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15/12/2011 5:13 pm
Today is the beginning of the anniversary of the New madrid Earthquake of 1811-1812. Here is a link to some information. Tennessee 4 Me - Read more about the New Madrid Earthquake that happened in Tennessee during frontier times.
16/12/2011 3:31 pm
Thanks for the reminder! Now that all the "hoopla" of the NEW ORLEANS is winding down, not many seem to think about what else happened at that time when there was a WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN' and other mysterious occurrences! Hope we NEVER have a repeat of it, but some seismologists say we are long overdue -- while others say not to worry.
16/12/2011 4:13 pm
New Madrid bend
I remember approaching New Madrid from downriver the first time on the DQ. I could see the smokestacks in the distance and figured it would be only a few minutes to get there. Ha. It was certainly more circuitous than I ever imagined. Isn't there a piece of Kentucky land on the Missouri side of the current river's path?
21/12/2011 5:49 am
Was just up in those parts this past week. Went to Tiptonville, TN (just below the horseshoe bend) to install some 911 recording equipment. A good portion of Lake County, TN is under Mississippi mud water with the river up quite a bit.
The TN/KY border is a little north of the neck of the bend. Above that the land inside the horseshoe bend is KY. So this area is almost an island and you have to drive thru TN or MO to get to that part of KY inside the bend.
The bend is every bit of 20 miles around and only about a mile and a half across the neck at low water.
Go to Google Earth and you can view satellite pics of the high water from earlier this summer. The dry land in the neck of the bend was only 3/4 mile across at best! Too bad someone didn't dig a ditch across there earlier in this year and the Ole Miss would've cut off that bend and saved us all 20 miles of hard running!
And to anniversary of the original Shake, Rattle and Roll (the strongest recorded quake in US history).... West TN has been getting ready for the next big quake for the last 20 yrs. Every new gov't building west of the TN river has had to meet new earthquake regulations since the mid-90's and every highway overpass has been redesigned with steel cables to keep the bridges from falling off their piers during the next "Big One".
If the next big one happens, maybe we'll get another Reelfoot Lake? Who knows?
Capt Mark