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To: combjelly who wrote (252346)	9/21/2005 8:01:19 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576418

CJ I was referring to my remark about the ice storm. No, the big quake along the New Madrid Fault is totally real. I drive through that area very frequently, and the difference in terrain is very visible. All my life I've heard that the Mississippi actually ran backwards for about 24 hours around the time of the quake. Have no idea whether that could actually happen. Seems unlikely LOL.

To: combjelly who wrote (252346)	9/22/2005 3:20:21 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576418

"That remark might have been a little tongue in cheek." Damage was reported as far away as Charleston, South Carolina, and Washington, D.C. quake.wr.usgs.gov It rang the bells in Boston: "ON DEC. 4, 1811, an enormous cataclysm shook the central United States. It happened again six weeks later, on Jan. 23, and again Feb. 7. Most scientists say that each of the three had magnitudes approaching or above 8.0, stronger than the 1906 San Francisco earthquake - stronger, in fact, than any California earthquake in recorded history. Vibrations from the quakes toppled chimneys hundreds of miles away, cracked sidewalks in Cleveland, rang church bells in Boston and caused the Mississippi to run backward." 66.102.7.104