Re: Asian natural disaster or evolution in action?

From: anonymous person (at_at_dot.com)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 12:25:35 -0600

"Seppo Pietikainen" <s.pietikainen@kolumbus.fi> wrote in message
news:33g2isF3ktpvnU1@individual.net...
> anonymous person wrote:
>> "Seppo Pietikainen" <s.pietikainen@kolumbus.fi> wrote in message
>> news:33g1aeF3tro1hU1@individual.net...
>>
>>>anonymous person wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://newstodaynet.com/27DEC/SS6.HTM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>"William Kimbler" <w.kimbler@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:Ve-dnZSxB96uKk_cRVn-3w@comcast.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Try this on for size maybe; just maybe it was just nature and all the
>>>>>right factors happening at just the right time to cause such a
>>>>>disaster. In short terms it just happened because everything just fell
>>>>>into place at the right time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>I guess what I am saying is don't read more into it than what's there.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>So?
>>>
>>>Your link says that somebody predicted "the" quake.
>>>
>>>It specifically points out that the team predicted a "6 to 7" earthquake
>>>somewhere
>>>in the area.
>>>
>>>Do you know what is the difference between a Richter 6 earthquake and a
>>>Richter 7 earthquake?
>>>
>>>Do you know what is the difference between a Richter 6 earthquake and a
>>>Richter 9 earthquake?
>>>
>>>Do you know how many "6 to 7" earthquakes occur in that particular area
>>>every year?
>>>
>>>Do you know how many Richter 6 earthquakes must be added up to create
>>>the energy release of a Richter 9 earthquake?
>>>
>>>Seppo P.
>>
>>
>> gee, they had the date, pretty damn close to the location, and pretty
>> much had the time but they missed the magnitude and you say "so?".
>>
>> I suppose if they predicted a 20lb meteor was going to hit your house
>> tomorrow at 11:00am and it turned out to be a 30 lb meteor you'd say they
>> were wrong, their methods are flawed, and to ignore the man behind the
>> curtain.
>
> Do you know what *magnitude* implies? Apparently not.
>
> Seppo P.

yes, but that is not what is significant here. What is possible is a method
to predict the approximate location of an earthquake and when it will
occur. They are talking about something that will save lives, lots of them.
Whether the magnitude of the predicted quake is on target, while not
entirely irrelevant, is not the big issue here.

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