ya", check out one of my all time favorite pages:

Exit Mundi

[SiliconJon]

I think war will destroy us several more times (near self-extinction) before nature finally puts us all 6' Under.