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Posted by AllentownDarkWater on 20-03-2012 at 06:05:
Guess I was born to live in fear......
I just saw a video about a seismic event taking place on March 22nd, and now I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight. I'd post a link to the video, but I'm on the iPod right now. But I guess no one cares what I have to say since I'm just a nuisance. Oh well. Sucks to be me I guess.
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Posted by Daniella T on 20-03-2012 at 07:51:
Allentown, I'm with you! I'm from Greece, and was there when the earthquake of 1999 took place, I understand why you can't sleep!
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Posted by AllentownDarkWater on 20-03-2012 at 11:28:
Now that I'm on the computer again, this is the video I saw:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNkCvxV2CjM
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Posted by Transmute Jun on 20-03-2012 at 13:12:
I'm not sure there is technology right now to predict an earthquake days in advance?
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Posted by KT1972 on 20-03-2012 at 13:34:
Have to say I agree with TJ, there have been so many predictions of "armageddon" over the years that i tend to take them all with a pinch of salt. Wasn't the year 2000 meant to be the end of the world?
If these earthquakes happen, they happen. who can stop them anyway?
Stop worrying, get on with life as you know it, and IF your town gets hit, then take whatever measures you would take if you hadn't been expecting one in the first place. Of course if you must make advance preparations there's nothing stopping you.
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Posted by amethyst on 20-03-2012 at 16:49:
Two things that can't be predicted:
The end of the World, we might get some advanced warning, but maybe not.
And Earthquakes. Scientist can measure seismic pressure and pinpoint faults that have a build due to lack of activity (believe it or not, lots of little quakes can be a good thing, but not always), and the can make projections about which faults are likely to have a significant seismic event, but these are far from predictions.
I have cousins in the mid-west and some in the south; they've lived through nasty tornadoes and hurricanes yet when they visit California, they're afraid of earthquakes because you have no warning.
Having been through a few tornado watches and warnings and some moderate to major quakes, I can tell you that the warning makes it worse as you just sit there and wait for it to come or pass. When a quake hits, you just react and hope; there's no time worry until after it has passed and the adrenaline has left your system.
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Posted by ElectricWhite on 20-03-2012 at 16:57:
Back around 1990, a guy had managed to "predict" a couple of big earthquakes, so a lot of people took notice when he said the next big quake would hit the New Madrid fault (on my birthday, no less!) His methodology was a lot like what was shown in the video you saw. As you can probably guess, it never happened, nor did any of the other "big ones" he predicted.
When it comes to apocalyptic predictions, it's pretty safe to say that the dates given will be the days when the end WON'T come! Look at it this way: if Jesus didn't know when the end was coming, what are the odds of somebody posting on YouTube knowing it?
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Posted by Tengu on 20-03-2012 at 21:27:
I think you are jolly lucky to have a geological event.
Dont worry, it wont happen.
and if it does, you will do as the victorian visitors to Japan did (`I do so wish for there to be an earthquake`)
sleep though it
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Posted by AllentownDarkWater on 26-03-2012 at 06:05:
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I'm trying to enjoy life, but there's so much shit going on (not because of what I was afraid would happen when I made this which didn't happen), and there are a few people on this board (not saying who) who I thought cared about me and thought were my friends, but recently found out they don't give a shit about me and they don't think I'm the great person they said I was in the past. And plus one of these people even said I was their BEST FRIEND. Oh gee! Could have fooled me! Because they sure aren't acting like it! And I thought these people were some of the coolest and nicest people I ever met too! What is there to enjoy when I have to put up with stuff like this?
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Posted by UnpublishedWriter on 26-03-2012 at 22:11:
People claiming they can predict this, that and the other thing are a dime a dozen. You may have noticed that they end up with egg on their faces, or rapidly backpedaling or justifying the failure of their predictions with -- interesting -- rationalizations.
Same with the folks who want to share their big revelations about ETs, Freemasons, Jews, or whatever: if something bad happens, they somehow caused it (as part of their conspiracy).
There are times you just have to sit back and let them be paranoid. Spend your energy on the things you can influence, and spend it wisely. Not everything requires a full-on sprint: the steady slog does it.
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