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	Is there earthquake weather? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Earthquakes are focused at depths well out of the reach of weather, and the forces that cause earthquakes are much larger than the weather forces.
		Earthquakes occur in all types of weather, in all climate zones, in all seasons of the year, and at any time of day.
		Earthquakes, however, are a part of global tectonics, a process that often changes the elevation of the land and its morphology.
	interactive2.usgs.gov /faq/list_faq_by_category/get_answer.asp?id=148 (274 words)

	Earthquake Facts & Follies
		An earthquake is the sudden, sometimes violent movement of the earth's surface from the release of energy in the earth's crust.
		Earthquake detectors are mentioned later in oriental manuscripts, but in the west earthquake detection instruments did not emerge until centuries later.
		Earthquakes may occur in an area before, during, and after a volcanic eruption, but they are the result of the active forces connected with the eruption, and not the cause of volcanic activity.
	www.ceri.memphis.edu /public/follies.shtml (1898 words)

	Locating and measuring earthquakes - Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
		Earthquakes produce two main types of waves — the P-wave (a compressional wave), and the S-wave (a shear wave).
		Also, every region of the world has a story about earthquake weather, but the type of weather is whatever they had for their most memorable earthquake.
		We define the epicenter of an earthquake with the latitude and longitude of a point, but the earthquake is bigger than that point.
	www.earthquakecountry.info /roots/measuring.html (914 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Earthquake Weather: Books: Tim Powers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Earthquake Weather is about the magic in the Land, expressed through our relationship with archetypal forces, and our relationship with wine as a sacramental substance.
		Earthquake Weather is a more mature book; Powers' understanding and handling of the archetypes has broadened and deepened since 'Drawing of the Dark', and to my mind his decision to leave out some of the other characters involved in the grail cycle, notably an explicit 'Arthur' adds to the mix.
		Earthquake Weather takes place in a thoroughly modern, even gritty, setting, where some individuals have a more sophisticated awareness, either a psychic or spiritual capacity, to interact with forces that magicians have believed in, and psychotherapists have termed archetypes, for real.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Earthquake-Weather-Tim-Powers/dp/1857236238 (833 words)

	Earthquake weather - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Earthquake weather is a type of weather popularly believed to precede earthquakes.
		Throughout civilization, writers and historians have suggested the existence of earthquake weather, an "ominously uneasy period said to precede large earthquakes".
		The USGS website states that, In the 4th Century B.C., Aristotle proposed that earthquakes were caused by winds trapped in subterranean caves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earthquake_weather (302 words)

	10.5
		Earthquakes are part of a global tectonic process that generally occurs well beyond the influence or control of humans.
		P-waves used to locate the earthquake, at about 2 to 3 miles/second, so a particular magnitude may not be available until a few minutes after the earthquake.
		The third is from the Nisqually earthquake in Washington, and the fourth is from the Loma Prieta earthquake in California.
	www.earthquakecountry.info /10.5/MajorMovieMisconceptions (2986 words)

	Review \| Earthquake Weather by Terrill Lee Lankford
		The pages of Earthquake Weather are strewn with bitter, frustrated screenwriters; slimy, backstabbing producers who amass wealth and power by exploiting others; pragmatic studio heads with tunnel-vision on the bottom line; egomaniacal directors, and drug-addicted stars and wannabes.
		The reader might even muse that, should an earthquake strike and wipe out the whole industry, it might be a beneficent act of God.
		Earthquake Weather is at its best when dealing with the entertainment world, and loses something of its power when the plot reaches beyond that glitzy realm.
	www.januarymagazine.com /crfiction/earthquakeweather.html (1359 words)

