A touch of sarcasm there? Nice one. I never said  "I saw birds acting wierd 
so there will  be an earthquake." I just thought it would make a good post 
and wondered what people thought about it or if they observed anything 
strange. That's all. :-) I've defintely struck a nerve in some people!

"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message 
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> "Dave" <dgreco@bg9.so-net.ne.jp> wrote in message
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>> http://www.brunel.ac.uk/depts/geo/iainsub/studwebpage/shire/Webpg1.html
>
> You have pointed us to a webpage written by a student who can't even 
> spell.
> Anyway, are you having trouble finding the relevant points? Here, let me
> help you.
>
> 'However, the Tianjin earthquake remains the only well-documented case in
> which the behaviour led to a successful prediction.' [note: this
> 'prediction' was a few hours before the actual quake.]
>
> 'Conclusions
>
> Despite such close servallance (sic) of earthquakes and their precursors, 
> it
> is still impossible to predict earthquakes accurately. The main problem is
> that many earthquakes happen without reliable and observable precursor
> signals.'
>