This is a scary thought

I was doing a little research today looking into a very interesting web site to peruse,that would be the site for the Unites States Geological Survey. It is free to go into the site and study all the stuff that you want, historical data from past earthquakes for instance and studies into present conditions among the major fault lines also called seismic zones coincedentally. One thing I discovered during my looking was the fact that there were 748 minor quakes in the United States in the last month, a crap load of them in Alaska and California of course in Cali they are a normal and accepted event. I got down to looking into what I went onto the site to look at and this gave me some cause for concern, the New Madrid Seismic Zone is a large system of faults that covers parts of 7 states in the midwest. The last big shaker in this area was 1968 I believe it was in Dale Illinoise, that being a magnitude 5.5 the effects of which were felt as far away as Boston Mass. I started studying the geological makeup of the region and discovered that quakes in California for instance do not have these far reaching effects because the soil is soft and squishy allowing it to absorb much of the shock, here in this area the soil base is hard firm rock which does not absorb the shock letting the quakes in this region have far more range of effect. In 1811 and 1812 or to be precise December of 1811 and January and February of 1812 three major quakes rocked this region, all within the upper 7's in magnitude the quakes were felt as far away as Philidelphia Pa and Charelston SC thats a huge statement. Back than one of the largest towns along the Mississippi River was New Madrid Missouri, well the original site is now underwater and the area was sparesly populated back than this was the epicenter of those quakes. Imagine now with all of the large U.S. Cities in that region Memphis, TN St Louis, Kansas City, Little Rock and more as well as the vast number of small rural communities. These were three of the largest quakes ever to occur in the U.S. and they were fortunate to happen in an area where not many people lived to begin with, today that is a densely populated area with all of the afore mentioned cities and others as well. Could you begin to imagine the catastrophic results of say a Magnitude7.7 or greater quake there now? How many of those Cities are built in such a way as to withstand quakes in general? Not to mention a quake of that proportion, the recent earthquake in Japan and several smaller ones around China and Thailand caused mass destuction and untold amounts of casualties. Are we as a people in the Midwest ready and prepared to deal with those same circumstances? How many Casualties would we have in this region in a quake or two of that Magnitude? Who would we rely on for help? How many would be willing to help? Just some troubled thoughts during troubled times.If you want to take a look for yourself log on here
USGS website

Am I one of the few to notice this?

I have been looking quite alot lately at a variety of videos on you tube on UFO'S, some are so obviously faked or great cgi use that it is easy to spot. On the other hand there are a select few that are not faked and have no logical explanation as to what they are, this one I am showing you today for your consideration is from Jerusalem last month. Three different videos in a compilation from different angles all seeing the same thing. The number of reported UFO sightings has climbed exponentially every year for the last several years,less than 100 in 2006 to well over 100 in 2007 and over 200 every year since and there have already been more than 50 this year and it's only March. Couple that with the fact that a large number of these sightings are in active war zones, or places of some special signifigance to a mass number of people. It seems to me that there is a lot of recon going on in the last several years only thing that is hard to tell, is this a good thing or a bad thing with the date of the Mayan calender drawing ever closer? Not only that if you have ever read revelations in the bible a lot of that is starting to ring very true as well, hell it is not uncommon anymore for multiple UFO sightings on any given night if you pay attention to the skies around you you will probably see one yourself sooner or later. Everyone wants answers nowadays the only problem with that is, before you can give the answer you have to ask the right question and so far nobody knows what that is. The only ones who know the correct question are them and they quite obviously are not talking as of yet, perhaps in time they will who can say I hope I am around to see that day as I have a few questions of my own. In the meantime check out the link below to the video and judge for yourself rather it is fake or real, perhaps the Aliens or whatever they are got a little religion lately.
THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE.

UFO over China

I saw later that the link that I put on my post yesterday did not work sorry my bad so I am redoing it now, as I said there is no way that this particular footage could be faked as if you listen you can hear people shooting at it. Also I know that we have no aircraft that match that description and I am pretty sure that they do not either so as FOX MULDER is prone to say
The TRUTH is OUT THERE.

UFO over China

Just saw this on You Tube pretty awesome video footage and very hard to fake, if you listen closely you can hear people shooting at it though I am not to sure what they were trying to accomplish. Being that this video is fro china there is no telling what they thought they were doing but so be it.
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What happened to spring?

