LPTPW Winter/Spring 2016 version

Gary Charpentier
Gary Charpentier
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RE: We have had a few

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We have had a few quakes here in Virginia, but not many and they are usually smaller ones.

Wait until they start fracking in your area.

Bill592
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Chris S
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I take it you have done your

I take it you have done your homework and are aware that fracking itself very rarely causes earthquakes. It is the disposal of waste water that can do so, and only then in particular shale areas.

Actual facts

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

mikey
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Good morning everyone!!

Good morning everyone!!

David S
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My comment of a week ago

My comment of a week ago about being too sleepy may have been misinterpreted. I posted at 8:54 a.m. local time and meant that I should not have been as sleepy as I was at that time.

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The East Coast and the mid section of America are not the prime areas for Earthquakes, but they do get enough to let you know they can still happen. California and Alaska get by far the most, and I'm guessing the areas in between get some too.


Yes, Washington state gets them too.

We in the Midwest are long overdue for the New Madrid fault to let go again. When it does, I do NOT want to be anywhere near downtown Chicago or any tall building. The last time, it rang church bells in Boston and the aftershocks kept going for months.

Then after that will come the inevitable disputes between the various states whose borders are the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers, all of which will no doubt have parts of their courses changed.

David

Miserable old git
Patiently waiting for the asteroid with my name on it.

mikey
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RE: My comment of a week

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My comment of a week ago about being too sleepy may have been misinterpreted. I posted at 8:54 a.m. local time and meant that I should not have been as sleepy as I was at that time.

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The East Coast and the mid section of America are not the prime areas for Earthquakes, but they do get enough to let you know they can still happen. California and Alaska get by far the most, and I'm guessing the areas in between get some too.

Yes, Washington state gets them too.

We in the Midwest are long overdue for the New Madrid fault to let go again. When it does, I do NOT want to be anywhere near downtown Chicago or any tall building. The last time, it rang church bells in Boston and the aftershocks kept going for months.

Then after that will come the inevitable disputes between the various states whose borders are the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio rivers, all of which will no doubt have parts of their courses changed.

Oh boy...Court Cases for YEARS!!!!

You may not want to head to California either, they are overdue too for the San Andreas to have it's next 'big one'. As for coming to the DC area that may not be too fun either with the elections being right around the corner and the new President being whoever he/she might be!! Maine or Florida might be okay, if Florida has one you could end up swimming with the sharks though! In Maine you can always eat lobster!!

Chris S
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RE: A study published in

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A study published in 2006 in the journal Nature found that the San Andreas fault has reached a sufficient stress level for an earthquake of magnitude greater than 7.0 to occur.

Moreover, the risk is now concentrated on the southern section of the fault, i.e. the region around Los Angeles, because massive earthquakes have occurred relatively recently on the central (1857) and northern (1906) segments of the fault, while the southern section has not seen any similar rupture for at least 300 years.

Nevertheless, in the ten years since that publication there has not been a substantial quake in the Los Angeles area. The latest report by the U.S. Geological Survey, estimated there is a 7% probability that an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or greater will occur in the next 30 years somewhere along the San Andreas fault.


Just avoid LA!

Waiting for Godot & salvation :-)

Why do doctors have to practice?
You'd think they'd have got it right by now

tullio
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I have relatives in LA, a

I have relatives in LA, a Trieste girl who married an American soldier. She is now 90 and he 96. The air must be healthy in LA.
Tullio

mikey
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RE: RE: A study published

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A study published in 2006 in the journal Nature found that the San Andreas fault has reached a sufficient stress level for an earthquake of magnitude greater than 7.0 to occur.

Moreover, the risk is now concentrated on the southern section of the fault, i.e. the region around Los Angeles, because massive earthquakes have occurred relatively recently on the central (1857) and northern (1906) segments of the fault, while the southern section has not seen any similar rupture for at least 300 years.

Nevertheless, in the ten years since that publication there has not been a substantial quake in the Los Angeles area. The latest report by the U.S. Geological Survey, estimated there is a 7% probability that an earthquake of magnitude 8.0 or greater will occur in the next 30 years somewhere along the San Andreas fault.

Just avoid LA!

The San Francisco and Oakland areas are very susceptible too, remember the last couple 'big' ones in California have been there.

mikey
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Where did everyone go? Did

Where did everyone go? Did you guys all fall off the edge in an earthquake?

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