Hi iainl140285,
I thought I was on to something new when I posted about the Earthquake drill this morning. I was six months too late.
So I had just had to do some research.
Earthquakes are fascinating. They happen every day, so predicting one isn't all that hard to do. I predict that today there will be an earthquake. I bet I can find one.
If you are really into earthquakes there is a lot of data out there about how they form and what they are, even probably when and where they will occur.
The problem is not knowing when they will occur, but how to get this information out to the public. So scientists say that the 'Big One' will happen within the next 30 years or so.
Of course they need to practice what they need to do in the event of such a phenomenon, just like they do in Japan, or like we did at school with fire drills.
We only knew about the earthquake drill because of the news sources, but if we were really interested in the natural proces of the planet, there is an organization and website dedicated to the Great Southern California Shake Out
http://www.shakeout.org/ .
The site owner is:
Mark Benthien
So. Cal. Earthquake Center
3561 Trousdale Pkwy #169
Los Angeles
California
90089
US
Phone: +1.2137400323
They have been planning for this drill for yonks, have over 5 million members on their site and parallel to this have congresses all over the US happening on the same day (yesterday) and today. Nothing like a huge drill to advertise all the congresses.
It's funny as they even have an online game on the site called "Beat the Quake"!
But anyway, what I'm trying to say is that predicting earthquakes is based on facts... it's a science and a lot of people / scientists are doing it. The fact that we don't know about it doesn't mean to say that they don't exist.
I respect Lisa Williams and even thank her, as it was through her that I started my research to find out how to predict earthquakes.
Now we are both gifted.
Best regards,
Steve
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