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...along the California coast for 750 miles. Many scientists believe that after decades of quietude, the pressure on sections of the San Andreas is reaching the point at which something will have to give. Researchers have been rushing to instrument the fault--"setting out traplines," as Ken Hudnut, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), puts it--to catch the faintest movements and seismic mutterings...
Thomas C. Hudnut, headmaster of the Harvard-Westlake School, a private high school in North Hollywood, said the trend is a good sign...
With a mixture of excitement and dread, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey in Pasadena are rushing to augment an already extensive seismic network with portable instrumentation. "Before the San Andreas goes," reflects geologist Ken Hudnut somberly, "maybe we'll catch a precursor." A hot wind swoops across the desert as Hudnut retrieves a plastic box from under an oleander bush and pops the lid to reveal the small satellite receiver it shields from blowing sand. Nearby, a tripod-mounted antenna straddles a survey pipe like a spindly sentinel. Coded signals beamed down by orbiting ! satellites, Hudnut explains, serve...
Both Gomes and Hudnut spoke of the need for a vision and a greater sense of personal morality in America today, but did not relate this morality directly to religion...
...Hudnut said he hoped that the recent riots in Los Angeles would serve as an "alarm bell for America" and bring back a sense of ethical responsibility...