In the winter of 1811-12, a series of large earthquakes in the
New Madrid seismic zone-often incorrectly described as the biggest
ever to hit the United States-shook the Midwest. Today the federal
government ranks the hazard in the Midwest as high as California's
and is pressuring communities to undertake expensive preparations
for disaster.
Coinciding with the two-hundredth anniversary of the New Madrid
earthquakes, "Disaster Deferred" revisits these earthquakes, the
legends that have grown around them, and the predictions of doom
that have followed in their wake. Seth Stein clearly explains the
techniques seismologists use to study Midwestern quakes and
estimate their danger. Detailing how limited scientific knowledge,
bureaucratic instincts, and the media's love of a good story have
exaggerated these hazards, Stein calmly debunks the hype
surrounding such predictions and encourages the formulation of more
sensible, less costly policy. Powered by insider knowledge and an
engaging style, "Disaster Deferred" shows how new geological ideas
and data, including those from the Global Positioning System, are
painting a very different-and much less frightening-picture of the
future.
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