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Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2001 01:21:01 -0600
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        David Kelly <dkelly@grumpy.dyndns.org>
Cc:        Barry Lustig <barry@lustig.com>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 4.3-RC5 now on ftp.freebsd.org
Message-ID:  <3AE3D7DD.DFD03753@softweyr.com>
References:  <200104230147.f3N1l9336314@grumpy.dyndns.org>

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David Kelly wrote:
> 
> moved to -chat.
> 
> Barry Lustig writes:
> > Wes Peters wrote:
> > >
> > > The safest place in the USA, seismically speaking, is northwestern
> > > Missouri.  I don't know about their electricity politics, though,
> > > which is rather important, too.
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, Missouri doesn't sound all that safe to me.
> >       http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/states/missouri/missouri_history.html
> >
> > When the southeast goes, it seems to take a whole lot of area with it.
> 
> Quakes documented in the above URL are in the South East corner of the
> state and the origial statement enumerated the North West corner where
> my mother was raised and I have many fond memories of visiting
> Grandmother and Grandfather.

There have been exactly two earthquakes in northwestern Missouri in
recorded history, currently almost 200 years in that area.  Compare that
to the average 500 earthquakes per year near where I live.

http://www.seis.utah.edu/HTML/UtahsEarthquakeThreat2.html  Question 7.


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            "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                           http://softweyr.com/

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