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Faultiest Forecast Schools closed, people fled and disaster kits sold out as Dec. 3 approached in New Madrid, Mo., all because climate consultant Iben % Browning had predicted a major earthquake. The fateful day passed with no earth-shaking news, but there were casualties nonetheless: Browning's already dubious reputation and the credibility of media outlets that treated his forecast seriously...
...ceramic figurines. Reason: the earthquake followed a much publicized prediction that the fault is likely to produce a major shock come Dec. 3, and many people feared last week's tremor could be a precursor. The prediction, which has made its way into several newspapers, was the work of Iben Browning, a New Mexico climate consultant, who based his forecast on an analysis of the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. Many seismologists, worried that public concern could degenerate into panic, have denounced it as unscientific hocus-pocus. At the same time, they agree that the New Madrid fault...