Midwest earthquake??

[Inky_Wretch]

When the New Madrid pops, it might mean the country gets a new great lake with millions dead and trillions of dollars in damages.
New Madrid has the potential to be a country buster.
But on a happier note, glad to hear no one died in Indiana.

Thanks for the update, Gloomy Gus.

He's just repeating what the experts have long said about New Madrid. If the big one ever happens on that fault line, say goodbye to St. Louis and Memphis.

The big one will also cause massive changes to the course of the Mississippi, which does not mean good things downstream -- Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc.

Yep. The Mississippi River might change course so much that the Tunica "riverboat" casinos, might actually be in the river. Senatobia might become a port city, while Baton Rouge and New Orleans might not be any longer.

 

[Ace]

When the New Madrid pops, it might mean the country gets a new great lake with millions dead and trillions of dollars in damages.
New Madrid has the potential to be a country buster.
But on a happier note, glad to hear no one died in Indiana.

Thanks for the update, Gloomy Gus.

He's just repeating what the experts have long said about New Madrid. If the big one ever happens on that fault line, say goodbye to St. Louis and Memphis.

The big one will also cause massive changes to the course of the Mississippi, which does not mean good things downstream -- Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc.

Yep. The Mississippi River might change course so much that the Tunica "riverboat" casinos, might actually be in the river. Senatobia might become a port city, while Baton Rouge and New Orleans might not be any longer.

C'mon. As if FEMA would let that happen.

 

[imjustagirl]

You're doing a heck of a job, Acey.

 

[Batman]

When the New Madrid pops, it might mean the country gets a new great lake with millions dead and trillions of dollars in damages.
New Madrid has the potential to be a country buster.
But on a happier note, glad to hear no one died in Indiana.

Thanks for the update, Gloomy Gus.

He's just repeating what the experts have long said about New Madrid. If the big one ever happens on that fault line, say goodbye to St. Louis and Memphis.

The big one will also cause massive changes to the course of the Mississippi, which does not mean good things downstream -- Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc.

I live down thataway, and the thought of a major earthquake makes me shudder. Especially if it were to hit now, or in a situation like we have right now with a major flood occurring Mississippi River. A 7.0 or 8.0 quake would not be good for the levees and control structures that keep the Mississippi where it is. You'd have two disasters -- both of which would make Katrina look like a preparedness drill -- for the price of one.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

When the New Madrid pops, it might mean the country gets a new great lake with millions dead and trillions of dollars in damages.
New Madrid has the potential to be a country buster.
But on a happier note, glad to hear no one died in Indiana.

Thanks for the update, Gloomy Gus.

He's just repeating what the experts have long said about New Madrid. If the big one ever happens on that fault line, say goodbye to St. Louis and Memphis.

The big one will also cause massive changes to the course of the Mississippi, which does not mean good things downstream -- Vicksburg, Baton Rouge, New Orleans, etc.

I live down thataway, and the thought of a major earthquake makes me shudder. Especially if it were to hit now, or in a situation like we have right now with a major flood occurring Mississippi River. A 7.0 or 8.0 quake would not be good for the levees and control structures that keep the Mississippi where it is. You'd have two disasters -- both of which would make Katrina look like a preparedness drill -- for the price of one.

The levees won't matter if the New Madrid lets loose. It'll cause the river to change course so dramatically that'll be cutting a new channel between St. Louis and Memphis. By the time it gets to Vicksburg, the river might be 100 miles away.

 

[joe]

When I was a kid living in St. Charles, Mo., in the 1970s, the New Madrid rumbled just a little. The plants on the metal plant stand shook, and the sidewalk outside the house had a new crack in it.
If the New Madrid lets loose with a Northridge type quake, downtown St. Louis is toast. I wonder about the Arch, though. If its base is all the way down to bedrock, it might be the only thing left standing, because sure a **** the hotels are going down.

 

[Killick]

Felt it here in Cincinnati. I was up, cruising the 'net and thought just my leg was shaking -- I've been diagnosed with some weird brain activity that had my hand quivering before, so I thought "****, now my leg's doing it." But then I noticed my Pepsi was sloshing back and forth in the glass. Aha, it's an earthquake.
No damage. No car alarms. Just panicky tv hacks on the air doing their chicken little schtick. Felt the aftershock, too, at about 10:30am.

