Re: RE: hum

Good luck with the water.  Some people think it's fine for you to drink
arsenic.  Thank goodness for bottled water.
Kitty
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:14 PM
Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] hum


> That IS scary. After the TMI (3 Mile Island) fiasco in 1979, I wonder
> about the safety of those things. Dickinson College was 18 miles as the
> crow flies from there and our Physics Dep't professors were sneaking out
> there and getting way higher readings than were reported by the press.
> Haven't grown two heads though. Yet. Just found out our municipal water
> supply is contaminated. Turbidity due to complete lack of maintenance at
> the water treatment plant - pumps and filters are shot. No idea when it
> will be fixed. Sugar's drinking bottled water. I'm drinking wine. How
> nice.
>
>
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Donna
> Sent: 6/28/2004 8:26:23 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] hum
>
> > Oh Gees.... thanks guys... you made me feel so safe here :)
> >
> > Actually I had heard (but not sure it is true!) that the worst fault
> > line in this country is situated in southern Illinois area. Even worse
> > than the popular Calif one.
> >
> > Problem is -- where it hit -- is not far from three nuclear power
> > plants. Now that is scary!
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> > >
> > > james singer wrote:
> > > > Yeah. Ohio River valley is a soft spot. It has had at least one
> > major
> > > > quake in the last 200 years. Not meaning to spook anyone, but this
> > baby
> > > > shake could be a prelude to something more substantial.
> > > >
> > > Two or three, 1811-13; they were called the New Madrid quakes due to
> > their
> > > location in New Madrid, MO. Reported that the ground in the vicinity
> > had
> > > _waves_ in it 6 feet peak to trough. I'd have liked to been in an open
> > > field
> > > securely seated when those went by... If one or two such were to hit
> > > again,
> > > say farewell to Memphis and St. Louis. Estimated magnitude in the 7.5+
> > > range.
> > > -jrf
> > > --
> > > Jim Fisher
> > > Vienna, Virginia USA
> > > 38.9 N 77.2 W
> > > USDA Zone 7
> > > Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]
> >
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