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Ouch...
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 11:44 am
by Stryker
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005 ... ist1084848
Who cares about asteroids hitting the earth? If this keeps up, we won't have long left anyways...
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 12:00 pm
by Skyalmian
More
earthquakes, yay. New activity in the
New Madrid Zone, which had some
major earthquakes in 1811-1812 (effects shown
here).
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 1:56 pm
by Iceman
Wow, that is cool stuff.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:01 pm
by Avder
Sweet
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:13 pm
by Top Gun
Stryker, nothing in that article you posted has any long-term effects on humanity (other than the massive loss of life caused, but that goes without saying.) That's some amazing info, though; it's scary to think of that type of power at work. And yes, we should be worried about asteroids; they can do infinitely more damage than even the largest quake.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:46 pm
by Stryker
Daytime becoming shorter by a few microseconds? That'll have an effect in the long run, more so if we get several of these things. Besides, the chances of an asteroid actually hitting the earth are next to nil.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 5:07 pm
by MD-2389
Wow, and I live right on-top of the fault itself! What's scary is that an earthquake that hit on this fault line made the Mississippi River flow backwards, which later formed Reelfoot Lake.
Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 9:15 pm
by Flatlander
Buncha sinkholes here in Florida, too - just swallowed up a couple of houses:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/10/florid ... index.html