Hi Guys,
Well I have been in the field measuring earthquakes. However, we don't really do it the way the tornadochasers do. True is that there are some groups who deploy instruments after big EQs to get the smaller aftershocks that almost always occurs after the bigies. We are however not very close to what we call prediction, i.e., when we can say that in say five days we will have this and that size of an earthquake. There are some examples where people have been able to but they are rare and disputed by some. What we are better at is making prognoses where we can postulate say for a chance one out of ten that it will shake to a certain level. This is the basis for building norms in many earthquake prone areas around the globe. This is my field together with the actual physics and causes of earthquakes. We can study eartquakes thanks to internet without going to most places. A lot of our data is on line. However, a lot of cooperation is also the deal for me so I've been to Central America and Greece, e.g., in the line of work. I hope to post some nice hummingbird pictures taken with LX in the near future.
I have though once experienced an earthquake, medium size M about 6, in hotel room in Greece. It was really interesting, the bed was shaking very rapidly and doors and windows where shaking and rattling, and since I knew it was safe it really fun for me. However, for people who get there homes devastaed its of course not fun.
Cheers,
Ronald
