Re: [californiadisasters] Re: [California's Earthquake Forum] It's a HOAX!

Not only have I had a high quality formal education, but I make it a point to
further educate myself on whatever I find to be interesting, especially in the
Emergency Services realm. It's awfully handy working at a library, where I have
direct access to the online catalog, and I can wander into the "back stacks" for
those other odd books that aren't in general circulation. I also tend to watch a
LOT of TLC, Discovery, NatGeo, Science Channel, and the Military Channel when
I'm not watching News, NASCAR, or SpeedTV.

There are folks with the USGS, CalTech, and various UC, CSU, and other
universities that have done, or are doing, extensive work on trying to forecast
earthquakes. Even those guys, with PhD's and dozens of years of research can't
definitively predict when, where or how strong earthquakes are going to be.

I love it when people from east of the Rockies give me the "Aren't you afraid of
earthquakes?" line. I ask them if they're afraid of tornadoes, hurricanes, or
blizzards; to which the answer is usually "no". I explain to them that weather
can be predicted; you know when the stuff is coming. With earthquakes, you know
where it's going to hit (along the fault lines), but you don't know when or how
bad.

--
John "Smokey Behr" Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE
N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852
List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507
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----- Original Message ----
> From: newnethboy <kef413@gmail.com>
> To: californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 10:25:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Re: [California's Earthquake Forum] It's a
>HOAX!
>
> YOU wouldn't because you're at least halfway intelligent and whatever level
> of education you have, it was good quality.
>
> Those qualities differentiate you from most people. Somebody said, "Nobody
> ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people."
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Gleichweit" <smokeybehr@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 8:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [californiadisasters] Re: [California's Earthquake Forum] It's
> a HOAX!
>
>
> > Like I would trust a bunch of hand-drawn maps on an obscure website? I
> think
> > not.
> >
> >
> > --
> > John "Smokey Behr" Gleichweit FF1/EMT, CCNA, MCSE
> > N6FOG UP Fresno Sub MP183.5 ECV1852
> > List Owner x10, Moderator x9 CalEMA 51-507
> > http://smokeybehr.blogspot.com
> > http://www.facebook.com/smokeybehr
> >
> >
> > >
> > >From: Hardin Rich <hardinrich@sbcglobal.net>
> > >To: californiasearthquakeforum@yahoogroups.com; CaliforniaDisasters
> > ><californiadisasters@yahoogroups.com>; Geology2
> <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
> > >Sent: Tue, September 28, 2010 7:52:17 AM
> > >Subject: [californiadisasters] Re: [California's Earthquake Forum] It's a
> HOAX!
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >If they took out the "major" and "Southern" they'd be right ; ) LOL
> > >
> > >Stay Safe,
> > >Hardin
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >>From: Lin Kerns
> > >>To: California Earthquake Forum ; CaliforniaDisasters ; Geology2
> > >>Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2010 5:58 AM
> > >>Subject: [California's Earthquake Forum] It's a HOAX!
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>For the past few days the buzz on the internet, especially Twitter,
> has been
> > >>the prognostication of a major quake in Southern California... here's
> the
> > >>link to the site of origin:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>http://www.colorwize.com/Earthquake%20Prediction.html
> > >>
> > >>I'm posting this as a reminder that no one can ever predict a quake.
> NO ONE.
> > >>It's all a hoax.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>But at least you know where the rumor originated and can tell others
> what a
> > >>joke all of this is.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>Lin
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>--
> > >>Got Penguins?
> > >>
> > >>Penguin News Today
> > >>The Science of Penguins
> > >>Gentoo Penguins of Gars O'Higgins Station, Antarctica
> > >>>^,,^<
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
>
>
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