Talking 'bout shakin & quakin (was Re: Storage of computer and parts in the residential area)

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Sat Jun 9 05:12:11 2001

That's the one that created Reelfoot Lake in TN...caused the Mississippi to
run backward for a day or two while water was opened to a new space to fill.
I don't think many people were hurt in it though, unlike the one in San
Francisco in 1906 (?) that pretty well destroyed most of SF.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of John Lawson
> Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2001 1:14 AM
> To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: RE: Talking 'bout shakin & quakin (was Re: Storage of computer
> and parts in the residential area)
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>
> 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.
>
> Cheers
>
> John
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