NBBT Alert

It looks like I'm not the only one who has noticed the earthquake danger lurking in the midwest. :{
http://www.livescience.com/forcesofnature/050622_new_madrid.html.

A good illustration on its effects can be found here. The included map shows the effects between two similar earthquakes: The 1994 Northridge quake and a similar magnitude quake in 1895 centered near Charleston, Missouri within the New Madrid Zone. The Northridge trembler killed 33 people and caused an estimated $20 billion in damages. A similar quake in Kobe, Japan in 1995 killed 5,500 people and caused an estimated $100 billion in damages.* In the map, red indicates minor to major damage to buildings and their contents. Cities in or near this red zone include: St. Louis, MO; Memphis, TN; Nashville, TN; Evansville, IN; Indianapolis IN; Louisville, KY; and Cincinnati, OH. Yellow shows the geographic area in which the earthquake was felt.
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/Charleston1895.gif

We now send you back to your regular programming.

*Source: http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/