24 7 News Net - USGS confirms 1000% INCREASE in GREAT... -
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Published on: 6/28/2001
Last Visited: 10/26/2007
The PUBLIC AFFAIRS Office of the USGS through Carolyn Bell, stated to me today "The database that is online is correct, and those are all the 8.0+ quakes worldwide since 1973!"
Carolyn Bell then stated, "If six 8.0+ GREAT QUAKES are recorded in the online database of the USGS for the past 13 months, and only 18 such events occurred from 1973 to 2000, then it would be valid to say a dramatic increase did occur worldwide for such GREAT QUAKES based upon that information!"
Carolyn Bell also stated, "Such trends should be viewed over longer periods of time, since it is possible such a spike could have occurred before."
When I asked Carolyn Bell to state when any such large amounts of GREAT QUAKES had occurred before in one year, she said "I am unaware of any such spike having actually occurred before."
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When I spoke to a USGS scientist that is the Chief of the Earthquake Information Center named Waverly Person today, as I was directed to do by Carolyn Bell, the reaction to my question about the 1000% increase in Great Quakes this past year was met with a loud "WHAT!"on the phone.
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Now Carolyn Bell of the USGS Public Affairs Office stated today, "The USGS has never claimed that people like Sollog, Cheiro and Cayce could not predict quakes.
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If you want to ask the USGS Public Affairs Office why the USGS is not interested in an accurate seer like Sollog you can call Carolyn Bell at 703-648-4460.