Earthquakes: Apples and Orangutans?

  
You've gotta read the intelligent quotes from the NG folks in this article.

Ne'er the twain shall meet? Try again, gents.

Hmmmm...how about: Truth and the energy industry.

Nope: No possible connection there, either.
     
By the way...there is no "g" at the end of orangutan.
  
 

Earthquake: One (Almost) Final Thought

  

  
Thought I'd share this article that someone forwarded to me last night, especially for those visitors that thought my glacial rebound post was a little far-fetched:

Why it was felt so far away

Some of the quake activity, especially in the Northeast and into Canada, also can be traced to the melting of continental glaciers after the last Ice Age. Hudson Bay is rising about 2 centimeters a year – the crust rising in a process akin to releasing a squeezed ball. That also adds to the stresses on the crust.

It's all connected, folks. Cause and effect. Relieve stress in one spot...create stress in another. How many times have you witnessed unintended and/or unanticipated consequences in your life? Action here...reaction over there.

For some scientists to immediately say none of the multiple quakes over the last few days were connected is bad science; period.
  

BTW...check out this little story. Seems that when it comes to earthquakes, some of our planet's "lower" life forms are more in tune with nature than we are.

Later.

  

Earthquake: Lessons Learned Long Ago

  
Hey, folks...glad you survived the East Coast Earthquake of 2011.

Do you remember this post, written over six months ago...especially the closing comments? Or how about this one...written two weeks before yesterday's quake?

Then check out this brief bio about one great teacher and geologist.

Dr. El-Ashry was the Earth & Environmental Sciences department chair @ Wilkes when I was a student there. I studied under him, and worked on several of his projects. I learned a lot from him as well as two other geologist/PhD-types while earning my degree.

So within seconds of feeling yesterday's tremors while sitting at my desk, I walked out of my office and proclaimed to my startled co-workers: "That was an earthquake."

I've had some great teachers all along the way, folks, and I loved anything having to do with dirt, rocks, water and the science of the natural world. Over the past 30+ years, I haven't stopped studying and learning.

Yesterday's earthquake was only the beginning. And the geologists working for the natural gas industry damn-well know it...

...just like I do.