As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

i

On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

i
Some particular Christians say the beginning of the end of the world
and the Rapture will start, I believe, on 5-20. Anyway, somewhere
close to that date. They say it will begin with a very big earthquake.
And the river will still be pretty high in a week. The New Madrid
quake was huge. The course of the Mississippi river was changed. It
actually flowed backward for a bit.
Time will tell...
ERS

On 2011-05-14, wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

i
Some particular Christians say the beginning of the end of the world
and the Rapture will start, I believe, on 5-20. Anyway, somewhere
close to that date. They say it will begin with a very big earthquake.
And the river will still be pretty high in a week. The New Madrid
quake was huge. The course of the Mississippi river was changed. It
actually flowed backward for a bit.
Time will tell...

Well, even if the worst earthquake occurs at the worst possible
moment, I do not see how flooding of a couple of states would amount
to the end of the world.

i

Ignoramus15921 wrote:
On 2011-05-14, wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is
similar to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see
Wikipedia), pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous
area would be flooded in an instant.

i
Some particular Christians say the beginning of the end of the world
and the Rapture will start, I believe, on 5-20. Anyway, somewhere
close to that date. They say it will begin with a very big
earthquake. And the river will still be pretty high in a week. The
New Madrid quake was huge. The course of the Mississippi river was
changed. It actually flowed backward for a bit.
Time will tell...

Well, even if the worst earthquake occurs at the worst possible
moment, I do not see how flooding of a couple of states would amount
to the end of the world.

i

Speak for yourself , I live just a couple of miles from that river ! Been
pretty bad already around here, last thing we need is a 'quake to shake
things up!

--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

On Sat, 14 May 2011 11:58:33 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Ignoramus15921 wrote:
On 2011-05-14, wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is
similar to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see
Wikipedia), pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous
area would be flooded in an instant.

i
Some particular Christians say the beginning of the end of the world
and the Rapture will start, I believe, on 5-20. Anyway, somewhere
close to that date. They say it will begin with a very big
earthquake. And the river will still be pretty high in a week. The
New Madrid quake was huge. The course of the Mississippi river was
changed. It actually flowed backward for a bit.
Time will tell...

Well, even if the worst earthquake occurs at the worst possible
moment, I do not see how flooding of a couple of states would amount
to the end of the world.

i

Speak for yourself , I live just a couple of miles from that river ! Been
pretty bad already around here, last thing we need is a 'quake to shake
things up!

Ever notice that nice rich soil? Kinda like living close to the ocean
where the whole landscape is flat, that's cause it floods. All I have
is freezing to death and need to hang a couple of mirrors that are
just leaning against the walls. Maybe North Carolina next time.


SW

On Sat, 14 May 2011 11:31:42 -0500, Ignoramus15921
wrote:

On 2011-05-14, wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

i
Some particular Christians say the beginning of the end of the world
and the Rapture will start, I believe, on 5-20. Anyway, somewhere
close to that date. They say it will begin with a very big earthquake.
And the river will still be pretty high in a week. The New Madrid
quake was huge. The course of the Mississippi river was changed. It
actually flowed backward for a bit.
Time will tell...

Well, even if the worst earthquake occurs at the worst possible
moment, I do not see how flooding of a couple of states would amount
to the end of the world.

i
That's because you don't believe and will not be carried to Heaven
during the "Rapture". I've listened to some of these people talk and
it's amazing to me that they have no plans after the upcoming date
with destiny. They are all completely positive that the end of the
world will bwgin witha huge earthquake which will just be the
precursor to more disasters. And they will all, along with a limited
number of other believers, be up in heaven while the earth goes
through all sorts of trials and tribulations.
ERS

On Mon, 16 May 2011 14:12:57 +0000 (UTC), wrote:

On Sat, 14 May 2011 11:31:42 -0500, Ignoramus15921
wrote:

On 2011-05-14, wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

i
Some particular Christians say the beginning of the end of the world
and the Rapture will start, I believe, on 5-20. Anyway, somewhere
close to that date. They say it will begin with a very big earthquake.
And the river will still be pretty high in a week. The New Madrid
quake was huge. The course of the Mississippi river was changed. It
actually flowed backward for a bit.
Time will tell...

Well, even if the worst earthquake occurs at the worst possible
moment, I do not see how flooding of a couple of states would amount
to the end of the world.

i
That's because you don't believe and will not be carried to Heaven
during the "Rapture". I've listened to some of these people talk and
it's amazing to me that they have no plans after the upcoming date
with destiny. They are all completely positive that the end of the
world will bwgin witha huge earthquake which will just be the
precursor to more disasters. And they will all, along with a limited
number of other believers, be up in heaven while the earth goes
through all sorts of trials and tribulations.
ERS

Looks like we Buddhists are going to have lots and lots of primer real
estate to choose from! Yay!!!

