Fovea
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Mon May-19-08 10:19 AM
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It will get your attention.
The New Madrid system is WAY overdue. It's last be jolts were in 1812.
3 earthquakes in the Missouri bootheel and Ark rang churchbells in Philly.
The Miss. river ran backwards.
When that happened, St. Louis was not a big city, Memphis (the closest big city) wasn't there, and it still was a devastating quake to the sparse residents.
It could quite easily be an 8.x quake when it goes.
It needs a lot more serious seismic disaster prep than it has.
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