[dr_pat]

If the idiot leftists thought there was money in blaming this on little green men in flying saucers, believe me we would be awash in stories about them causing the earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

I've been watching the seismic news from Golden, CO since we heard about this. The Earth has been ringing like a bell. Swarms of small shocks in the Basin-and-Range extensional zone. It just blows me away that anyone can seriously think the [putative] increase of ocean depth by an inch or so would be sufficient to trigger this!

Of course we can excuse Maldives President Gayoom, at ground zero of a natural disaster. I am amazed, though, that Reuters felt his years of warning about the effects of global warming met the threshhold for news about the tsunami.

[DustyMoment]

I am amazed, though, that Reuters felt his years of warning about the effects of global warming met the threshhold for news about the tsunami.

Ah Reuters - the alleged news service whose national anthem is "Feelings". If it supports a leftist cause, Reuters is all over it. Otherwise, it just isn't news worthy - such as stories attributing "global warming" (AKA junk science) on solar cycles.

I also don't blame Gayoom, he has a lot to lose and his nation has suffered terribly as the result of this tragedy. But the MSM news media, as represented by Reuters, doesn't surprise me a bit. Reporting real news would mean that someone had to get off of their butt and actually go out and get the real story.

It's much easier to write about rogue SUVs and global warming than discovering that SUVs have drivers like other vehicles and greenhouse gas emissions . . . . . . are the result of methane produced by cows farting in New Zealand.

Give me a break!

[Godzilla]

I've been watching the seismic news from Golden, CO since we heard about this. The Earth has been ringing like a bell. Swarms of small shocks in the Basin-and-Range extensional zone. It just blows me away that anyone can seriously think the [putative] increase of ocean depth by an inch or so would be sufficient to trigger this!

Please clarify, I've been monitoring western quakes and haven't seen what you're describing. Intermountain seismic belt seems to be at normal levels as well as California.