Re: another prediction review article


"rick++" <rick303@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-01-24-quake-prediction_x.htm
>
> Provocative quote:
>
> "April 18 marks the 100th anniversary of the magnitude-7.9 jolt that
> ravaged [ San Francisco ]
> and killed an estimated 3,000 of its citizens - the Katrina of its
> day, only far more lethal.
> Scientists are no more able to warn the public that a monster like that
> will hit at a precise time
> and place than they were in 1906."
>
> I thought it was a fairly good introduction to the state of the art
> despite the pop source. No big errors.

Well, it is true that they can't predict such "monsters", but it is also
certain that anyone living in California who isn't aware that the "monster"
will come, has certainly got sand in his/her ears.

George


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