 

[Clerk Typist]

The Mississippi's course was changed in the quake of 12/16/1811, but not 100 miles. But it was the strongest earthquake in lower-48 U.S. history, an 8.1. And there was a follow-up 8 on the fault three months later, in 1812, with a 7.8 in between.
Here's a link:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1811-1812.php#december_16

 

[Inky_Wretch]

The Mississippi's course was changed in the quake of 12/16/1811, but not 100 miles. But it was the strongest earthquake in lower-48 U.S. history, an 8.1. And there was a follow-up 8 on the fault three months later, in 1812, with a 7.8 in between.
Here's a link:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1811-1812.php#december_16

Yes, but that was back before damming of the Mississippi and several of the tributaries. Nobody is sure what'll happen to the river now.

What's scary to think about is the economic impact a major quake would have on the national economy. A lot of shipping happens on that river between New Orleans and Memphis and St. Louis. FedEx's main hub is Memphis. And imagine what would happen to shipping costs if truckers had to route around the I-40 bridge up to I-70 (or farther north) because of damage.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

i didnt feel anything, and im about two and a half hours from evansville. but i can sleep through anything, so i dont know if it actually did anything here.

 

[Nathan Scott Phillips]

Just an excuse for journalists to use the word temblor for no good reason.

 

[schiezainc]

Earthquake insurance, baby! E-A-R-T-H-Q-U-A-K-E I-N-S-U-R-A-N-C-E! :D

Yeah, I'm sure the people in New Orleans felt the same way about their hurricane insurance before they were told "Oh, well, we cover the Hurricane part, but not water damage." How the **** are the two not related?

If I were one of those unforunate enough to be out there, you can bet your ass I'd be in cuffs mighty quickly. As soon as they refused to pay me, my first responce would be "What the **** do you mean hurricane insurance doesn't cover water damage? What the **** do you think caused all this flooding? Oh, I see, you must have thougt I left the bath tub running."

When the big one hits, I can see insurance companies coming up with some lame-ass attempt at snaking out of paying up.

"I'm sure Mr. Smith, we can cover the cost of your car alarm going off and the picture frames falling, but unfortunately, earthquake insurance doesn't cover weak building foundations. If you'd have made your house stronger, it wouldn't have fallen. Here, have a cookie."

 

[KYSportsWriter]

apparently a 4.5 quake hit about 20 miles away from vincennes, ind., about 90 minutes ago.

 

[Bubbler]

apparently a 4.5 quake hit about 20 miles away from vincennes, ind., about 90 minutes ago.

Hmmm. I didn't feel it, but I was in my basement and ran upstairs thinking someone was walking around in my house. That explains a lot.

 

[Bubbler]

apparently a 4.5 quake hit about 20 miles away from vincennes, ind., about 90 minutes ago.

Almost exactly the same place as the other day.

Should that tell us anything, Buck? Or is this just an anomaly?

 

[sportschick]

Indiana's gonna fall into the Wabash.

 

[Bubbler]

Considering last week's quake was the biggest in 40 years on this fault and the first one over 4.0 since 2002, this is a bit disconcerting to have another one already at 4.5.

 

[JBHawkEye]

I felt the quake last night, although my building didn't shake as much as it did the other day.

I was watching "Slap Shot" when my couch started shaking. It lasted for about five seconds, and then it stopped.

 

[Football_Bat]

I felt the quake last night, although my building didn't shake as much as it did the other day.

I was watching "Slap Shot" when my couch started shaking. It lasted for about five seconds, and then it stopped.

Wait-a-minute. You were watching "Slap Shot" and didn't alert the board?

 

[JayFarrar]

So, are these warmups for a main event or aftershocks from 1811-12?
I'm a little bit of a nerd about the New Madrid quakes and some geologists argue that the 1811-12 quakes were so big that what people feel now are aftershocks from them.
What's most likely to happen if the New Madrid pops big again is that the delta soil will collapse since it is all basically silt and the delta will flood and a new great lake will be formed in the middle. One bank will be Crowley's Ridge that runs through east Arkansas and the other bank will be somewhere in West Tennessee.
St. Louis will be gone. Memphis underwater. Paducah/western Kentucky will be an island. Little Rock will take big damage further west. Most of the Arkansas/Mississippi Delta will be underwater. It will wreck havoc on the rivers that run into the Mississippi so the Ohio Valley as far as east as Cincinnati will be seriously disrupted, as well as the Arkansas.
The Tennessee River goes into the Ohio and it will be disrupted, so places like Florence and maybe even Knoxville will feel the quake's impact with flooding and such.
Commerce across the country will be hit hard. Interstates 40, 55, 57, 70 along with the proposed 69.
Country buster.
Just hope it never happens.