Originally Posted by bigmojo5:
Ironically, i've been reading a book about David Crockett and he was talking about "the shakes," which followed the New Madrid,Mo., Earthquake of about 1811 and 1812. The original quake was so strong the Mississippi River ran backwards for a while and rang chuch bells in Philadephia. Crockett settled in a region of western Tennessee that was radically reshaped by the eartquake and tremors, and happened to be great for hunting bears.
When I was a reporter at the Princeton, Ind., Daily Clarion 25 years ago, I did reports about a major event along the New Madrid fault lines being overdue.
Jim Morrison
I remember back in grade school (1990ish) we had earthquake drills in Peoria, IL because people thought a quake was so likely. Being in a class room above a gymnasium hiding under a desk with a book over my head was their idea of being "safe" during one.