Isn't it amazing how easily statistics can be abused when you have an agenda?
THIS IS IT!!! EARTHQUAKES!!!
by jula71 22 Replies latest jw friends
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Billygoat
Isn't it amazing how easily statistics can be abused when you have an agenda?
Exactly!
My first thought was to laugh at this "sign". But honestly...when you really think about it, it's terribly sad. It's like a little child that's been promised by dad every year that she'll be taken out for a special night on her birthday. But dad works late that night, forgetting his promise and even forgetting her birthday, just like he has every year before that. So she continues to sit on her bed, all night, all dolled up in her little dress and shoes, just knowing that Daddy will be home any minute.
The weight of disappointment, when she realizes he's not coming, will be enough to choke a horse.
It really breaks my heart for my family. They've put their whole lives into a manmade organization that continually promises and never delivers. When are they going to see the difference between God and the Watchtower?
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proplog2
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Are Earthquakes Really on the Increase? We continue to be asked by many people throughout the world if earthquakes are on the increase. Although it may seem that we are having more earthquakes, earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater have remained fairly constant. A partial explanation may lie in the fact that in the last twenty years, we have definitely had an increase in the number of earthquakes we have been able to locate each year. This is because of the tremendous increase in the number of seismograph stations in the world and the many improvements in global communications. In 1931, there were about 350 stations operating in the world; today, there are more that 8,000 stations and the data now comes in rapidly from these stations by electronic mail, internet and satellite. This increase in the number of stations and the more timely receipt of data has allowed us and other seismological centers to locate earthquakes more rapidly and to locate many small earthquakes which were undetected in earlier years. The NEIC now locates about 20,000 earthquakes each year or approximately 50 per day. Also, because of the improvements in communications and the increased interest in the environment and natural disasters, the public now learns about more earthquakes.
According to long-term records (since about 1900), we expect about 18 major earthquakes (7.0 - 7.9) and one great earthquake (8.0 or above) in any given year. However, let's take a look at what has happened in the past 31 years, from 1969 through 2001.
The following is a list of major and great earthquakes during this period:
Number of Earthquakes Per YearYear Major
EarthquakesGreat
Earthquakes1969 15 1 1970 20 0 1971 19 1 1972 15 0 1973 13 0 1974 14 0 1975 14 1 1976 15 2 1977 11 2 1978 16 1 1979 13 0 1980 13 1 1981 13 0 1982 10 1 1983 14 0 1984 08 0 1985 13 1 1986 05 1 1987 11 0 1988 08 0 1989 06 1 1990 18 0 1991 16 0 1992 13 0 1993 12 0 1994 11 2 1995 18 2 1996 14 1 1997 16 0 1998 11 1 1999 18 0 2000 14 1 2001 15 1 See also: Earthquake Facts and Statistics
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