Sail along californians.......
Sail along bye.......
Your time has come....to shine...:-) sorry about that!

It's very interesting that USGS have called in an expert from the UK. No doubt that the USGS, like any other establishment of its kind, work extensively with scholars from all over the globe.

This serves as further reinforcement to theory that vested interest has indeed increased very recently in seismic, volcanic etc etc activity in the US.

I'm definitely intrigued by this. I'll await with great interest for further information.

I've been hearing of storys about the big one as far as I can remember,and why would they bring a Brit here for sesmic activity? is GB an earthquake prone area? hardly,I could see someone from Japan maybe,sounds like one of many storys I've heard the last 50 yrs,yes one day Calif will have a big quake,but so will other places,and can you think of a place more prepared for an earthquake?

Originally posted by Dutty_Rag
UPDATE

My dad called - and he 'can't speak about what he is doing' - so open to suggestions on what this might be. Anyone any experience of US keeping geological projects classified?

Does the USGS even have classified level projects?

Thanks for giving us this information. At least we have someone on board whose family member actually does something relevant to the cause we have been dicussing for over a week.
My question to anyone though would be if there was something the USGS was really concerned about wouldn't they look to evacuate as many people if they remotely thought this was a possibility?

i would like to say that here in california, if it's not a nickel (mag 5), we just don't bother. the duck (mag 2), the tray (mag 3) or the golfer ( mag fore) are yawners. of course, if a nickel bangs close to the surface, you might be doing a little grass dancing.

Based on the Web-Bot predictions , I have to say that California will be the one that gets the quake, and not the Madrid area. There is alot of fertal plains and lovely dancing mountains that is in their prediction. I hope it does not happen, cause you have to think of the ports that import items from around the world being disrupted as well.


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Originally posted by zman
Based on the Web-Bot predictions , I have to say that California will be the one that gets the quake, and not the Madrid area. There is alot of fertal plains and lovely dancing mountains that is in their prediction. I hope it does not happen, cause you have to think of the ports that import items from around the world being disrupted as well.


[edit on 12/11/2008 by zman]

Web-Bot....??? Come on now....Didn't we just have a Web-Bot fan boy in here last week screaming doom and gloom....??? What was it...? Ummm...If I re-call...."AMERICA IS GOING TO IMPLODE BETWEEN 12-5 AND 12-10".... Wasn't that the whole thing in sorts....? I'm sorry but as it goes it's just that to many wack-a-do's are on these boards for anyone to be taken serious....Not that you are just that it's always something??? And there are very few who actually post good stuff....very sad...

Originally posted by tsloan

Web-Bot....??? Come on now....Didn't we just have a Web-Bot fan boy in here last week screaming doom and gloom....??? What was it...? Ummm...If I re-call...."AMERICA IS GOING TO IMPLODE BETWEEN 12-5 AND 12-10".... Wasn't that the whole thing in sorts....? I'm sorry but as it goes it's just that to many wack-a-do's are on these boards for anyone to be taken serious....Not that you are just that it's always something??? And there are very few who actually post good stuff....very sad...

Yea, theres a lot of people who believe in webbot.. prolly the same people who watch John Edwards weekdays.
There are PLENTY of webbot fanboys (and fangirls) who use it as a spring board to predict bogus crap.

I no nothing of the volcanic so I can't comment but one thing I do know is absence of context makes people believe all sorts of things.

1. Dad (the Vulcanist) rushes off somewhere for work but can't tell what its for.
2. An Expert from Brittain is called over the the US.
3. Someone elses relative is flown to Ca "urgently"

All adds up to Volcanoes and Eathquakes to me....
Throw in a webbot prediction and I'm sold!

1. Could be he's cheating on his wife and wont tell the son
2. Could be routine swap of international experts
3. Could be .... anything

Point is, selective bits can be as unrelated as pigs at a pot roast but a lot of people here choose to take individual bits and pile them up until the see a mountain.

