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Yeah, yeah, Mhm. Last year on October 17th, the world watched as the Bay Area experienced a harrowing 7.0 earthquake on the Loma Prieta fault. The damage was devastating. The death toll reached 53 the only solace the Bay Area residents could take is that they had finally

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felt the big one. This block here. But what if this wasn't the big one? What if it was only a tremor of things to come? There is a probability and enhanced probability of a large earthquake along all faults in the 30 to 60 degrees north latitude

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range around December. The second scientists, Iben Browning, is in the controversial business of projecting earthquakes, and his latest projection is creating the biggest controversy yet. On December 2nd and December 3, Dr Browning projects that the Hayward fault in California and the New Madrid fault in Missouri

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will unleash a magnitude 7.2 quake, are greater. Doctor Browning has felt like if he's 80% sure, it's time to warn the communities involved. Doctor Browning's daughter, Evelyn, works closely with her father to research their projections. Their method of projecting is based on tidal flow and the

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alignment of the sun and the moon to the Earth. Evelyn claims that their track record in projecting is flawless and that her father even projected the Loma Prieta quake months before it happened. I have not yet come across any of his projections which did not coincide

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with an earthquake or volcano. The worst I've seen is he was four days off on an earthquake and tidal wave in Indonesia. And maybe that in fact, the man is not telling you. It's going to have to go. Do what? You're gonna die. He's gonna tell

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you. Be prepared. While California may be prepared for something of that magnitude, the Heartland probably isn't. Ever since Dr Browning made his projection, earthquakes have become the talk of the town. The result has been preparation and panic. Duck and cover. Cover your heads. Keep your head

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in your body under your desk. Get your feet under. Keep it quiet so we can hear if we have any instructions. The biggest precaution the Town of New Madrid is taking is with their kids. Nine districts have ruled to close school on Monday, December 3. An

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earthquake drills such as this one are becoming part of the everyday curriculum. But even California could stand to lose if Dr Brown is accurate. The Hayward fault lies on the most heavily populated portion of the Bay Area, and experts agree that when Hayward does go off,

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it will be devastating. The damage will be will be massive. There will also be a lot greater loss of life. Um, so he would quake. Ah, of magnitude seven or more is going to make longer creator look like the little one. Geologists Doug Seeger agrees that

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the Hayward fault has a devastating potential, but he thinks that Doctor Browning's December 2nd projection is completely irresponsible. He stands in line with the rest of the scientific community and saying that there's still no way of pinpointing the date of an earthquake. Hayward Fault, uh, has

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about, according to the best state in the information we have right now has about a 60% probability of of having a major quake sometime in the next 30 years, And that could be today. Well, we're taping. It could be tomorrow. It could be next year. It

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could be 30 years from now, or there is about a one in to 40% chance, but roughly a one chance into that. We won't see it until after the end of the 30 year period. One thing that scientists and Dr Browning do agree on is that

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the media attention from this projection will motivate people and politicians to make sure we're prepared. In the meantime, the Bay Area and Missouri can only wait and see and hope that Doctor Browning is wrong.