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Psephos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-03-05 12:08 AM
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62. So you were born on March 27, 1964?
Cool. :-)

I'm not an "ologist," just an interested amateur, quite hooked on geology and plate tectonics. If you want a real treat, read John McPhee's Annals of the Former World. It's a single-volume compilation of his three great geological explorations of North America (including my favorite, Assembling California).

McPhee is the single best nonfiction writer in America, in my opinion. In this trilogy, he weaves an incisive cultural geology through the physical geology, revealing deep connections between people and the unseen world underneath their feet. You start to appreciate how North American geology has influenced North American values and spirit. No one does it better...no one else even does it at all.
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  -The ocean tried to warn us, but we just didn't get it rodeodance  Jan-01-05 01:19 PM   #0 
  - Chilling  proud2Blib   Jan-01-05 01:27 PM   #1 
  - well, phuket!  xchrom   Jan-01-05 01:29 PM   #2 
  - the animals knew well in advance.  shadowknows69   Jan-01-05 02:14 PM   #9 
  - There was one island people that felt the quake and went to higher ground.  jdj   Jan-01-05 09:40 PM   #21 
     - Ummmm....  Sweet Pea   Jan-01-05 10:47 PM   #28 
  - actually  pacifictiger   Jan-02-05 03:25 PM   #56 
  - Has anyone been able to access the rest of this article??  kath   Jan-01-05 01:38 PM   #3 
  - you and me both...  cyn2   Jan-01-05 08:28 PM   #19 
  - I'm shcked that people were not aware what a rapidly receding tide means  Skittles   Jan-01-05 02:02 PM   #4 
  - I read that someone thinks that explosions undersea around Australia  demgrrrll   Jan-01-05 02:09 PM   #7 
  - Not a chance  Psephos   Jan-01-05 05:24 PM   #15 
  - Thanks for that, Psephos...  TwoSparkles   Jan-01-05 10:36 PM   #26 
  - So you were born on March 27, 1964?  Psephos   Jan-03-05 12:08 AM   #62 
  - Please don't make me google, but there is another technique.  Wilms   Jan-02-05 03:33 AM   #43 
     - If that's all it took to set it off  NickB79   Jan-02-05 04:32 AM   #45 
        - All good points, Nick.  Wilms   Jan-02-05 05:11 AM   #46 
        - using that same logic  uncle ray   Jan-02-05 09:24 AM   #50 
           - There is quite a bit of supposition in your post as well  NickB79   Jan-02-05 02:03 PM   #53 
  - Here is the article...Earthquake: Coincidence or a Corporate Oil Tragedy?  evolvenow   Jan-02-05 01:18 AM   #34 
  - If I were a tourist at the beach esp in a foreign land  Carni   Jan-01-05 07:03 PM   #16 
  - someone said that all the folks who were wading in knee  jdj   Jan-01-05 09:43 PM   #22 
  - Yes, I learned it in Iowa from reading Michener's novell, Hawaii.  SharonAnn   Jan-02-05 12:20 AM   #32 
  - I didn't know it.  Sparkle   Jan-02-05 02:41 PM   #55 
  - This one got it, and saved hundreds of lives  Lorien   Jan-01-05 02:06 PM   #5 
  - The only thing that comes to mind is  cliss   Jan-01-05 02:08 PM   #6 
  - Once again, Bush Knew.  Wilms   Jan-01-05 02:12 PM   #8 
  - Every agency that monitors this sort of thing  DoYouEverWonder   Jan-01-05 02:31 PM   #10 
  - This is how long it took for me  DoYouEverWonder   Jan-01-05 02:32 PM   #12 
  - Yeah, but let's use some common sense here  WannaJumpMyScooter   Jan-01-05 07:18 PM   #17 
     - The common sense is appreciated...  Violet_Crumble   Jan-01-05 10:25 PM   #24 
     - Well, the US Navy would be one... that is how they were able  WannaJumpMyScooter   Jan-02-05 08:56 AM   #47 
        - Interesting perspective  daleo   Jan-02-05 04:43 PM   #57 
