> > The scariest thing about this prediction is not, as one might
> > think, the guy himself and his way of speaking. It's not even
> > the possibility, however remote, that he might be right. Nope,
> > the scariest thing by far is the cult of disciples who would
> > form around him and become his followers if he *was* right.
> >
> > Digg, where I found this, predicted a 70% chance of this guy
> > being home on prom night. I think that's lowballing it.
>
> Of course Californians are always on the alert for earthquakes. We just
> had a new moon so the gravitational effects are high. Those lead to
> shifts in the tectonic plates. Next month there will be a solar eclipse
> on the 11th and we have a partial lunar eclipse on the 26th of this
> month. Eclipses are very prone to triggering earthquakes due to even
> more intense gravitational effects. We seem to be having some
> increased earthquake swarms in the LA area as well as here in the Bay
> Area. I don't think we're quite as worried about the Golden Gate
> Bridge as the incomplete Bay Bridge which in a severe earthquake could
> lose the east span as the new span there which will be VERY earthquake
> tolerant is unfinished.
>