It's ATS... nuff said.

I only get annoyed when people start predicting and "warning" others based on this stuff. Other than that, it's harmless info.

Originally posted by gormly

Originally posted by tsloan

Web-Bot....??? Come on now....Didn't we just have a Web-Bot fan boy in here last week screaming doom and gloom....??? What was it...? Ummm...If I re-call...."AMERICA IS GOING TO IMPLODE BETWEEN 12-5 AND 12-10".... Wasn't that the whole thing in sorts....? I'm sorry but as it goes it's just that to many wack-a-do's are on these boards for anyone to be taken serious....Not that you are just that it's always something??? And there are very few who actually post good stuff....very sad...

Yea, theres a lot of people who believe in webbot.. prolly the same people who watch John Edwards weekdays.
There are PLENTY of webbot fanboys (and fangirls) who use it as a spring board to predict bogus crap.

I no nothing of the volcanic so I can't comment but one thing I do know is absence of context makes people believe all sorts of things.

1. Dad (the Vulcanist) rushes off somewhere for work but can't tell what its for.
2. An Expert from Brittain is called over the the US.
3. Someone elses relative is flown to Ca "urgently"

All adds up to Volcanoes and Eathquakes to me....
Throw in a webbot prediction and I'm sold!

1. Could be he's cheating on his wife and wont tell the son
2. Could be routine swap of international experts
3. Could be .... anything

Point is, selective bits can be as unrelated as pigs at a pot roast but a lot of people here choose to take individual bits and pile them up until the see a mountain.

It's ATS... nuff said.

I only get annoyed when people start predicting and "warning" others based on this stuff. Other than that, it's harmless info.

I do read the post here for the information you stated above, its not all Web-bot this and that, its apart of the process in my mind that finds this interesting. I do not predict anything, nor have I stated that in my reply, I THINK that it may be in California based on what you have related ,rather than the Madrid fault data shows, but if you look at the seismic activity at the site I posted previously you can see where the earth is trembling.

Hi guys thanks for all the feedback.

Some new info after speaking with my dad and my mum as to find out a little about where he is.

He was flown into Sacramento, but is now not in the Cali area at all! Indeed he is at Mt Baker - which IS a volcano!

Apparently he did some lab/theory work in Cali before - apparently they have a facility (or were using one) in the Sacramento area. Not unusual as lab space can be limited and they often use labs miles from an area of experimentation to save money (lab fees are HUGE when they have to rent outside their own labs).

My mother is really annoyed as they have asked him to stay over the christmas period so this absolutely must be something interesting else why would they make such a huge request?

He isn't sure if he is going to stay but seems quite keen to. He still can't say what it is, although despite his excitement about staying (my dad would never and has never missed christmas at home) - there's nothing in his voice or what he is saying to suggest he is in danger or anything.

Mt Baker is an odd one, don't think it has even erupted in the last 100 years - until recently I didn't even know it was a volcano - I thought it was just a regular mountain when I saw it in the US a few years ago!

One thing to mention is that when he called and I spoke to him there was distinct drilling going on - like pneumatic drilling - but hey this could be construction work or something anywhere right?

To the guy who suggested my dad would cheat that's just not on - he (although not I) is a very serious Mormon - converted around 6 years ago with my mother.

And this is 100% USGS as at the airport the ticket receipt had the USGS printed on the stub as having made the payment - unless he has gone to an elaborate extent to take a party trip with colleagues (really not his style).

I JUST HAD A WORST NIGHTMARE LAST NIGHT!!!

In the middle of the dream, I saw news on TV reporting huge earthquakes all around the world. It was so realistic that I was scared to death. I saw cities being sunk into the earth, huge bridges collapsing under enormous waves and a lot of lot of scary cataclysmic things.

I woke up and was so shocked, it was raining and whenever I tried to go back to sleep, I would dream about the same thing over and over again...

I thought I might share this with you guys, who knows...

Good luck yall..


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