[Rockhounds] New Madrid fault

[Axel Emmermann]

Kreigh,

Question is, will Arnold "the Governator" pay the bill...
You don't want to upset a man with biceps the size of Maine.

If you make it to cold in California all those people will go to Florida.
That may shift the weight distribution of human mass to just one side of the
NMSZ... Next new moon.... kaboem. ;-)))

Axel

Axel Emmermann
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> Namens Kreigh Tomaszewski
> Verzonden: woensdag 25 maart 2009 1:42
> Aan: Rockhounds at drizzle.com: A mailing list for rock and gem collectors
> Onderwerp: Re: [Rockhounds] New Madrid fault
> 
> We could tow icebergs down from the polar regions and pile them on the
> San Andreas Fault. It would allow us to test whether ice compression of
> the crust causes earthquakes, and solve the fresh water supply problems
> in California. Why model when you can do full scale experiments and
> stimulate the economy at the same time? All the needed monitoring
> equipment is already in place. All the ice piled in California could
> also mitigate the effects of global warming across the country due to
> the prevailing wind patterns.
> 
> Kreigh
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, Mar 24, 2009, at 14:49 America/Detroit, Jay Bates wrote:
> 
> > Nothing wrong with using computer models when that is all you got. You
> > just have to be aware that they are only as good as the modeling that
> > goes into them, based on past knowledge and experience. I think with
> > the New Madras fault the scale involved does not lend itself to other
> > methodology.
> > J Bryan Kramer wrote:
> >> Just like global warming, it is said that Global Warming is created
> >> by NASA
> >> computers: ie the models they run.
> >>
> >> BK
> >>
> >> -------------------------------------
> >>
> >>> So, they were pretty much plugging data into a computer model
> >>> representing
> >>> an (albeit complex) ball of jello salad? Oh, that makes me feel
> >>> *much*
> >>> better.  };)
> >>> I'll take mine *without* walnuts, please.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
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