tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post7817504398083014652..comments2023-11-05T02:15:15.513-08:00Comments on Majia's Blog: Earthquake ActivityMajia's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04941091700194936591noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-22942129396061615342016-04-26T10:28:55.128-07:002016-04-26T10:28:55.128-07:00There have been a large number of shallow and deep...There have been a large number of shallow and deep high magnitude earthquakes in Japan for centuries.<br />https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_JapanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-70868506792775062662016-04-17T11:13:46.907-07:002016-04-17T11:13:46.907-07:00yes, although we never before engineered the kind ...yes, although we never before engineered the kind of infrastructural risks we now face with nuclear and other "risky" technologies.<br /><br />Unfortunately, the response is DENIAL, as illustrated here<br /><br />Government lets Sendai reactors continue operations, http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201604170031.html<br />Majia's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04941091700194936591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8850795848027608997.post-12603984105971224822016-04-17T10:11:20.555-07:002016-04-17T10:11:20.555-07:00If we look at the last 20 thousand years what we c...If we look at the last 20 thousand years what we call Western Civilization has enjoyed an exceptionally quiet time. No super earthquakes or volcanoes; no encounters with large space rocks; no ending of an ice age with subsequent floods devastating populated areas along new coast lines; and in the last few hundred years relatively few severe plagues. There have been droughts and famines. On the other hand the 20th century excelled in wars. The revelation of nuclear energy presents the opportunity to permanently end most organic life on the planet. Perhaps GMO's have the same though slower potential. So we have been lucky as a species for quite some time. It would be a normal earth event for a massive earth quake in the north west; for the mega volcano beneath Yellow Stone Park to erupt; for a world wide plague to occur; for another ice age to commence . . . We could say we have been living in a freak period of time with so few devastating events. Likewise it seems to me that the USA had a brief period of prosperity after WWII which then slipped away and which may not return. Tyranny is the usual form of governance. Poverty probably the usual condition of most peoples through out its long existence. Fortunately we are all the descendants of very successful persons. Whatever has happened on the earth going back hundreds of thousands of years, our ancestors managed to survive and procreate. Quite a remarkable achievement. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13458690256053943151noreply@blogger.com