	Gothamist: Earthquake Weather (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The last earthquake in New York State was on August 27, 2003 and only measured at a 2.2.
		A tidal wave is a large sea wave produced by high winds, and a tsunami is a sea wave caused by an underwater earthquake or landslide (usually triggered by an earthquake) displacing the ocean water.
		Statistically, there is an equal distribution of earthquakes in cold weather, hot weather, rainy weather, etc. Furthermore, there is no physical way that the weather could affect the forces several miles beneath the surface of the earth.
	www.gothamist.com /archives/2004/07/26/earthquake_weather.php (489 words)

	cbs2.com - Earthquake Weather (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Whenever an earthquake strikes...someone always brings up the notion that there is some type of earthquake weather.
		That theory led to the idea that hot air was trapped underground...therefore the weather before an earthquake would be hot and calm.
		Earthquakes occur in all types of weather...and at any time of year.
	cbs2.com /josh_blog/local_blogentry_292140228.html (276 words)

	EarthquakeWeather.org - Introduction
		In a majority of cases, the same few peculiarities are cited: a certain something about the weather, pets behaving out of the norm, an increased tension and uneasiness amongst people, and an ominous stillness in the air.
		The goal of this project is to identify to what extent these four occurrences will have been present in a given area within a 72-hour period preceding an earthquake.
		Naturally, this will be based on subjective observations and success will therefore depend almost entirely on the voluntary participation of community members from around the world who've experienced prior earthquakes and have fairly consistently proven to themselves or others that they possess a certain predisposition for accurate quake prediction based on such observation.
	www.earthquakeweather.org /introduction.html (203 words)

	Earthquake Weather
		In fact, some of the strongest quakes in the contiguous United States history were in Missouri (New Madrid, MO suffered a 7.7 earthquake in 1811 followed by a 7.9 in 1812, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
		The weather had been in the 80-degree range that February and for many of us kids, it had been an extra vacation, with tales of adventure in emergency shelters (or like us, with relatives who lived outside the evacuation zone).
		Donna Schwartz Mills is married to a geologist, who goes on a rant whenever anyone mentions 'earthquake weather.' Donna is the Webmaster Mommy of SocalMoms.com, a new resource for moms in Southern California.
	www.the-vu.com /earthquake_weather.htm (1557 words)

	terrilleelankford.com \|\| EARTHQUAKE WEATHER
		In Earthquake Weather a natural disaster shakes a city and an industry to their cores, revealing new layers of deceit, desire, and deadly aggression.
		"Earthquake Weather is one of the major LA novels of the past twenty years and in many respects it's closer to The Player than any of the phony Porsche-noir novels that have been over-celebrated by two decades of yuppie reviewers.
		He starts big, with the 1994 earthquake, as Hollywood development deals fall like the freeway and studios try to recover from the disaster.
	www.terrillleelankford.com /earthquake_weather.html (1318 words)

	www.myspace.com/earthquakeweatherproject
		Starting later this month, The Earthquake Weather Project will set into place the California Research Awareness Corridor (CRAC), designating the 400-mile span between Los Angeles and San Francisco as the primary focus of future project awareness campaigns and concentrated research efforts.
		Using a laptop and wireless connection, we kicked off The Earthquake Weather Project by launching the website at the exact moment a 7.8 temblor tore through the city a century ago.
		Ideal candidates typically consider themselves to be "earthquake sensitives" who maintain a track record of infrequent predictions (on average, one forecast every several months to few years) but with accuracy well above the 50% range on the basis of timing.
	myspace.com /earthquakeweatherproject (1203 words)

	Earthquake prediction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An earthquake prediction is a prediction that an earthquake in a specific magnitude range will occur in a specific region and time window.
		Chinese earthquake prediction research is largely based on unusual events before earthquakes, such as change of ground water levels, strange animal behavior and foreshocks.
		In fact, according to the Chief conservator of forests for the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, a few minutes before the killer tsunami waves generated by an underwater earthquake hit the Indian coastline in December 2004, a 500-strong herd of flbucks rushed away from the coastal areas to the safety of a nearby hilltop.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Earthquake_prediction (1351 words)

	Disaster Declared After Hawaii Earthquake - Weather
		Linda Lingle issued a disaster declaration for Hawaii after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Big Island on Sunday.
		A scientist at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said he believed this was the largest earthquake in Hawaii since 1983.
		The Red Cross set up a hot line for those whose homes were damaged or for those who could not reach their families at 808-377-5053.
	www.wlwt.com /weather/10083129/detail.html (628 words)