           - Well, everyone knows that ballistic missile defense is a joke  WannaJumpMyScooter   Jan-03-05 12:44 AM   #63 
     - Ah, India is a Hindu country  DoYouEverWonder   Jan-03-05 05:40 AM   #64 
        - Good point, but there are more countries involved than India  WannaJumpMyScooter   Jan-03-05 06:45 PM   #72 
  - cnn--it took only one hour from time of earthquatke to landing of big wave  rodeodance   Jan-03-05 04:43 PM   #68 
  - Oh bullshit  DS1   Jan-01-05 02:32 PM   #11 
  - You may be right.  Wilms   Jan-01-05 02:38 PM   #13 
  - I'd just rather see something like "Bush Knew" kept to things  DS1   Jan-01-05 02:41 PM   #14 
  - Yeah.........  Delarage   Jan-02-05 10:05 PM   #58 
  - I had wondered about this aspect of the disaster  daleo   Jan-01-05 07:30 PM   #18 
  - Don't know about that one...  Violet_Crumble   Jan-01-05 10:30 PM   #25 
  - I meant they are intensely scrutinized for military purposes  daleo   Jan-02-05 01:52 AM   #36 
     - Then why do they bother with an early warning system in the Pacific?  Violet_Crumble   Jan-02-05 02:05 AM   #38 
        - I suppose the military response would be "it is not our job"  daleo   Jan-02-05 02:50 AM   #41 
  - Looks like the US knew and just didn't care  yinkaafrica   Jan-02-05 01:34 PM   #52 
     - No, I think it was more of a time factor  WannaJumpMyScooter   Jan-02-05 02:30 PM   #54 
  - Thank you Wilms, Excellent link. I have been getting flack for saying this  evolvenow   Jan-02-05 01:35 AM   #35 
  - Once again he knew AHEAD of time, and then waited to respond  zann725   Jan-02-05 02:17 AM   #40 
  - I noted the author's concern about military.  Wilms   Jan-02-05 03:24 AM   #42 
  - I like the way you think, Wilms n/t  jmcgowanjm   Jan-02-05 09:04 AM   #48 
  - And, I bet the $350M happened because Japan was giving $500m  jmcgowanjm   Jan-02-05 09:10 AM   #49 
  - I too want to know  malaise   Jan-03-05 04:39 PM   #67 
     - heard that Thailand did not want to disturb the toursit trade  rodeodance   Jan-03-05 05:08 PM   #71 
  - See this thread. A 10 year old girl read the ocean signals  dflprincess   Jan-01-05 08:29 PM   #20 
  - I think the tide "suddenly" going out would be a major red flag  HeeBGBz   Jan-01-05 10:00 PM   #23 
     - That may be why so many animals survived.  slutticus   Jan-01-05 10:42 PM   #27 
     - I did not know the water going out was a warning - on the beaches  28erl   Jan-01-05 10:47 PM   #29 
     - Nope, It's The "Oooh Factor"  iamjoy   Jan-02-05 10:24 PM   #59 
  - Of course they were sucked out to sea  Oreegone   Jan-01-05 11:07 PM   #30 
  - Riptides CAN Be Powerful  iamjoy   Jan-02-05 10:31 PM   #61 
  - Free Press- US Media Blackout Of 'Massive Government Failings'  satori   Jan-01-05 11:58 PM   #31 
  - I emailed your story to all news org. I could think of!!  rodeodance   Jan-03-05 04:46 PM   #69 
  - Well, the Test Ban Treaty monitors aren't into immediate action  Inland   Jan-03-05 04:57 PM   #70 
  - the ocean called,told us how short-sighted we are  Algorem   Jan-02-05 12:57 AM   #33 
  - Animals knew...  Rainscents   Jan-02-05 01:58 AM   #37 
     - We've Devolved...  iamjoy   Jan-02-05 10:26 PM   #60 
     - Elephant story:  Algorem   Jan-03-05 03:26 PM   #65 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jan-02-05 02:06 AM   #39 
  - link for initial story---I just accessed it fine  rodeodance   Jan-02-05 03:36 AM   #44 
     - Yes, but can you access  tblue37   Jan-02-05 11:39 AM   #51 
        - i could not get p. 8 either. I even emailed it to myself and only 1 page  rodeodance   Jan-03-05 04:18 PM   #66 
  - After hours and hours of watching...  Andromeda   Jan-03-05 06:58 PM   #73 
 

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