Warp wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> I'm guessing everyone here has heard, but there was a massive earthquake 
>> in Japan about 12 hours ago.  Reports say it registered as 8.9.
> 
>   I have always wondered why there are so many huge cities at places
> where earthquakes are very common. One would think that the danger would
> kind of deter big populations from forming there.

Big cities are on coasts, for obvious reasons. Half of all coasts 
(approximately) are logically on the side of the continent where the 
earthquakes happen.

When we have spent enough time with high-speed over-land transportation that 
coasts are no longer preferred places for big cities, we'll have less of a 
problem with sudden changes in water levels.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
  "How did he die?"   "He got shot in the hand."
     "That was fatal?"
          "He was holding a live grenade at the time."

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