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Old 13-May-2008, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by jokergirl View Post
...I also found that the BBC has picked up on that scarecrow: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1974736.stm
Oh, yoy...
He bounces around the world talking about tectonic hot spots, mostly Africa, without any regard to being caused by dams.
There are only two mentions of dam caused earthquake, and even those are only related by time which convinced him of a cause and effect.
Typical scare tactic. Report all sorts of gloom and doom on the related subjects to make it sound like the subject is the gloom and doom.

I do see one point in this article (although it's not made clear). A dam built in an active area is more prone to a disaster. But, the cause and effect is the other way around.

And; of course, studying it never hurts.
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