18 Years Ago Today

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Iben Browning
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18 Years Ago Today

#1 Post by Iben Browning » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:03 am

A huge earthquake rocked the Midwest at the New Madrid Fault, creating devastation for many hundreds of miles around its epicenter.

At least it should have happened...... well, I don't think it ruined my reputation.....
Disaster strikes December 3, 1990! You have been warned!

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Re: 18 Years Ago Today

#2 Post by Chicken Little » Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:22 am

Ghost of Iben Browning lives

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... AD94NSS4O3


Expert: Small Ark. earthquakes could be warning

By JON GAMBRELL – 5 days ago

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A series of small earthquakes that rattled central Arkansas in recent weeks could be a sign of something much bigger to come.

By this weekend, seismologists hope to install three measurement devices to gather data about future temblors in the area. That information could show whether the rumbles come from heat-related geological changes or from an undiscovered fault — which could mean a risk of substantial earthquakes in the future.

"The potential for generating a high-magnitude earthquake is real," said Haydar Al-Shukri, director of the Arkansas Earthquake Center at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.

Five earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 2.2 to 2.7 have hit central Arkansas this month. Quakes with a magnitude of 2.5 to 3 are typically the smallest felt by people.
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Re: 18 Years Ago Today

#3 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:25 am

Well when you have an Arkansas Earthquake Center of course you're going to have earthquakes all around it!
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Re: 18 Years Ago Today

#4 Post by minimetoo26 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:26 am

It's all New Madrid's Fault!

Do I owe him 10 bucks, too?.........
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Re: 18 Years Ago Today

#5 Post by littlebeast13 » Wed Dec 03, 2008 9:28 am

minimetoo26 wrote:It's all New Madrid's Fault!

Do I owe him 10 bucks, too?.........
Send it to me instead so I can buy some earthquake preparedness supplies, like a case of Pepsi in case i can't get down to Quik Trip......

lb13

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