	Amazon.ca: Earthquake Weather: Books: Terrill Lee Lankford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Mark Hayes is a complex narrator, a post-millennium hero, who leads the reader through the maze of this murder mystery with wit and style, and in the creation of Charity James, Lankford pulls off an authentically erotic female character who is not a cliche.
		EARTHQUAKE WEATHER is the true heir to SUNSET BOULEVARD, and a worthy one.
		Using the 1994 earthquake to set the stage, Terrill Lee Lankford provides an insider amateur sleuth novel with a pinch of a police procedural tale.
	www.amazon.ca /Earthquake-Weather-Terrill-Lee-Lankford/dp/0345467779 (1652 words)

	LiveScience.com - March is Earthquake Month, and Other Shaky 'Facts'
		There are claims that more earthquakes happen on hot, dry days — so-called "earthquake weather." But studies that have shown no tie between seismic activity and months or seasons.
		The forces that drive weather are not likely to have much of an effect on the movement of continental plates several miles below the surface, geologists say.
		Although the likelihood of an earthquake is unrelated to the time of day, an earthquake could be more deadly — and therefore more memorable — at certain hours.
	www.livescience.com /forcesofnature/050309_earthquake_march.html (584 words)

	CRH - Earthquake Weather
		Other stories in "Earthquake Weather" first appeared in South Dakota Review, The Crescent Review, Vignette, and in the 10th anniversary edition of Hayden's Ferry Review, in a special section devoted to work solicited from previous contributors, alongside the work of such noted authors as Valerie Miner and Rick Bass.
		"Earthquake Weather is a kaleidoscopic treasure...there are so many emotions in these stories, such depth to the feelings...Her writing brings us into the lives of such varied people...and she makes us understand and even care for them as only a talented wordsmith could."
		"Earthquake Weather is a strong, finely-wrought collection from Catherine Ryan Hyde.
	www.cryanhyde.com /earthquake.html (752 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Earthquake Weather
		Earthquake Weather assumes that you're already familiar with the body-swapping and ghost-sniffing established in Last Call and Expiration Date.
		One fun new twist is that ghosts are no longer the only drug of choice for those in the know; in Earthquake Weather we meet a psychiatrist who gets his kicks by severing off and consuming personalities from patients with Multiple Personality Disorder.
		Earthquake Weather is full of the action, suspense, twists, supernatural and home-baked magic Powers fans crave.
	www.sfsite.com /10b/erth19.htm (447 words)

	nbcweatherplus.com - Weather News - Earthquake-Proof Your Home
		And they say places that have had earthquakes before will have more in the future.
		Hardware stores carry furniture restraints you can use to bolt or hold furniture, such as bookcases and shelving, against your walls so you won't be in harm's way during an earthquake.
		Make an earthquake supply kit for you and each member of your family.
	wcmh.nbcweatherplus.com /weathernews/9247824/detail.html (232 words)

	Amazon.com: Earthquake Weather: Books: Terrill Lee Lankford (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Apart from providing a rip-roaring start to the book, the earthquake is used as the catalyst for the events that follow over the next few months in Hayes' life.
		While L.A. is recovering from the earthquake, Hayes' life gets rocked for a second time when he discovers Dexter Morton floating face down in his swimming pool.
		Earthquake Weather is the best Hollywood novel since Michael Tolkin's The Player -- and a fine crime story besides.
	www.amazon.com /Earthquake-Weather-Terrill-Lee-Lankford/dp/0345467779 (2591 words)

	Scrivener's Pen: Fiction by Martin Green (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This morning we talk about the unusual weather we're having, searingly hot, "earthquake weather" as the natives, who regard such weather as a natural calamity and so probably expect an even greater disaster to follow, call it.
		At the same time, I can hear through the paper-thin walls (the house would crumple instantly in even a mild earthquake, it occurs to me) my fellow tenants busy about their own apartments, cleaning up their own breakfast dishes or doing the other depressing chores that single persons have to do on Saturday mornings.
		I hear mentions of "earthquake weather." I suddenly have the feeling that I must get out of this place.
	scrivenerspen.org /Archives/Volume3Issue1/earthquake.html (1025 words)