March 25th is supposed to be into spring you know trees starting to bloom that kind of thing, instead I wake up this morning to find 2" of fresh snow on the ground. What the hell happened to SPRING? We are in the process of preparing to move to Texas, this move is for a multitude of reasons one of which is to get away from this annoying Nebraska weather. I was born in Lincoln but spent most of my growing up years in San Antonio my Dad worked for the Government so we moved a few times, had I been a year or two older when he retired I would probably have never returned to Nebraska. I am now glad that I did as without this move I would'nt have met my wife and would'nt have my two wonderful children, one of my friends someone I have known since the old High School days is from Dallas originally. His folks are from Palestine we are all returning to where we consider home as a group, there is very little left to make me stay in Nebraska and a vast amount of reasons for me to get my family out of here. Perhaps the biggest single factor to make me wish to move is to get my Wife and Children away from my Jackwagon Brother in law, he is the biggest moron I have had the displeasure of knowing in my life. The perenial human sponge who leeches on to others and sponges off them permanently, my Father in Law is 65 lives on social security and is still taking care of his soon to be 47 year old son who is perennially unemployed, yes many people are that way but most of them go looking for jobs he does not he sleeps all day and bitches like a wildman all night. I have come close on more than one occassion to considering Homicide as a solution but squelch that urge, now he complains that we are moving to Texas as we will be 900 miles away and wont be able tosee him anymore and that is just bullshit well for my wife and kids and I it is more along the lines of HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN, or perhaps I am free at last thank god almighty I am free at last thank you doctor Martin Luther King for those Inspirational Words.

I am not sure what they are thinking or if they are at all.

I have seen that elevated radiation levels are reaching the Cali shore now and working there way inward, thanks Ray for that little tip by the way. Whats even worse to me is the fact that the Japanese Government is having the people that live there seal themselves in there houses and stay inside, excuse me does the term mass evacuation have any meaning to them? I know that they have burned many bridges in there time but at the moment I am sure most other countries would band together and give any assistance needed. It occured to my slightly offbeat sense of reality that perhaps this is a twisted form of population control that they are enacting, sound crazy? is it not insane to tell all those people to stay there in the first place? You be the judge which is crazier I certainly hope I am wrong but it does'nt seem that way at present.
Have a great day and a better tomorrow, "Chance Favors the Prepared Mind."

Why do people give you advice?

I was recently in fact this morning offered this great parenting advice from my Brother in Law, and he caps it off withthats what we did with Zack when he was that age. I look at this as having great entertainment value to me as he is attempting to tell me how to deal with my son, while his son whom he continually spouts as an example on everything is a 23 year old non working and not looking for work lay around sponge. The apple appearently really does'nt fall far from the tree as my Brother in Law also does not work and makes no effort to find work either. Whats even more humorous is the fact that rthey both of them if there girlfriends were to fart could accurately tell you what they have for breakfast in the morning. So when you are offered advice wanted or not as was the case here, consider the source of the advice and act accordingly.

Seems appropriate with the times.

With all the strife and terrible things going on in the world today, perhaps it is time to hold on to the one thing that all the world will have in some common way.
No matter what your religious beliefs may be or how you choose to exercise that religion, they are all essentially based on faith are they not?. The unbending faith and belief that no matter how bad things may get there is always something good that will come out of it somewhere, someway. At any rate I thought that everyone could use a peaceful thought provoking interlude away from all the bad things in the world.
KEEP THE FAITH.

Is it really possible to help Japan and others?

As i see more and more news reports and video of the exstensive damage over there the more I realize that I live in a spot that is relatively free of these types of natural disasters, they need food, fresh water, medications and a lot more people then are currently working to dig through the rubble for survivors and victims. to be honest from some of the footage I have seen they need super size dozers to clear everything out and start over from scratch, of course with a nuclear plant on the verge of melt down that could become irrelevant. Perhaps the only thing that will really help right now is complete evacuation to mainland Asia somewhere or other places as well, how far do you have to flee to escape a nuclear cloud or is there anyplace far enough away to be safe?. Than I see that the french are talking about invading Libya isnt that like pissing on a forest fire or something? If the Soviet Union couldnt defeat Afghanistan what makes the inept ass French think they can beat Libya? What would they accomplish other than pissing off a bunch of extremist groups and open themselves up to multiple terrorist attacks, oh I know maybe all those assholes would leave us in the United States alone for awhile and concentrate on the French that would be a good thing for us out of that mess. Just some food for thought have a great day and a better tomorrow,"Chance Favors the Prepared Mind."

So what is next?

Now I see where Japan is having much more intense problems with a nuclear power plant exploding, can you say fallout,nuclear winter anyone?. Actually eerily ironic that this happened in Japan dont you think? now after the earthquake and the tsunami they have to deal with nuclear fallout from a power plant exploding due to the earthquake damage, I see all these places for helping Japan pop up and as it turns out the best help for them may be evacuation in whole if this new problem is not contained very soon.

