> between December 1811 and May 1812, there were 3 earthquakes that
> were larger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and there were
> about 2,000 event recorded in Nashville, TN which is quite a
> distance from the perceived epicenter. There was damage recorded
> in Charleston and church bells rang in Boston. Now THAT is an
> earthquake.
Damn right. It changed the course of the Mississippi. In 1812 there
weren't many real cities west of the Appalachian mountains--no
Nashville, no Memphis, no Chicago, no Kansas City. The next New
Madrid quake is likely to spoil your whole weekend.
Christopher Wright P.E. |"They couldn't hit an elephant at
chrisw@skypoint.com | this distance" (last words of Gen.
.......................................| John Sedgwick, Spotsylvania
1864)
http://www.skypoint.com/members/chrisw/
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