What's with all the earthquakes lately?

[Jon Smith]

we got this going on at the moment, all flights in UK airspace are grounded...and its not even in our country lol

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/8623301.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8623806.stm?ls

[Tilar]

My neighbor is convinced earthquakes are a government plot.

Chavez said that about USA goverment and Haiti quake  ( go figure )

I think they are giving the US government more credit than they are capable of.

[Nacho-RT74]

[stripedelete]

First, I'm right with you Tilar..

I was listening to an interview with a seismologist on NPR (or national communist radio).
She said the  number of earthquakes (and the intensity) we've had lately is in not at all above average.   She said they have just been in highly populated areas and therefore publicized, as opposed to the middle of the ocean.

I tend to believe her  - since she is an expert.  Which puts me squarely in the "dog shaking fleas" corner.

[RECHRGD]

I read the answer to both the earthquake and volcano problems yesterday in the paper.  GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!!  I'm serious.  I'm glad that it's now settled.   Bob

[Tilar]

I wish it would warm up in my neck of the woods. It was 33 this morning. 

[Jon Smith]

I read the answer to both the earthquake and volcano problems yesterday in the paper.  GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!!  I'm serious.  I'm glad that it's now settled.   Bob

well that volcano has pretty much negated the effect of those energy saving lightbulbs i fitted 

you try your best and then nature takes its course....oh well...back to the big v8s...

[Jon Smith]

got a pink sunset here today...just for a few minutes though..in fact for a few minutes everything went reddish pink

[RD]

got a pink sunset here today...just for a few minutes though..in fact for a few minutes everything went reddish pink

we got the same thing here in Kansas, but its due to the ranchers burning the fields to allow for better pasture growth.  creates the same effects as what you are seeing Jon.  I got pics of it as I was driving.  Truly beautiful if you ask me.

[RD]

cool pictures.. dirty thunderstorm:

[A383Wing]

RD, what are those pics above? Where were they taken?

[Khyron]

cool pictures.. dirty thunderstorm:

I hear thats how Mount St Helans likes it...... dirty...... nice and dirty.....


wait, what...

[RD]

RD, what are those pics above? Where were they taken?

those are taken of the iceland volcano.. they say the same thing happened during a volcano in alaska too.  got them from the msnbc site.

[A383Wing]

RD, what are those pics above? Where were they taken?

those are taken of the iceland volcano.. they say the same thing happened during a volcano in alaska too.  got them from the msnbc site.

damn...those are cool....I stole them...

<right click, save.....right click, save....thanks man>   

[Old Moparz]

ALL of your reasons for why earthquakes happen are completely wrong. I just read the following news story that explains it & now feel enlightened. I also feel that slapping some people upside the head is a good idea. 

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2909956/earthquakes_caused_by_loose_woman_and.html

Earthquakes Caused by Loose Woman and Wild Sex
Published April 19, 2010 by:
Mark Whittington

The Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi related to a group of worshipers in Tehran, Iran what actually causes earthquakes. The cause is not, as one would have suspected having been deceived by infidel science, the movement of tectonic plates. No, the Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi revealed that earthquakes, at least in Iran, is caused by loose women who dress like tarts.

"Many women who dress inappropriately ... cause youths to go astray, taint their chastity and incite extramarital sex in society, which increases earthquakes," Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi. He added, "Calamities are the result of people's deeds." And also, "We have no way but conform to Islam to ward off dangers."

One supposes that this is a variant on the old question, often asked after an hour or two of heavenly transport, "Did the Earth move?"

And there is the joke going around already, that in effect the Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi is an ignoramus since everyone knows that global warming causes earthquakes. Iran is ruled by one of the more puritanical governments in history, forcing every female above the onset of pubescence to cover their hair and their bodies. Most forms of sexual expression are forbidden, particularly the really fun ones, some on pain of death. It is no wonder that Iran's young people are very keen to get rid of the Iranian theocracy so they can do as young people like to do out in the open and without fear of official punishment.

To be fair, the Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi is not the only cleric to ascribe natural catastrophe to rampant sinning. Pat Robertson claimed that Hurricane Katrina was sent to flatten New Orleans, not for some of the stuff that goes on Bourbon Street, but because of abortion. The Haiti earthquake was caused by a "pact with the Devil" the people of Haiti signed in order to get rid of the French.

Of course the difference between Pat Robertson and the Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi is that the former has no real political power and the latter is part of the ruling elite. Pat Robertson did once run for president but was rejected by the American people. No natural calamity has been ascribed to that event. The fact that religious crazies run amok in Iran and are relegated to cable TV in America is, with due respect to our president and his advisers, a proof of American exceptionalism.

Besides, if loose women and wild sex caused earthquakes, I know of a number of places, remembered fondly, that should have been leveled to the ground long ago.

[Tilar]

Earthquakes Caused by Loose Woman and Wild Sex
Published April 19, 2010 by:
Mark Whittington

I can easily prove that is wrong.... Well, maybe not at this point in my life, but 25 years ago I could have.  

[sixty8charger]

Wow! All this time, who would have thought.thanks for the enlightening story.. New fould love for iranian intel.. Don't worry about their nukes, they don't know how to use them!

[hemi68charger]

cool pictures.. dirty thunderstorm:

Thanks !!!  Those are some of the coolest pictures I've ever seen?

hope this helps

Being a geophysicist, it makes perfect sense.. Maybe the Earth's magnetic field will be changing polarities soon, it's a cyclical phenomenon that has happen many many times over Earth-history..

Troy

[Old Moparz]

Being a geophysicist, it makes perfect sense.. Maybe the Earth's magnetic field will be changing polarities soon, it's a cyclical phenomenon that has happen many many times over Earth-history..

Troy

So does this mean that the Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi might be full of crap? 

[hemi68charger]

Being a geophysicist, it makes perfect sense.. Maybe the Earth's magnetic field will be changing polarities soon, it's a cyclical phenomenon that has happen many many times over Earth-history..

Troy

So does this mean that the Ayatollah Kazem Sedighi might be full of crap? 

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