Hmmmm….wondering

[JanS]

so…there was a very rare 5.0 earthquake in eastern Canada…think that the oil leaving the underground is leaving a void (sucking the innards out of the world, as it were) under the US, creating a vacuum, that will cause other areas (like eastern Canada) to implode? ;->

just askin’ – lol…

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[cjboffoli]

Rare? Surely the Eastern provinces of Canada are as susceptible to the effects of plate tectonics as any other area, even though they’re not as close to a subduction zone (where the undersea ocean plate is subducting under the North American plate) as we are on the West Coast and have longer periods of quiescence. Historically there have been some big quakes on the East Coast in places like New York City and Charleston, SC.

Here’s a chart of historical seismicity in the Eastern provinces between 1900 and 2001. It is colorful enough to be a chart of the fall foliage.

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[JanS]

gee, thanks, Christopher…now isn’t that colorful!

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[JanS]

fwiw, I was just being silly on a warm evening. …was simply tired of all the seriousness about various subjects, and the above thought came to mind…

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[flowerpetal]

May the silliness continue. Perhaps it won’t be an implosion caused by the vacuum of so much oil leaving but could be a giant burp of methane gas:

http://pamshouseblend.com/diary/16441/worst-case-scenario-unfolding-in-gulf-oil-leaking-from-seabed-methane-building-up

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