Whose fault

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Whose fault

by QueeneMab @ 2008-07-15 – 06:52:29

Before we went to Greece a few weeks ago, there were a couple of minor quakes including on the Island we were staying on, but to my great relief we did not have any in the 2 weeks we were there. Seems that there was a fairly significant one in Rhodes yesterday http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080715/twl-uk-greece-quake-df81261.html
so the activity seems to be moving East along the fault line, the strength of the quakes seems to be increasing. Just a thought, and I don't know if it works this way but it seems to me they are not totally random and that the next one is likely to hit Turkey? Given the devastation that quakes cause economically and the potential loss of life, I wonder what precautions if any will be taken to protect people in that area.

Just a thought.

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- faffajane ^Pro
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- 2008-07-15 @ 07:21:35
I would not be surprised if nothing is done, people seem to bury their head in the sand rather than face facts.

Mind you we could be pleasantly surprised

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- - Doralene
  - 2008-07-15 @ 13:14:17
  I agree faff, don't reckon anything will be done
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- scoobydoofus ^Pro
- 2008-07-15 @ 10:14:37
Depends what sort of fault it is, I think. There are ones where continental plates meet each other, ones where they are pulling apart, and ones where they are grating against each other. I know the San Andreas fault in the USA is the last kind, no idea what kind it is under the Med/Aegean.
- - scoobydoofus ^Pro
  - 2008-07-15 @ 10:16:54
  Oh, and the actual point of my comment which I forgot to put in at the end is that I'm not sure they can really predict them very far in advance, and it might be just co-incidence that those quakes happened like that.
  - - QueeneMab
    - 2008-07-15 @ 20:51:22
    Good point and I don't know either, but I know the area is notorious. Seizmic activity is measured on Santorini as part of the checks the do on the volcano so they must have some idea.
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- 2008-07-15 @ 12:05:56
I'm with faffa...I bet they do nothing...gawd forbid anyone is proactive...
- - QueeneMab
  - 2008-07-15 @ 20:53:48
  Me too.
  
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- kendersrule ^Pro
- 2008-07-15 @ 13:01:26
What spend money on a good idea?
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- miramaze
- 2008-07-15 @ 20:40:46
When the holiday resorts are hit , things will begin to happen Sad but true .

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- - QueeneMab
  - 2008-07-15 @ 20:53:19
  I think most of the resorts are well built modern constructions so they are relatively safe. It is the older houses in the poorer areas which take the brunt, but the rescue and rebuilding programmes are so expensive it seems to me to make sense to invest before rather than after the event.
  
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