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Mysterious tremors detected on San Andreas Fault
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Posted on 07/09/2009 12:18:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono
LOS ANGELES Scientists have detected a spike in underground rumblings on a section of California's San Andreas Fault that produced a magnitude-7.8 earthquake in 1857. What these mysterious vibrations say about future earthquakes is far from certain. But some think the deep tremors suggest underground stress may be building up faster than expected and may indicate an increased risk of a major temblor.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; sanandreasfault; science
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To: JoeProBono
How on earth can tremors along a fault line be called “mysterious”?
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:19:43 PM PDT
by
raybbr
(It's going to get a lot worse now that the anchor babies are voting!)
To: All
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:19:52 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
It’s either Bush’s fault or a result of global warming.
To: JoeProBono
San Andreas fault? When was he president??
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:21:23 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(This tagline excerpted. To read more, click on MyOverratedBlog.com)
To: mainerforglobalwarming
No. In this case, I’m positive this is San Andreas’ fault.
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:21:24 PM PDT
by
MyTwoCopperCoins
(I don't have a license to kill; I have a learner's permit.)
To: JoeProBono
Exactly what is mysterious about tremors along a fault line?
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:21:53 PM PDT
by
Countyline
(God loves you ... He wants you to love Him back; to learn of Him and obey His commands.)
To: raybbr
How on earth can tremors along a fault line be called mysterious? Because it makes for a better headline than "Scientists scratch heads over source of tremors."
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:22:00 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: raybbr
In other news, a mysterious red, hot, viscous semisolid liquid is coming out of a volcano on the island of Hawaii.
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:22:21 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
To: JoeProBono
Mysterious tremors detected on San Andreas Fault
Queue pic of either Rosie O'Donnell or Michael Moore walking down a sidewalk.
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:22:25 PM PDT
by
contemplator
(Capitalism gets no Rock Concerts)
To: JoeProBono
I hope not....not while 0Buma is in the White Shack.
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:23:39 PM PDT
by
Dallas59
("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
To: Dallas59
To: JoeProBono
Well, that’s one way of getting federal funds...perhaps Aaaahhhnold has hired Lex Luthor.
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:24:45 PM PDT
by
RckyRaCoCo
(I hear the words of Jefferson louder and louder as each day passes)
To: contemplator
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:25:03 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:25:57 PM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: MyTwoCopperCoins
You’re right. But I’m sure the media rename it Bush’s Fault any day now.
To: raybbr
They can be called that...sometimes !
To: JoeProBono
Maybe Zero paroled Lex Luthor from Gitmo...
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:28:24 PM PDT
by
who knows what evil?
(G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
To: JoeProBono
Must be the sheer weight of all those IOU’s..../sarcasm
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:28:48 PM PDT
by
cranked
To: JoeProBono
It’ll solve the housing crisis in Nevada. Las Vegas will be waterfront property
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posted on
07/09/2009 12:31:04 PM PDT
by
ken5050
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