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Big quake question: Is nature out of control?
MSNBC ^ | February 27, 2010 | Livescience.com via MSNBC

Posted on 02/27/2010 11:59:17 AM PST by americanophile

Chile is on a hotspot of sorts for earthquake activity. And so the 8.8-magnitude temblor that shook the region overnight was not a surprise, historically speaking. Nor was it outside the realm of normal, scientists say, even though it comes on the heels of other major earthquakes.

One scientist, however, says that relative to the time period from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, Earth has been more active over the past 15 years or so.

The Chilean earthquake, and the tsunami it spawned, originated on a hot spot known as a subduction zone, where one plate of Earth's crust dives under another. It's part of the active "Ring of Fire," a zone of major crustal plate clashes that surround the Pacific Ocean.

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"From our human perspective with our relatively short and incomplete memories and better and better communications around the world, we hear about more earthquakes and it seems like they are more frequent," Arrowsmith said. "But this is probably not any indication of a global change in earthquake rate of significance."

Funny, they don't apply this logic to 'global warming.'

1 posted on 02/27/2010 11:59:18 AM PST by americanophile
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To: americanophile

And just who is going to control nature?

Buck Ofama?


2 posted on 02/27/2010 12:01:04 PM PST by Howie66 (The one redeeming thing about liberals: their tendency to kill their own.)
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To: americanophile

Matthew 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.


3 posted on 02/27/2010 12:01:20 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (We're all heading toward red revolution - we just disagree on which type of Red we want.)
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We must reduce our carbon footprint...it’s wieghing down the plates causing earthquakes....

Beware of the ManBearPig!!!

4 posted on 02/27/2010 12:01:35 PM PST by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")
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To: americanophile

Should nature ever get “out of control”, no one’s going to be left to sit around and chit-chat about it.


5 posted on 02/27/2010 12:02:16 PM PST by Psycho_Bunny
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To: americanophile

See, my first thought was, “Hey, Al Gore! Quit moving around so much, yer causing earthquakes!!!”

Like he listens to me...

/sarc


6 posted on 02/27/2010 12:02:33 PM PST by pillut48 ("Stand now. Stand together. Stand for what is right."-Gov.Sarah Palin, "Going Rogue")
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To: americanophile

Uhmmm...”nature” is always out of control.

What’s different is cell phones, 24/7 cable, twitter, facebook etc.


7 posted on 02/27/2010 12:02:59 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat veteran)
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To: americanophile

Plate tectonics rules the surface of the earth, it’s eveidence of a tortured surface and continental drift is visable all around us.

We float on the froth of our planet.

But people love to freak out and think it means something ominous. It means build stuff better generally.


8 posted on 02/27/2010 12:02:59 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares
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To: americanophile

Is this a lead in to the global warming thingie?


9 posted on 02/27/2010 12:03:13 PM PST by BunnySlippers (I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: americanophile

Anyone with half a brain can see that EQ activity has increased dramatically since Barff O’bummer has been elected...


10 posted on 02/27/2010 12:04:42 PM PST by tubebender
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To: americanophile
Physics ALWAYS wins...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws_of_thermodynamics

11 posted on 02/27/2010 12:04:58 PM PST by HangnJudge
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To: americanophile

Mother Nature has the shakes. Give her a drink or a joint.

And don’t forget, it’s Bush’s fault.


12 posted on 02/27/2010 12:05:14 PM PST by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done needs to be done by the government)
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Yes all of nature is out of control! All democrats and left leaing people should IMMEDIATELY send all of their money to me, before it is TOO Late!
13 posted on 02/27/2010 12:05:30 PM PST by Boiler Plate ("Why be difficult, when with just a little more work, you can be impossible" Mom)
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What is Algore and his band of warmers going to do about this!? Don’t they have a plan to stop these earthquakes? How about banning body slams by the WWF! Something must be done or, WE’RE ALL DOOMED!


14 posted on 02/27/2010 12:05:43 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("Suitcase Jake" RIP 02-25-10. You were one of a kind good buddy!)
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To: Names Ash Housewares
It means build stuff better generally.

LOL
15 posted on 02/27/2010 12:05:52 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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To: americanophile

If man could control nature it would have been destroyed long ago.


16 posted on 02/27/2010 12:05:54 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Howie66

Mankind never was in control of nature.

We are just along for the ride, and most of the time we are just barely hanging on for dear life.

Which has made us one of the most adaptable creatures on the face of this planet. Nothing like a little dread and adrenalin to sharpen the senses.


17 posted on 02/27/2010 12:06:10 PM PST by alloysteel (....the Kennedys can be regarded as dysfunctional. Even in death.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Birth pangs....look up!


18 posted on 02/27/2010 12:06:33 PM PST by FES0844
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To: Names Ash Housewares
We float on the froth of our planet.

Chunks of loose pie crust on a bubbling molten filling.

19 posted on 02/27/2010 12:07:18 PM PST by thecodont
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Thanks, ClearCase_guy, for stating the Biblical reference to Matthews 24:7.


20 posted on 02/27/2010 12:07:44 PM PST by Buddygirl
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