Earthquakes - Are we missing something here?

[dragonmom]

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“‘Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases earthquakes,’ [senior Iranian cleric] Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media…”

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<p>Well that would have made some geololgy classes easier - if you don’t know the answer, blame it on women!</p>

[HImom]

<p>Don’t forget the cost of living in some of these utopian places. HI is pretty good for the most part–except for the VOG created by our volcano that has been erupting for 28+ years and the risk of hurricanes & tsunamis. We rarely have snow/hail problems tho. LOL!</p>

<p>Cost of living–especially housing & food is pretty astronomical! There was an open house yesterday, a 50+ year old single wall construction, open beam ceiling (no attic, no insulation, no basement & needs significant work including plumbing & likely electrical) home without any interior doors–no closet nor bedroom doors, listed for $699,999; it had already received MANY offers! The lot size is 7700 square feet & the house had 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms.</p>

<p>They said rents in HI require 137 hours/week at minimum wage to afford monthly rent in a modest 2 bedroom apartment at just under $1000 & was named as one of the most unaffordable places in the nation.</p>

[Greenery]

<p>“Many women who do not dress modestly … lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity and spread adultery in society, which (consequently) increases [CHEATING]earthquakes,” Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi was quoted as saying by Iranian media. "</p>

<p>Changing a nonsense statement:</p>

<p>What if we replace [CHEATING] for “earthquake”…</p>

<p>Now what is scantily…that is the real question!!!</p>

<p>Is this scantily? Larry King’s scandal:
<a href=“http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/81/67/larrywife.0.0.0x0.400x526.jpeg[/url]”>http://cm1.theinsider.com/media/0/81/67/larrywife.0.0.0x0.400x526.jpeg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Or
<a href=“http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/2010/04/shannon-engemann-photos-who-is-larry-kings-alleged-mistress.html[/url]”>http://blog.zap2it.com/thedishrag/2010/04/shannon-engemann-photos-who-is-larry-kings-alleged-mistress.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Or</p>

<p><a href=“http://starcasm.net/archives/42811[/url]”>http://starcasm.net/archives/42811&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

[fauve]

<p>Yikes, I know my daughter’s and her friends’ short hemlines caused her high school to ban skirts altogether. Had no idea the dress-code infractions stirred up the molten core of planet earth–THAT would have made a good college essay!</p>

[Greenery]

<p>LOL, It could have been an awesome essay, a hit in the University of Chicago…</p>

[starbright]

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Also, because of Haiti, there’s just been a huge media blitz about earthquakes and people are just more aware of them lately. Those of us who’ve set our phones to buzz whenever there’s something over a 7.0 haven’t noticed any change in how often our phones buzz, but now that people are more highly aware of seismic activity since Haiti, they notice earthquakes more now. Scanning the list and having watched earthquake patterns for six years now, I don’t see anything that surprises me.

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<p>Thank you expert Aibarr. This confirms what I have suspected. It is just the ‘media issue du jour’. I see this a LOT in my area of research as well. It is not earthquakes but something else. The media latches onto it, and makes it into a perceived more frequent event when in fact all that has happened is a change in reporting. </p>

<p>The general population is led to believe that the frequency of events is related to media reports. It is not. At one time it was pit bull attacks. Another it was employees going postal. School shootings. Missing 20 year old men. And so on.</p>

[Greenery]

<p>Starbright…absolutely!
Did you remember H1N1 flu…conferences, pandemic!</p>

[Greenery]

<p>May 16, 2010
Magnitude-5.8 quake strikes Puerto Rico</p>

[Greenery]

<p>List of Earthquakes 5.5 magnitude or more</p>

<p>-January 5, 2010
Salomon Islands
6.9, 6.2 &7.2 magnitude</p>

<p>-January 12, 2010
Haiti
-7.0 magnitude</p>

<p>-January 15, 2010
Venezuela
5.6 magnitude</p>

<p>-February 27, 2010
Chile
8.8 magnitude
Okinawa
7.0 magnitude</p>

<p>March 3, 2010
Southern Taiwan
6.4-magnitude</p>

<p>-March 5, 2010
Sumatra
6.5 magnitude</p>

<p>-March 8, 2010
Turkey
6.0 magnitude</p>

<p>-March 16, 2010
Chile
6.7-magnitude</p>

<p>-March 25, 2010
Philippines
6.1 magnitude</p>

<p>-March 16, 2010
Southern California
4.4 magnitude</p>

<p>-April 5, 2010:
Mexico’s Baja California :
7.2 magnitude </p>

<p>-April 7, 2010
Indonesia
7.7-magnitude </p>

<p>-April 11, 2010:
Spain
6.2 magnitude </p>

<p>-April 14, 2010:
China
6.9 magnitude </p>

<p>-April 17, 2010:
Papua New Guinea
6.3-magnitude </p>

<p>-April 26, 2010
Taiwan
6.5-magnitude
…
-May 15, 2010
SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS
5.9 magnitude</p>

<p>-May 16, 2010
MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIA
5.7 magnitude</p>

<p>-Puerto Rico
5.8 magnitude</p>

[toledo]

<p>We just had a minor earthquake here in Ohio. Very unusual for us!</p>

[musicamusica]

<p>5.5 in Ontario, Canada [Magnitude</a> 5.5 - ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER REGION, CANADA](<a href=“http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php]Magnitude”>http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2010xwa7.php)</p>

[archiemom]

<p>Felt it in a high rise in New Haven today. Very cool.</p>