ENOUGH [Was: Re: Stop top posting, please.]
Dustin Decker
dustind at moon-lite.com
Sat May 24 21:07:41 CDT 2003
On Fri, 23 May 2003, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
> Michael Brailsford wrote:
>
> > ...about as likely to change
> > as the rocky mountains are to pick up and move to Missouri.
>
> Isn't that supposed to be happening real-soon-now (in geologic time)?
> IIRC, Missouri is sitting on top of the largest fault line in the US,
> although it's also one of the most stable. The last time it let loose,
> however, church bells reportedly rang as far east as Philladelphia, and
> the Mississippi river changed course.
>
> Something to think about the next time you head to the Ozarks...
This is the New Madrid fault. It's in the boot-hill more or less, but
tremmors from minor shift there are felt in St. Louis. The mighty
Mississippi ran backwards for a few days after the last big one many years
ago..
D.
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