	CD Baby: KRISTIAN HOFFMAN: Earthquake Weather
		"Earthquake Weather" plants Kristian solidly in the 60's influenced Costello style pop/rock field, with unembarrassed psychedelic flourishes and orchestrations, and a dose of unadulterated glam.
		Earthquake Weather is a dense pop masterwork that marries the prolix wordplay of mid-period Elvis Costello to the bug-eyed baroqueisms of post-Move Roy Wood!" " - L.A.Weekly
		Insightful, no-holds-barred lyrics with brilliant rhyme schemes thoroughly fill up his stories of societal shortcomings, personal struggles, and religious mistrust, as they shuffle against the plates of his pure pop approach with such fervent force that "Earthquake Weather" is indeed an apt title for his second album.
	www.cdbaby.com /cd/kristianh98 (1141 words)

	Tropical Storm Stan and Pakistan's earthquake - Weather
		Pakistan has now seen it's worst ever earthquake which has wiped out entire villages, caused rubble to cover and bury most roads and interrupting electricity and water supplies.
		The current death toll with the quake is at 20,000 but is expected to rise more in the coming days.
		The earthquake center was about 60 miles northeast of the capital, Islamabad, in the forested mountains of Pakistani,Kashmir.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art36342.asp (199 words)

	Earthquake Weather: Poems
		It’s unmistakable, that strangely calm air and sky that signals big change ahead: earthquake weather.
		Showing a steady courage in the midst of this alienation, her words are also stark testimony to the struggle of an individual caught in social and emotional contexts defined by others.
		In Earthquake Weather, as in an evolving friendship, Gould opens herself to the reader in stages.
	www.uapress.arizona.edu /books/BID956.htm (341 words)

	Earthquake Weather
		Folklore reserves the term "earthquake weather" for the sultry, ominously uneasy period said to precede large earthquakes.
		Scientists have generally belittled suggestions that weather could have anything to do with the ponderous forces unleashed during a quake.
		Despite such authoritative pronouncements, many Californians, who have ample experience with seismic events, insist that quakes and weather are somehow connected.
	www.science-frontiers.com /sf116/sf116p15.htm (208 words)

	nbcweatherplus.com - Weather News - Earthquake Safety
		Hundreds of earthquakes have rumbled across America this year.
		Seismologists say earthquake prone areas include Memphis, Tenn., Charleston, S.C., and even New York City.
		NBC’s Hoda Kotb shows off a unique earthquake demonstration and shares tips people can use to get ready before a big one.
	wcmh.nbcweatherplus.com /weathernews/9403877/detail.html (80 words)

	Earthquake Rattles Northern California - KCRA 3 Weather Plus
		TRUCKEE, Calif. -- A moderate earthquake struck Sunday morning several miles north of Lake Tahoe, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
		Californians have had a string of significant earthquakes this month after several years of relative seismic calm.
		But seismologists say clusters of quakes do not necessarily mean the Big One is coming.
	www.kcra.com /weather/4653358/detail.html (271 words)

	EARTHQUAKE WEATHER
		The Earth herself has shrugged and all her little inhabitants are made aware once again of what they may have forgotten: Mother Nature bats last.
		490 BC) recounts that a stillness both precedes and creates earthquakes because the winds are bottled up in a cave.
		In addition to widespread fires and destruction, a section of the Bay Bridge and a 1.25-mile span of Oakland's elevated freeway system collapsed.
	www.goines.net /Writing/earthquake_weather.html (295 words)

	Metroblogging Los Angeles: Earthquake Weather
		According to the USGS (United States Geological Survey) "there is no connection between earthquakes and weather.
		However, the latest reports on the ice melt in Greenland, there is increased seismic activity due to the tons of warmed water flow in the last couple of years.
		Earthquake weather is rain followed by hot dry santa ana like conditions.
	blogging.la /archives/2006/06/earthquake_weather_1.phtml (499 words)

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