Earthquakes, Hurricanes and the Math Thing

by Kent on 18. Apr, 2006 in Life

Doc Searls has a thoughtful and scary post today on earthquakes.

Today is the 100th anniversary of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.

Thankfully, I’ve never experienced an earthquake. But Hurricanes are a constant worry here along the Texas coast and I have stood outside my house more than once in the yellowish glow of a bad storm and listened for the train-like sound of a tornado.

I remember the very first Sim City game. I didn’t like the natural disasters, so I turned them off. Unfortunately, you can’t do that in real life.

I hope we are spared another hurricane and I hope California is spared another earthquake. But as Doc points out, the math is not in either of our favor.

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  • Great analogy about the first Sim City game. I HATED those natural disasters. I could deal with the tornados, but those earthquakes always sent my score over the tipping point with no chance of getting back in the game.

    Thanks for pointing out Doc's post. I unsubscribed to Doc's feed after about a year because his post titles were too cryptic. I really enjoy his work (both podcasting and writing), but it was too much work gleaning for the good stuff. I figure I'd stay informed through links from others, like this one.

    In an unrelated comment, I wanted to mention how much I got from your recent The Possibility of Miracles post. Thanks.



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