Terrible Tsunamis In Our Path
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42026456#42026456
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake-evacuate-nuclear-plant
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=8494
Northwest Expert Says Japan’s Earthquake A Good Lesson Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 Seismologists say it’s only a matter of time before the Northwest sees an earthquake on the magnitude as the one in Japan. Tim Melbourne is research professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. He works on a system of GPS tracking equipment called the Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array. It includes 500 GPS units dug into the ground from Canada to near San Francisco. With these devices, his team can tell if the earth’s crust is moving to an accuracy of about the width of a knitting needle. Based on data that he’s collected, Melbourne says the Northwest will see a major earthquake within two generations.
Tim Melbourne: “This is a very big earthquake for Japan, but they get routinely hammered by earthquakes and it’s in their consciousness earthquakes kill. This is a carbon copy of what we can expect here, only we’re not nearly as well prepared.”
Each GPS unit that Melbourne deploys costs about 40-thousand dollars. The project is funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey.
Copyright 2011 Northwest Public Radio
On the web: Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
http://www.panga.org/
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/03/missing_in_japa.php
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/42026456#42026456
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/11/japan-earthquake-evacuate-nuclear-plant
http://www.nwpr.org/07/HomepageArticles/Article.aspx?n=8494
Northwest Expert Says Japan’s Earthquake A Good Lesson Posted: Friday, March 11, 2011 Seismologists say it’s only a matter of time before the Northwest sees an earthquake on the magnitude as the one in Japan. Tim Melbourne is research professor at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. He works on a system of GPS tracking equipment called the Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array. It includes 500 GPS units dug into the ground from Canada to near San Francisco. With these devices, his team can tell if the earth’s crust is moving to an accuracy of about the width of a knitting needle. Based on data that he’s collected, Melbourne says the Northwest will see a major earthquake within two generations.
Tim Melbourne: “This is a very big earthquake for Japan, but they get routinely hammered by earthquakes and it’s in their consciousness earthquakes kill. This is a carbon copy of what we can expect here, only we’re not nearly as well prepared.”
Each GPS unit that Melbourne deploys costs about 40-thousand dollars. The project is funded by NASA, the National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey.
Copyright 2011 Northwest Public Radio
On the web: Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array
http://www.panga.org/
A High-Speed Bullet Train and a Cruise Ship Are Missing in Japan
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2011/03/missing_in_japa.php
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