8 Jun
2001
8 Jun
'01
9:05 p.m.
On Sat, 09 Jun 2001, you wrote:
IIRC, the largest US quake (of which we have reliable
evidence) in the
last 150 years was on the New Madrid fault in (I think) Tennessee, which
changed the course of the Ohio River. It was approaching a 9.0 R.
So California can not claim to have *all* the fun.
You Americans get all the fun... Here in the UK I have only experienced one
earthquake, big by our stanadrds, of about 3 R, it felt like a particularly
heavy truck going past. We never have any _decent_ tornadoes, just whirwinds
which knock over a few trees. We haven't got any volcanoes, and decent
thunderstorms are few and far between.
The closest I get to the wild side of nature is to watch it on TV :(.
I must point out so as not to cause offence that I accept that these things
cause tragedy for many people, and should probably not be perceived as fun.
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Regards
Pete