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Gene GeRue wrote:

> New Madrid was not an item that I considered when finding my ideal  
> place.

Amazing.

 But I have been happy to learn that the googolplex tons of
> stone between there and here effectively absorb shock waves. 

I think you are fooling yourself, but we've had this discussion before.



This
> morning's quake was reported felt as far away as Milwaukee. I felt not  
> a thing.

I'm glad to hear that.  I didn't feel it either, but then, it would 
generally take a nuclear weapon to wake me up.

> The real fear about New Madrid is that the population and number and  
> size of structures built since the big ones of 1811-1812 mean that the  
> destruction, if the same presumed Richter number of 7.5 to 8.0, would  
> be catastrophic. It would dwarf the devastation of Hurricane Katrina,  
> which killed nearly 2,000 people. It would, in fact, be the most  
> deadly disaster in the history of the country. Even worse than the  
> last seven years.

You have that nailed.  I would dare say that millions of lives would be 
lost, maybe 1 million dead and 5 million homeless/jobless.  It would be 
a real nightmare.

Bev

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