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What scientists fear is that the southern San Andreas has reached a similarly critical threshold. "If the Landers earthquake put a little stress on the San Andreas," exclaims Allan Lindh, chief seismologist of the U.S. Geological Survey, "then what about the accumulated stress of 300 years of plate motion?" For Lindh and other experts, the Landers quake and its resulting tremors are all too reminiscent of the increased seismic activity that preceded the great San Francisco blowout of 1906. "I mean," says Lindh, with a dramatic pause, "how much more on the edge of our chairs...
Would it be worth it? "It's not a solution to all earthquake problems, but there are a lot of practical applications," says Allan Lindh of the U.S. Geological Survey. "To have 30 seconds' warning would sound like a helluva idea to me if I worked near a sulfuric acid vat." Japan has already built advanced systems to shut down nuclear power plants, cut the gas flow from public utilities and issue tsunami alerts. Similar systems could divert incoming aircraft, warn rescue workers of aftershocks and minimize damage to computer, telecommunication and financial data networks...
...less bucolic places raises rockier questions. Should officials curtail construction and thus discourage new business? What if this kills a community's economy and the quake never comes? The USGS insists that these are decisions for state and local authorities. Besides, the science is still shaky. Says Geophysicist Allan Lindh: "Studying great quakes 150 years apart is like trying to pick horse races from watching one furlong and not even knowing which furlong you're watching." Betting a community's future on such evidence could be quite a gamble--one almost as big as ignoring the evidence...
...Stewart Lindh San Francisco...
Divinity School. Preaching Service. Mr. E. I. Lindh. Divinity Chapel...