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Panich52

(5,829 posts) Fri Apr 24, 2015, 03:38 PM Apr 2015

More earthquakes due to human activities, says USGS

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More earthquakes due to human activities, says USGS

Of the eastern and central U.S. states studied so far, Oklahoma is by far the worst-hit in recent years. Texas, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico and Ohio all have had more earthquakes in the past year.

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My recollection of some Native American tribes' cilla4progress Apr 2015 #1

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1. My recollection of some Native American tribes'

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Fri Apr 24, 2015, 03:45 PM

Apr 2015

creation myths is that Turtle Island, N. America., will go down in a series of earthquakes. Not global warming. Not overpopulation. Not nucear war. But earthquakes.

How prescient is that? We should listen to our indigenous brothers and sisters, and heed them well.

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