ever hear of Krakatoa? largest eruption, loudest sound in recored human history. late 1800's. the world didn't end because of it, nor will it end.
I never represented that the world will "end".
(Personally I believe the world has at least 1000 years remaining. I won't say why in this venue because I don't want to be the one that triggers this thread being locked.)
Let me clarify my position: We are seeing more frequent and/or intense "natural" events occurring right before our eyes. (I'm not including the sociological /cultural accelerating changes because there are those that will claim the "self-fulfilling prophesies" card. Regardless, this vector of phenomena is still manifest. Do your own research...I'll leave it at that.)quote: ".... there is NO WAY we could ever form any sort of accurate long term weather or world predictor. like its been stated, we have only been recording weather and earthquakes for what, 150 years? we'll say 200 to be fair. what about the 4.5 billion and change before that?! never had giant hurricanes before that? tornadoes didnt rage across the plains? you REALLY think the world never saw a 9.5 earthquake? honestly, you think giant tsunamis never raced acrossed the worlds oceans before??"....
Again, we see the "since there is data/events we don't know about it must mean that current data is invalid" argument.
This is invalid logic: Lack of evidence is NOT evidence.!quote: "...this is all NATURAL, all happened because SCIENCE dictates that is MUST happen, not because some antiquated culture that went extinct a 1000 years ago says it will....."
To set the record straight...I don't subscribe to antiquated culture's prophecies, my position as represented here is based on "increase of frequencies and/or intensities" of "natural" events.
As a side note: I don't think I've actually run across someone that claims that things "happen because SCIENCE dictates that it MUST happen". quote: "if you want to do research, look up mega-thrust earthquakes. you'll understand why we have massive quakes. has nothing to do with the mayans, i assure you ;
No need for me to look up "mega-thrust earthquakes". I have a fair understanding of plate-techtonic dynamics.
My position relates to "increases of frequency and/or intensities" of natural detrimental events such as earthquakes and how these indicates a discernible pattern not why massive quakes occur.
I assure you that I agree none of this has anything to do with the mayans.
Meanwhile, here are a few more data point events to enter into your pattern matrix for those keeping track: 
Magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattles coast of JapanA magnitude 7.1 earthquake rattled the northeastern coast of Japan Monday evening, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning, predicting a potential wave of two-meters in Miyagi, Fukushima and Chiba and Ibaraki prefectures.
The quake was centered about 164 kilometers (101 miles) northeast of Tokyo, according to the USGS. Residents in Tokyo felt the jolts.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/11/magnitude-7-1-earthquake-rattles-coast-of-japan/?iref=obinsiteMagnitude 6.7 earthquake strikes MexicoAn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 hit the region of Veracruz, Mexico, the U.S. Geological Survey reported Thursday. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/07/magnitude-6-7-earthquake-strikes-mexico/?iref=obinsiteTake note of the perfunctory statement included in this article letting us know that these events are "random" with nothing to worry about....
Moderate earthquakes strike Mexico, Alaska, JapanModerate earthquakes struck in Mexico, Alaska and Japan on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The first earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 struck in southwestern Mexico, in the state of Guerrero, according to the USGS. The Mexican Seismological Service put the magnitude at 5.5. Many people exited the buildings they were in, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Then a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was recorded on the Alaska Peninsula 14 miles south of Sand Point, Alaska and 573 miles southwest of Anchorage.
It was followed by a 6.1 earthquake that hit below the sea floor off the coast of the Japanese island of Honshu Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The depth of the quake is 15 miles, the USGS said and the epicenter is located 172 miles from Sendai, near the same zone as the aftershocks that followed the March 11 quake. The Japan Meteorological Agency has so far not released any tsunami warning.
Julie Dutton, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colorado, said that while it makes some people wary to see several moderate earthquakes (ones that register between 5.0 and 5.9) occurring in such a short time span, it isn't out of the norm.
"It's not something that occurs every day, but this is definitely not something we haven't seen before, or that we won't see again," she told CNN. "Earthquakes are kind of cyclic and sometimes it'll just happen that you'll have an influx of earthquakes around the same time. Other times they'll just be spread out."
For example, Dutton said there was a day in the past week where there were 12 moderate earthquakes recorded in one day. She acknowledged that on that day, they were on the lower part of the moderate scale, and that these three were a bit higher, but said it was certainly not something to be overly concerned about.
"We've had five or six of them every day for the last week, so it's definitely not something that we're concerned about," she said. "Its just pretty random at this point and it just happened that a bunch were higher today."
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/05/05/moderate-earthquakes-strike-mexico-alaska-japan/?hpt=T2Regards,
Sun
