ZetaTalk: Pole Shift

off hillsides. The

U.S. Geological

Survey reported the

4.7 magnitude

temblor hit at 11:40

p.m. and was

centered six miles

west of Reno near

Mogul, where a

swarm of more than

100 quakes had

rattled the area. The

biggest of those was

a 4.2 event. A 3.5

aftershock followed

at 12:29 am,

followed by at least

30 smaller ones, the

USGS said. Local

television stations

reported the temblor cracked walls and broke lawn watering lines in the northwest Reno. It was the

strongest quake to shake the city since hundreds of much smaller events have been recorded in the area

since the end of February.

We have spoken at great length about the stresses on the N American continent as the day of the pole shift approaches.

It is being pulled diagonally, the New England area pulling east while Mexico is being held back, pulled toward the

west. This tends to pull lands to the east of any fault line toward the northeast, while shifting lands to the west of any

fault line toward the southwest. Since rock resists breaking, and friction exists along fault lines, this is hardly a smooth

process. Weak points break, at first. Tension builds, accompanied by quake swarms which are, as we have explained,

like a trembling before a snap. For the N American continent to adjust as it must during the rapid expansion of the

Atlantic would require a major quake though the center of the continent, along the New Madrid Fault line, a widening

of the St. Lawrence Seaway to the extent that it becomes a new inland bay filled with sea water, and a significant slide

of land on either side of the San Andreas Fault line. Most of this adjustment will occur during the hour of the shift, but

adjustments before hand will significantly reshape the N American continent and will, as we have stated, precipitate

emergencies within the US that will require that the troops in Iraq be brought home to attend to disasters in the

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ZetaTalk: Reno Swarms

homeland.

We have described a temporary bowing along the West Coast as the stress on the N American continent builds. Rather

than tear along the New Madrid and related fault lines, Mexico at first is pulled toward the west, creating a bow that

forms around California and stresses the rock along the West Coast all the way from the tip of Mexico to Alaska. The

Crandall Canyon mine disaster in Utah was due to bowing stress, and the recent quakes near Reno, NV are likewise

due to this same bowing stress. Note that the current spate of quakes near Reno are almost in an exact line from the

California coast inland to the Crandall Canyon mine disaster east of Salt Lake City.

Take a board and cause it to bow, and watch the fractures. The compression side of the board certainly has

compression stress, but the side of the board asked to stretch will start to fray and snap. As with the Utah mine

disaster, the fraying and cracking are occurring to the east of a solid block of rock that is resisting any change. The

mining accident in Utah in 2007, just to the east of the Salt Lake flats, is in rock that fractures more readily than the

rigid Salt Lake flats to the west, which show no evidence of being affected during past pole shifts while the mountains

on either side of these flats are rumpled. This is also the case with the recent Reno quakes. An examination of fault

lines in California and Nevada show that the great inland valley of California has no fault lines. Like the Salt Lake

Flats, this area retained water in the past that evaporated slowly, allowing a slow settlement that formed a very solid

rock base. It does not bend or break. Thus, the bowing pressure in both cases is transferred to the more vulnerable rock

to the east. In the case of the Reno quakes, they are taking the hit for the inland valley of California.

Where does all this lead? We have stated that major adjustments in the New Madrid and associated fault lines will

occur before major adjustments along the San Andreas occur. The bowing will force this, as at some point the rock will

refuse to bow further and the stress along the weak points in the center of the continent will give. The fact that there is

a bow along the West Coast is what in fact prevents a major adjustment along the San Andreas until the New Madrid

adjusts. This rock is in compression now, along a curve, and the slip slide of the San Andreas has more friction than

usual to prevent any movement. Will more bowing stress appear? Undoubtedly. Clearly the line of stress has been

drawn, between the Utah mining disaster and Reno, so that vulnerability can be computed.

We are often asked how to determine safety in mountain building areas. Should one stand on a peak, or

seek shelter in a valley? This is not a simplistic matter, and it is impossible to state general guidelines or

even to give advice for a particular area. Hidden weak spots in the rock layers below might exist,