Coincidence

Today is the date of the Great San Francisco Earthquake. It was April 18, 1906 that the earth moved beyond description. I would highly recommend A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester to anyone interested in history, natural events, and disasters.

I was struck then when I checked the news this morning of an earthquake in the mid-west, specifically around West Salem, IL, that was felt all the way to Chicago. It was not a big quake, relatively. But it reminds us that good old solid terra firma isn't.

Then the was the story the other day that there has been a series of small quakes off the Oregon coast that no one has ever seen before. Scientists are puzzled. The more we know, the more we know how little we know. That is of course why I am always wary of anyone of any persuasion in any field who says they have THE ANSWERS.