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2009-02-06 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Giant dam may have triggered Sichuan quake

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Posted by 2009-02-06 13:10|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 I would doubt the quake was on a brand-new fault; more likely it was just one more quake on a fault that had shifted many times before in an area known for having earthquakes. In fact, the argument could be made that if indeed the dam did trigger the quake, the result was a less severe quake than would have occurred later, after more tectonic stress built up. (But if the fault was right under the lake, the increased water pressure might possibly have been transferred into the fault, allowing more stress relief than 'normal', but it is my understanding that this fault was some distance away.)

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2009-02-06 14:46|| 2009-02-06 14:46|| Front Page Top

#2 ION CHINA, RENSE > CHINA'S SOARING MUTANT BIRTH RATE + DROUGHT THREATENS CHINA'S WHEAT CROP.

* WAFF > CHINA SPEEDS UP ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMS. Domestic Nuclear Energy - PRC plans expansion of National NucPower Grid from current 9.0 GIGAWATTS to 70 GIGAWATTS over 11 Years, enuff to power 70 major Chin cities the size of America's = Amerika's San Francisco.

PROB > LT NUCLEAR SECURITY AS CHINA WILL LIKELY ACCUMULATE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF REUSABLE = SALE-EABLE ADVANCED/HIGH-QUALITY PROCESSED NUCMATS [ Read, USEFUL FOR RADICAL MILITANT-TERRORIST AGENDUMS].

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-06 20:35|| 2009-02-06 20:35|| Front Page Top

#3 It was the dam's fault. Had to say it. *ducks tomatoes*

Posted by Alaska Paul 2009-02-06 21:06|| 2009-02-06 21:06|| Front Page Top

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