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earthquakes water fracking
It's not unexpected that shooting massive amounts of water, sand, and chemicals at high pressure into the earth to shatter shale and release natural gas might shake things up. But earthquakes aren't the worst problem with fracking. David Suzuki
earthquakes looks survivor
Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end. Bear Grylls
earthquakes risk trying
In every area of the world where there is earthquake risk, there are still many buildings of this type; it is very frustrating to try to get rid of them. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes three judgment
The most remarkable feature about the magnitude scale was that it worked at all and that it could be extended on a worldwide basis. It was originally envisaged as a rather rough-and-ready procedure by which we could grade earthquakes. We would have been happy if we could have assigned just three categories, large, medium, and small; the point is, we wanted to avoid personal judgments. It actually turned out to be quite a finely tuned scale. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes vibrations facts
As seismologists gained more experience from earthquake records, it became obvious that the problem could not be reduced to a single peak acceleration. In fact, a full frequency of vibrations occurs. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes drs plot
[In plotting earthquake measurements] the range between the largest and smallest magnitudes seemed unmanageably large. Dr. Beno Gutenberg then made the natural suggestion to plot the amplitudes logarithmically. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes names justice
The usual designation of the magnitude scale to my name does less than justice to the great part that Dr. Gutenberg played in extending the scale to apply to earthquakes in all parts of the world. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes energy introducing
If one introduces the concept of energy of an earthquake then that is a theoretically derived quantity. Charles Francis Richter
earthquakes scientist building
Scientists say an 8.9 earthquake here could knock down buildings, flood coastal areas... and improve the roads. Bill Maher
tears deconstruction jokes
Cartooning is about deconstruction: you gotta tear something down to make a joke. Berkeley Breathed
tears harps heard
And tears are heard within the harp I touch. Petrarch
tears noses innocence
The big round tears Cours'd one another down his innocent nose, In piteous chase. William Shakespeare
tears lines and-love
There's a fine line between heartbreak and love. It's a compliment when someone tells me my music put them in a place when where they were almost in tears. Chris Botti
tears stewards turns
God is the ultimate steward. He even turns our tears into the seeds of a hope filled future. Bill Johnson
tears enough subjects
In any really good subject, one has only to probe deep enough to come to tears. Edith Wharton
tears shed
I shed more tears than God could ever have required. Arthur Rimbaud
tears pearls gains
The liquid drops of tears that you have shed Shall come again, transform'd to orient pearl, Advantaging their loan with interest Of ten times double gain of happiness. William Shakespeare
tears reason merriment
Nature's tears are reason's merriment. William Shakespeare
warning wish
I wish he would've heeded the warning and left, but he didn't and we hurt, Gloria Moore
warning wake-up climate-change
We've been given a warning by science, and a wake-up call by nature; it is up to us now to heed them. Bill McKibben
warning trampolines warning-signs
There are no warning signs on the trampoline. The warning is the trampoline. Chelsea Handler
warning purpose life-is
My one purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others. Jamie Zawinski
warning world firsts
As best I can tell there was no advance warning of the attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, which was the first significant foreign terrorist activity in the U.S. No tip-offs that it was coming. Bobby Ray Inman
warning matter nephilim
No matter what the price offered, no Downworlder would fail to listen to a warning against one of the nephilim. Cassandra Clare
warning nuclear bombs
He remembered Simon warning him, with wryness, that Clary had the nuclear bomb of boyfriends. Cassandra Clare
warning young crisis
The American public has become so conditioned by crises, by warnings, by words, that there are few, other than the young, who protest against what is happening. J. William Fulbright
warning information doe
Is there any purpose to translating poetry? A poem does not contain information of importance, like a signpost or a warning notice. James Buchan