Were the Mayans right after all?

In recent months there have been earthquakes in places where there shouldnt be Oklahoma for instance,Nebraska for another winters have been longer and harsher than they have in a century. Some people interperate the Mayan calendar as predicting the end of the world this is untrue, what it predicts is the end of one age and the start of another. The last time this happened was 12,000 years ago anybody remember there school lessons about the last ice age?, perhaps it is time for the population of the world to wake up to the fact that some serious things are going down. the Earthquake and resultant Tsunami in Japan and the rest of the Paciffic basin is just one more sign that nature is pissed and working on getting even with humanity, why you ask look how badly we have mangled the planet with all our mining and nuclear arms tests and drilling for oil and such. Is it any wonder that people are moving away from the coasts and farther inland? perhaps thinking this will spare them from coming events? will moving accomplish this feat I guess that only time will tell

something very cool

The Sack Lunches

I put my carry-on in the luggage compartment and sat down in my
assigned seat. It was going to be a long flight. 'I'm glad I have a good
book to read Perhaps I will get a short nap,' I thought.

Just before take-off, a line of soldiers came down the aisle and
filled all the vacant seats, totally surrounding me. I decided to start a
conversation. 'Where are you headed?' I asked the soldier seated nearest to
me.

'Petawawa. We'll be there for two weeks for special training, and then we're
being deployed to Afghanistan

After flying for about an hour, an announcement was made that sack lunches
were available for five dollars. It would be several hours before we
reached the east, and I quickly decided a lunch would help pass the time..

As I reached for my wallet, I overheard soldier ask his buddy if he planned
to buy lunch. 'No, that seems like a lot of money for just a sack lunch.
Probably wouldn't be worth five bucks. I'll wait till we get to base '

His friend agreed.

I looked around at the other soldiers. None were buying lunch. I walked to
the back of the plane and handed the flight attendant a fifty dollar bill.
'Take a lunch to all those soldiers.' She grabbed my arms and squeezed
tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she thanked me. 'My son was a soldier in
Iraq ; it's almost like you are doing it for him.'

Picking up ten sacks, she headed up the aisle to where the soldiers were
seated. She stopped at my seat and asked, 'Which do you like best- beef or
chicken?'

'Chicken,' I replied, wondering why she asked. She turned and went to the
front of plane, returning a minute later with a dinner plate from first
class. 'This is your thanks.'

After we finished eating, I went again to the back of the plane,
heading for the rest room. A man stopped me. 'I saw what you did. I want
to be part of it. Here, take this.' He handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming down the
aisle, looking at the aisle numbers as he walked, I hoped he was not looking
for me, but noticed he was looking at the numbers only on my side of the
plane. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, held out his hand, an
said, 'I want to shake your hand.'

Quickly unfastening my seatbelt I stood and took the Captain's hand. With a
booming voice he said, 'I was a soldier and I was a military pilot. Once,
someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of kindness I never forgot.' I
was embarrassed when applause was heard from all of the passengers.

Later I walked to the front of the plane so I could stretch my legs. A man
who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting
to shake mine. He left another twenty-five dollars in my palm.

When we landed I gathered my belongings and started to deplane.
Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me, put
something in my shirt pocket, turned, and walked away without saying a word..
Another twenty-five dollars!

Upon entering the terminal, I saw the soldiers gathering for their trip to
the base. I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. 'It
will take you some time to reach the base. It will be about time for a
sandwich. God Bless You.'

Ten young men left that flight feeling the love and respect of their fellow
travelers. As I walked briskly to my car, I whispered a prayer for their
safe return. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could
only give them a couple of meals.

It seemed so little...

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life,wrote a blank check made
payable to ' America for an amount of 'up to and including my life.'

That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no
longer understand it.'

Living with Inlaws SUCKS

Due to the great economic downturn of the last few years we lost our store our house and pretty much everything else including our collective sanity, however we were able to move in to my Father in Laws house which was fine at first. However since that time my brother in law and his girlfriend and her two kids as well as my wifes neice from Kansas have all moved in as well, if you ever want to be stressed out and place undue stress on your relationship with the in laws live with them. My brother in law acts as if it's his house and like everyone should bend over backwards to kiss him and hiss girlfriends asses, they are not special or better than anyone else here hell at least I have a job which is more than I can say for him. He is all the time screaming and hollering at my kids and tries sticking his nose in my business when I am dealing with them which about led to blows a few days ago so he backed off from that situation, thing is as soon as possible like right after the school year ends my wife and kids and I are moving to texas.