--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "L B Shriver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > on 3/31/05 10:42 PM, L B Shriver at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:> > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Better come to Iowa. We're far from the oceans and we've got corn aplenty. > > > > > > ******** > > > > > > However, some "authorities" say it doesn't look so good for the Mississippi > > > valley, either. > > > Pretty close to sea level, you know. > > > > We're at 778 feet above sea level, with plenty of hills and trees and stuff > > in between us and the oceans to stop those nasty tsunamis. > > &&&&&&&& > > The "problem", if it exists, is not the tsunami but the earth changes and rising sea levels. > Some maps of the projected future show the entire Mississippi valley as one huge great > lakes area, extending hundreds of miles on either side of the current channel. I am not > endorsing this model, just pointing out that nobody really knows who is safe and who > isn't. > > L B S
********** Interesting article on the big 1811 quake that shook up the folks around the Mississippi: http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/03/books/review/03GENZING.html? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
