I didn't even know there *was* a fault there until I happened to be
shooting the breeze with a Memphis auto salesman and the floor started
shaking. Thought it was a freight train at first.



Matt Macchiarolo proclaimed:

> I remember in 89 or 90 some religious goofball predicted a major earthquake
> on the New Madrid at a specfic date and time, because the Scriptures
> foretold it. Sure enough, the day came and went, nothing. That didn't stop a
> whole bunch of folks in the area to panic, buy up earthquake insurance, and
> plan to leave town prior to that date. I was living in Nashville at the time
> and when traveling to Memphis I stopped at a restaurant and the whole family
> in the next booth was discussing where they were going to go for the
> earthquake.
>
> "L.W. ("ßill") Hughes III" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> You know how your mountains were made. And remember east of you the
>>New Madrid. God's saving something really big for you.
>> God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/
>>
>>Earle Horton wrote:
>>
>>>Another reason to live in Colorado. Not even a tremor since I have been
>>>there, and just enough geo-thermal action to fuel a few hot springs for
>>>the
>>>tourists. There are, of course, four or five avalanche chutes visible
>>>from
>>>my house, but to my knowledge no one in recorded history has been caught
>>>in
>>>one. Unless you count the Town Trustee who got a DUI last spring, for
>>>walking around on top of a fresh slide, too stubborn to back off when the
>>>road crew told him it wasn't safe.
>>>
>>>Earle
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