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Author:  steve74 [ Wed May 11, 2011 7:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Coincidence or prediction?

Saw this article earlier today...
Rome braces for 'prophet-predicted quake'
Quote:
Thousands of people are reported to be staying out of Rome for the next few days, over fears the city will be hit by a huge earthquake.

The panic was sparked by rumours that seismologist Raffaele Bendandi, who died in 1979, predicted the city would be devastated by a quake on 11 May...


...then this evening, 11th May, this...
Deadly earthquake rocks Lorca in southern Spain
Quote:
A magnitude 5.3 earthquake has toppled several buildings in southern Spain, near the town of Lorca, killing at least 10 people, officials say.

The quake struck at a depth of just 1km (0.6 miles), some 120km south-west of Alicante, at 1850 (1650 GMT), the US Geological Survey reported.


Now, it's obvious to me that the date's just a coincidence, and OK, it's not Rome, but it got me thinking what are the chances that a prediction supposedly made in 1979 could be that close. Also...
Quote:
Who was Raffaele Bendandi?
• In November 1923, he predicted a quake would strike on January 2, 1924.
• Two days after this date, it did, in Italian province of Le Marche


I'm sure there's nothing in it, but it just kind of freaked me out a little, I had to post it here to get your thoughts.

Author:  AlunD [ Thu May 12, 2011 5:13 am ]
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Impressive "coincidence" though :shock: .

Author:  l3v1ck [ Thu May 12, 2011 6:21 am ]
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Every year (if not several times a year) we read about predictions of doom and gloom like this. The odds are that that one of them will match a real event eventually just by the law of probabilities.
It never seems to stop people attributing it to a higher power (or aliens) though. :roll:

Author:  adidan [ Thu May 12, 2011 7:03 am ]
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So a quake prediction that Rome will be devastated.

A few buildings collapse in Spain.

Spot on there, even though there are constant quakes around the world every day...

It's a miracle! :? :lol:

Author:  belchingmatt [ Thu May 12, 2011 7:22 am ]
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I think he was having a laugh. Spend your life studying earthquakes and then predict one for many years after your death. :lol:

Author:  adidan [ Thu May 12, 2011 7:52 am ]
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If you want to see how many large quakes happen check here clicky

Author:  veato [ Thu May 12, 2011 7:54 am ]
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I also believe a prediction was made that yesterday a tsunami the biggest the world has ever seen was due to hit Taiwan.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu May 12, 2011 11:30 am ]
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AlunD wrote:
Impressive "coincidence" though :shock: .

Not reallty there are thousands of quakes every day, chances are that there will be some more today. The science has not progressed to that level yet. They can predict where the next quake along a fault will be with some degree of confidence, but not when. I am surprised that southern Spain has avoided a big quake considering that Africa is still moving northwards.

Author:  Amnesia10 [ Thu May 12, 2011 11:34 am ]
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veato wrote:
I also believe a prediction was made that yesterday a tsunami the biggest the world has ever seen was due to hit Taiwan.

Well the biggest that the world has ever seen was more than 1800 ft high off Norway around 9000 years ago. There was a 900 ft tsunami in Alaska in the 1960's, caused by a landslide in a bay

Author:  Linux_User [ Thu May 12, 2011 1:04 pm ]
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Prediction was made in 1979? Well I guess the more years go buy, the more likely it is to happen since May 11th happens every year...

Author:  HeatherKay [ Thu May 12, 2011 1:05 pm ]
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Linux_User wrote:
Prediction was made in 1979? Well I guess the more years go buy, the more likely it is to happen since May 11th happens every year...


I think it was predicted for May 11, 2011.

Sadly, someone at the HAARP array got the wrong co-ordinates...

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