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Monday, September 11, 2006
Whole Lotta Shaking Going On And before residents of the American heartland start to feel altogether too smug, let me add two words: New Madrid. OK, a couple of more, for people who fell asleep during the boring parts of high school history or geography class: 1811-1812, apparent epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri, a series of three humungous quakes with thousands of aftershocks, estimated at a minimum 8.00 on the Richter Scale, if the Richter Scale had been invented then (it hadn’t, but that is the best SWAG by the people who specialize in that sort of thing). It demolished practically every house within 250 miles of the epicenter… not that it was exactly a high density population center, at the time. Still, the people there at the time took notice. Especially when the river flowed backwards for a while. And the crew of a steamboat which had tied up to a small island discovered the next morning that the island had entirely vanished, after the quake. More here. Just think of it as something else to keep you awake at night. Don’t thank me, I live to serve. "Sgt. Mom" is a freelance writer, and retired Air Force NCO, who blogs at www.sgtstryker.com who lives in San Antonio with five cats, two dogs and a daughter. San Antonio has a number of pleasing characteristics, in that it is not on a fault line of any sort whatsoever, and is too far south for tornadoes and too far north for hurricanes. It does, however, have a very funny city government. Blogger News Network is advertiser-supported, and your visits to our advertisers help BNN to meet its expenses. Help keep us afloat! posted by Sgt. Mom at 1:10 PM |
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