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[bob ford <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

Marie, below is the post Roxanne sent last night & forgot to add the address 
of the entire list.  It gives a general idea of her area of Arkansas.  By the 
way, Roxanne; how do you know about the way the stacked foundation was done?  
Can you see where they cut away from rocks to 'fit' other rocks with no 
moratr?  How did the 'balance' the stacked rocks? 
...bobf.................................

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--- On Sat, 11/29/08, roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com> wrote:

> From: roxann <roxann AT ancientearthwisdom.com>
> Subject: Arkansas earthquakes
> To: bobford79 AT yahoo.com
> Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 3:53 PM
> Hi Bob,
> 
> Hot Springs and Little Rock are about 3 hours south of me.
> Our house is being built with earthquakes in mind, but of
> course they're not 'proof'. We also built with
> tornadoes in mind and placed it in a little holler that
> isn't likely to be hit. That's not 'proof'
> either, but in both cases we should minimize risk of damage
> from either. For earthquake, I doubt anything we've done
> will be of much help if it's a strong one, but we have
> large boulders at the bulkhead of our building pad, and our
> foundation has deep footers. Ironically, the old house
> we're trying to get out of will likely survive one
> better because it's perched on top of stacked rocks - no
> mortar, just stacked and balanced. I can imagine it would
> sway in a quake but not tumble, whereas our new one with all
> it's mortar and reinforcements will likely crack and
> tumble first. Here, a real earthquake will probably cause
> all the huge boulders on the mountainsides to move down,
> which would crush everything in their path. AFAIK, there are
> none directly overhead our house, but there are plenty all
> around the rest of the mountains here. They look like huge
> rocks left behind after a glacier, but I don't think
> glaciers came through here. I've always wondered if what
> I see of them is more like an iceberg, where the rest of
> them are underground.
> 
> Roxann, NW AR
> http://blog.ancientearthwisdom.com (Ozark Musings from the
> homestead)
>