Not again ...

[veronica_rich]

Updated tsunami warning system in action - Chile earthquake- msnbc.com

As my sister texted to me this morning, "I think the Earth didn't get the memo that it's not supposed to try to kill us until 2012." Those poor people (and the ones who have tsunamis to look for, still) ...

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[gobsmacked.livejournal.com]

I heard the tsunami already hit B.C. - it was half a metre (about 2 feet). I gather that Hawaii's wavefront was twice that (about 3 feet). So not a really big wave. On the other hand, I've just come in from watching a few minutes of news and I think I heard them say that people in Buenos Aires felt the quake, on the other side of the continent.

The Earth has been trying to kill us off since before we existed. This is nothing new - although we have gotten much better at helping.

[pir8fancier.livejournal.com]

Well, I know people do not want to hear this, but before the giant earthquake in Indonesia, we have been in what is terms a relatively "aseismic" period for the last 100 years. :(

[finding-neo.livejournal.com]

Next year is the 200th anniversary of the New Madrid fault earthquake (#1 actually, there was a second a few months later the next year, yes 200 years before 2012). I dare say we're in for a wild ride the next 2 years. Anyone who thought Katrina was bad - that was just practice and we failed our own people.

Take a look at this map: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/NMSZ_Vergleich.jpg

The magnitude for the damage range shown in the graphic is only 6.8 - the 1811 quake is estimated to have been near or over 8 - which is 120 TIMES stronger than 6.8

Scared yet?

I find song lyrics comforting.

"God's got a sick sense of humor and I expect to find him laughing," "Blasphemous Rumours" - Depeche Mode