Gunner

--
"If I say two plus two is four and a Democrat says two plus two is eight,
it's not a partial victory for me when we agree that two plus two is
six. " Jonah Goldberg (modified)

On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


--
"If I say two plus two is four and a Democrat says two plus two is eight,
it's not a partial victory for me when we agree that two plus two is
six. " Jonah Goldberg (modified)

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia),
pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be
flooded in an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:00:00 -0500, "Snag" wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia),
pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be
flooded in an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner

--
"If I say two plus two is four and a Democrat says two plus two is eight,
it's not a partial victory for me when we agree that two plus two is
six. " Jonah Goldberg (modified)

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:00:00 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is
similar to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see
Wikipedia), pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous
area would be flooded in an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner

I think we're actually about 65-70 feet higher than the river at our place
.. And truly we're about 4 miles from the river , though the Wolf River is
only a couple of miles . I'm not nearly as worried about the flooding as I
am about the potential for looters... but that may change soon too , it's
starting to look like this is the year of The Big Move . We're both
unemployed now , and looking for jobs up in north central Arkansas , where
we have land . And it's a looooooonnnnnng way from anything that can flood
us out !
--
Snag
Learning keeps
you young !

On Sat, 14 May 2011 17:06:51 -0500, "Snag" wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:00:00 -0500, "Snag"
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is
similar to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see
Wikipedia), pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous
area would be flooded in an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner

I think we're actually about 65-70 feet higher than the river at our place
. And truly we're about 4 miles from the river , though the Wolf River is
only a couple of miles . I'm not nearly as worried about the flooding as I
am about the potential for looters... but that may change soon too , it's
starting to look like this is the year of The Big Move . We're both
unemployed now , and looking for jobs up in north central Arkansas , where
we have land . And it's a looooooonnnnnng way from anything that can flood
us out !

your elevation is on the Good side. And looters are easy to simply shoot
and slip back into the water.
Shrug

There work in Arkansas?

Gunner

--
"If I say two plus two is four and a Democrat says two plus two is eight,
it's not a partial victory for me when we agree that two plus two is
six. " Jonah Goldberg (modified)

Gunner Asch wrote:

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner



Said the California guy living on a dozen fault lines...
--

Richard Lamb
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~cavelamb
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~sv_temptress

On Sat, 14 May 2011 17:24:43 -0500, CaveLamb
wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner



Said the California guy living on a dozen fault lines...

True indeed. But! Ive quake proofed my home quite well and have ridden
out quite a number of up to 5.5 without any issues noted.

Even a 7 wont do much damage actually. Might shut off the water and the
power, and even the gas..but..shrug..thats why Ive made preps for 35
yrs.

The Coalinga earthquake of 83 taught me that lesson really really well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Coalinga_earthquake

I lost my house in that one, and ultimately the company moved me down
south to take over operations.

Gunner

--
"If I say two plus two is four and a Democrat says two plus two is eight,
it's not a partial victory for me when we agree that two plus two is
six. " Jonah Goldberg (modified)

On 2011-05-14, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:00:00 -0500, "Snag" wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia),
pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be
flooded in an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner


Mine is 56 feet above the nearest river, which is a small river. I
used to live right next to it.

i

"Ignoramus15921" wrote in message
news
On 2011-05-14, Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sat, 14 May 2011 12:00:00 -0500, "Snag" wrote:

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553
wrote:

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia),
pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be
flooded in an instant.

i

You say that like its a bad thing.....?


If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

You bought property less than 100' higher than that river?

Are you out of your mind?????!!!

Gunner


Mine is 56 feet above the nearest river, which is a small river. I
used to live right next to it.

i

Well, I'm 115 feet above the Atlantic Ocean, so there. I live on top of the
terminal moraine from the last Ice Age. If you're wondering, it's all melted
over here. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress

Snag wrote:
Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia),
pretty much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be
flooded in an instant.

You say that like its a bad thing.....?

If I don't get out with my stuff it's damn sure a bad thing !!

Well, you'd better go TODAY, and call it a week- or two week vacation.

Good Luck!
Rich

Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

You say that like its a bad thing.....?

I've been through that area, and the floodplain is farmland; this time of
year it will flood out their crops, they'll take a bath, but next year
they'll have an incredible bumper crop with the new coating of silt and
last year's drowned plants for topsoil. And if it dries out in time, they'll
probably make a pretty good showing planting some later-season crops, like
squashes and stuff.

In the lower really really poor reaches of Mississippi, I've seen houses
on stilts, so a flood is like ho-hum.

Cheers!
Rich

Rich Grise on Sat, 14 May 2011 19:55:34
-0700 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:
Gunner Asch wrote:
On Fri, 13 May 2011 23:22:01 -0500, Ignoramus21553

As we all know, Mississippi's flood defenses are full right now and
the authorities are flooding Peter to help Paul.

It is all good and well. But, if an earthquake occurs that is similar
to what happened in New Madrid in 19th century (see Wikipedia), pretty
much all levees will collapse and a enormous area would be flooded in
an instant.

You say that like its a bad thing.....?

I've been through that area, and the floodplain is farmland; this time of
year it will flood out their crops, they'll take a bath, but next year
they'll have an incredible bumper crop with the new coating of silt and
last year's drowned plants for topsoil. And if it dries out in time, they'll
probably make a pretty good showing planting some later-season crops, like
squashes and stuff.

In the lower really really poor reaches of Mississippi, I've seen houses
on stilts, so a flood is like ho-hum.

I've seen homesteads where the house was on a barge (floated in
during an annual flood), with pilings to keep it in place. During the
flood times, the house floats, tethered by the pilings - the rest of
the time it just rests on the ground. Of course, these places usually
are into he backwaters of the flood, so there isn't a lot of current.

tschus
pyotr
--
pyotr filipivich
We will drink no whiskey before its nine.
It's eight fifty eight. Close enough!