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Originally posted by tutusue View Post
Really?Since when is psycho a bad thing??
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Well, it looks like every agency in town will be investigating this hoax. God, I hope they catch that twerp. Now that we have confirmation as to the gullibility level of the average Hawai‘i resident, we need to go after these punks!
We can’t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans.
— U.S. President Bill Clinton
USA TODAY, page 2A
11 March 1993
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Originally posted by TuNnL View PostWell, it looks like every agency in town will be investigating this hoax. God, I hope they catch that twerp. Now that we have confirmation as to the gullibility level of the average Hawai‘i resident, we need to go after these punks!
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Originally posted by TuNnL View PostWell, it looks like every agency in town will be investigating this hoax. God, I hope they catch that twerp. Now that we have confirmation as to the gullibility level of the average Hawai‘i resident, we need to go after these punks!But I'm disturbed! I'm depressed! I'm inadequate! I GOT IT ALL! (George Costanza)
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Originally posted by TuNnL View PostWell, it looks like every agency in town will be investigating this hoax. God, I hope they catch that twerp. Now that we have confirmation as to the gullibility level of the average Hawai‘i resident, we need to go after these punks!
I wonder if the hoax itself cost taxpayers money? I mean, other than Civil Defense needing to get out word that it was wrong through the media, did it cost us anything? Wouldn't it cost us to hunt down the perps and prosecute? I think it was idiotic to start such a rumor, and I was thinking how amazingly idiotic people on TV who were interviewed were telling the media that they believed that someone with authority has announced an earthquake would happen.
Whatever happened to Question Authority? Is that just for old fuhts?
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Originally posted by lavagal View PostI wonder if the hoax itself cost taxpayers money? I mean, other than Civil Defense needing to get out word that it was wrong through the media, did it cost us anything? Wouldn't it cost us to hunt down the perps and prosecute? I think it was idiotic to start such a rumor, and I was thinking how amazingly idiotic people on TV who were interviewed were telling the media that they believed that someone with authority has announced an earthquake would happen.
Whatever happened to Question Authority? Is that just for old fuhts?
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Originally posted by tutusue View PostPersonally, I'm less concerned about a monetary impact and more concerned about copy cats. If someone gets away with this then others may try to follow suit, just to get their jollies, but with a different version. The Chicken Little effect has been around for eons. It appears many people questioned authority, witnessed by all the phone calls pouring in to the CD and other organizations. However, the world is full of gullible people!
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Maybe the rumor stemmed from this?
Scientists made their first discovery of a volcanic eruption in progress 1.5 miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.
The event was predicted at a site where earthquake activity had increased. The eruption was confirmed when eight of 12 seismometers deployed to the seafloor were apparently buried. Other similar projects had experienced a 98 percent success rate in recovering the devices, so scientists assumed the missing ones were covered by magma.The seismometers are part of an ongoing, detailed study of the creation of new sea floor at the East Pacific Rise, where the sea floor spreads apart [graphic]. The research is sponsored by the
National Science Foundation.
The work has "exciting implications that we may be able to anticipate future sea floor eruptions," said co-author James Cowen of the University of Hawaii.
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Uh, the "prediction" mentioned in that article was that those earthquakes were caused by a volcanic eruption. Actually, it would have been better to use the word "hypothesis," but whatever.
There was no prediction of the actual earthquake events. Important difference.
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Originally posted by poinographer View PostUh, the "prediction" mentioned in that article was that those earthquakes were caused by a volcanic eruption. Actually, it would have been better to use the word "hypothesis," but whatever.
There was no prediction of the actual earthquake events. Important difference.
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My favorite part of the story?"We want the public to believe us so these cases where false rumors get spread are like crying wolf and we don't want the public to become complacent," said (UH Seismologist Dr. Cecily) Wolfe.
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Originally posted by poinographer View PostUh, the "prediction" mentioned in that article was that those earthquakes were caused by a volcanic eruption. Actually, it would have been better to use the word "hypothesis," but whatever.
There was no prediction of the actual earthquake events. Important difference.Life is what you make of it...so please read the instructions carefully.
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