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re: WTF is going on with all these earthquakes

Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:56 pm to
Posted by DanW1
Member since Jan 2013
1105 posts
Posted on 5/4/15 at 11:56 pm to
Looks like a few of you watched the Letterman special tonight
Posted by icegator337
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2013
3518 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 12:33 am to
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100% chance of you dying


well shite
Posted by sawmillsam
Member since Mar 2015
648 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 12:35 am to
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Message by biglego It's not fracking. Don't listen to the scientists.


Thems a buncha commie liberals trying to push their agenda on our kids anyway
Posted by Alleycat9
Auburn, Al
Member since Sep 2014
255 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 2:44 am to
LINK This is the answer you want OP
Posted by HeavyCore
Member since Sep 2012
2552 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:14 am to
Look man, I'm gonna put your mind at ease here.

-If there was some kind of prophecy being fulfilled here, there wouldn't be a damn thing any of us could do about it. Might as well enjoy your life now, instead of worrying about tommorrow.

-If it's just Earth being Earth, well the same advice applies.
Posted by SEClint
New Orleans, LA/Portland, OR
Member since Nov 2006
48769 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 4:52 am to
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(I dream you die, 100% chance so far of you dying with 30 days.)


Ever had a dream where you fell from a skyscraper or a massive height?
Posted by mostbesttigerfanever
TD platinum member suite in TS
Member since Jan 2010
5016 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:05 am to
the earth is moving, baw

but seriously, it's likely rapture. The mayans just had the date wrong
Posted by 70345
Member since May 2009
435 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 6:24 am to
Posted by Shepherd88
Member since Dec 2013
4614 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 7:05 am to
There is no fracking sites anywhere near Canton MS.. However the New Madrid fault line, one of the largest faults runs parallel to the MS River and close to canton.

You tell me what makes more sense

ETA: there is also a volcano under the Jackson Colessium
This post was edited on 5/5/15 at 7:08 am
Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 7:06 am to
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Must be all the global warming going on



You say that in jest, but it's kinda true.

Or, at least, climate can control plate tectonics.

Take for instance the Tibetan Plateau, which Himalayan mountains Mt. Everest and K2 are a part of. The plateau started forming about 50 million years ago. We have had uplift in North America younger than that, but it's all been eroded flat. Why hasn't the whole Tibetan Plateau been eroded flat, and why does it keep growing?

Well, for one, it's building from the ongoing collision of India and Asia. But this process outpaces erosion because erosion speeds it up!

That's right, the seasonal monsoons erode/denude the surface of sediments and rocks and this removes some downward forces on one part of the plate thereby freeing up vertical movement in the upwards direction...mountain building. Not only that, the portion of the plate the monsoon hits most becomes lighter than the other portions and changes the mass of the plate in that area, which changes the movement of the plate very slightly.

Global warming would increase these monsoonal effects and would drive Himalayan growth and Indian plate convergence rates!

-pec

ETA one other aspect that's really cool is the monsoon wouldn't be there if not for the Tibetan Plateau itself. It's a positive feedback system!
This post was edited on 5/5/15 at 7:11 am
Posted by constant cough
Lafayette
Member since Jun 2007
44788 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 7:07 am to
Its called plate tectonics.
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 7:18 am to
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Volcano under Jackson Coliseum


Posted by icegator337
Lafayette
Member since Jan 2013
3518 posts
Posted on 5/5/15 at 9:22 am to
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Did y'all know Baton Rouge has a fault line going from the mississipp river to the intersection of college and corporate. Also a fault line in denham springs


mehhh. Our soil is mucky enough that even with an active fault we wont feel an earthquake.
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