Quick geography lesson, since I am from there. New Madrid is in the bootheel
of Missouri. It is 3 times closer to Memphis than to Kansas I believe the
plate tectonics from that fault line project more eastward than westward.
That quake actually swallowed an entire Native American village, changed the
course of the Mississippi River and formed Reelfoot Lake. I believe I read
that it rattled Thomas Jefferson's dishes in Washington, DC.
Best wishes,
Jim
Jim Booth
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From: "John Guthrie" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: Was Re: Vacuum packed records - Sensible? / now flooding
> Be careful what you ask for, Kansas isn't known for just tornados! this
> quote from the USGS website briefly describes the New Madrid earthquake of
> 1811-1812 (and there have been several others of significance since).
> "On the basis of the large area of damage (600,000 square kilometers), the
> widespread area of perceptibility (5,000,000 square kilometers), and the
> complex physiographic changes that occurred, the Mississippi River valley
> earthquakes of 1811-1812 rank as some of the largest in the United States
> since its settlement by Europeans. The area of strong shaking associated
> with these shocks is two to three times larger than that of the 1964
Alaska
> earthquake and 10 times larger than that of the 1906 San Francisco
> earthquake."
>
> Food for thought
>
> John Guthrie
> Records Manager
> City of Oceanside
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven Whitaker [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 2:25 PM
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>
> Kansas looks good to a locust, and pernicious weed seeds. It looks
> better through the rear view mirror than through the windshield.
>
> Best regards, Steve
> Steven D. Whitaker, CRM
>
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> Kansas is looking better every day. I'd rather deal with a tornado.
>
> Tim Barnard, Records Management Clerk
> Harrison County, Mississippi
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