Posts: 43957
Threads: 528
Joined: July 24, 2013
Reputation:
109
RE: Anyone In The Seattle Area?
July 20, 2015 at 4:21 am
Interesting (if somewhat upsetting) fact: I had always thought the MMS went from 0 to 10 and then stopped. Apparently, it is open on both ends.
A quake of magnitude -15 releases energy approximately equivalent to a dust mote coming to rest on a table. A quake of magnitude +15 is roughly the gravitational binding energy of the Earth. By way of comparison, the Death Star caused a magnitude 15 quake on Alderaan.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
Posts: 30129
Threads: 304
Joined: April 18, 2014
Reputation:
92
RE: Anyone In The Seattle Area?
July 20, 2015 at 11:50 am
I bet remarriage after divorce causes tornadoes !!
Especially the ones that fucking devastate trailer parks.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
Posts: 13051
Threads: 66
Joined: February 7, 2011
Reputation:
92
RE: Anyone In The Seattle Area?
July 20, 2015 at 1:05 pm
Yeah, it's been known for some time that the northwest part of the North American continent is due for a big one. I remember seeing something on TV about it a while ago.
Apparently, the length of the actual tectonic shift will be massive, creating a tidal wave that will run for miles and miles(kilometers for those people that use a measuring system that makes sense).
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
