http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=c Thu, 23 May 2013 07:56:45 -0400 Liveleak http://edge.liveleak.com/80281E/u/u/ll2/logo.gif http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=c Thu, 23 May 2013 00:15:11 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b03_1369281958 BekasKhan By Susanna Kim ABC News Blogs A pizza mission to U.S. military service members in Afghanistan has made the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest pizza delivery. The non-profit, Pizza 4 Patriots , a 501(c)3 registered non-profit based in Illinois, has been sending pizzas to military service members abroad for the last five years. Last summer, Pizza 4 Patriots and shipping company DHL organized their biggest delivery yet: 30,000 pizzas to service members in Kandahar, Bagram and Camp Bastion in Afghanistan in celebration of Independence Day. The delivery began June 21, 2012. DHL donated its services (pictured above) and loaded the pizza shipments at a service center in Chicago. Ian Clough, CEO of DHL Express U.S., said he was grateful to Pizza 4 Patriots and proud of DHL's "dedicated employees." "Feedback from U.S. troops who received the care packages has been heartwarming as they truly appreciate the recognition for their valuable service," Clough said in a statement. Mark Evans, the retired Air Force master sergeant who started Pizza 4 Patriots, said he has been working with Guinness since last summer for the record. After the necessary affidavits from witnesses were on record, Guinness officially recognized the delivery in April and notified Evans this month. Evans said he is "completely pleased and overwhelmed." "The world record is secondary to taking care of our soldiers and sending them a slice of home," Evans said. The 12-inch pizzas were made by Great Kitchens, Inc. in Illinois with some donated ingredients and funded by various donors. Earlier this year, Pizza 4 Patriots sent 21,000 pizzas to military members serving abroad during the Super Bowl. Next up, Evans is raising enough money to send 25,000 pizzas to troops across the world for this Independence Day. In Photos: Over-the-Top Fast Food Creations Also Read Pagination Previous Astronaut Chris Hadfield Performs David Bowie's 'Space Oddity' From... Space Loading... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b03_1369281958 BekasKhan Pizza Delivery to Afghanistan Troops Set Guinness Re<span class="highlight">c</span>ord Afghanistan, troops pizza delivery Wed, 22 May 2013 23:54:10 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eca_1369279689 potrblog http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2013/05/dire-billion-dollar-emergency-flu.html (c)2013 http://www.POTRBLOG.com " Billion Dollar Emergency Flu Contract Changed To Cost Plus!" has to be one of the most strange and boring headlines we have ever posted. But to those in the know, changing a government contract from Fixed Price to Cost Plus is a sign of governmental desperation, and a contractor's greatest dream. Cost Plus means that the contractor is guaranteed a profit no matter what he/she spends to fulfill the contract. Throw in the fact that this "Medical Countermeasures Clinical Studies Network" contract is worth .6 Billion dollars and that the ancillary contracts probably bring it up to over a BILLION dollars, and you have the very definition of the US Government URGENTLY "throwing money" at salivating contractors. This contract basically covers two things: (1) setting up pre event clinical trials of experimental emergency flu vaccines laced with adjuvants. (2) setting up a post event, 24 hour notice reaction squad which can perform emergency, experimental treatment clinical trials on several hundred individuals using investigatory antiviral agents, and probably symptomatic (Cytokine storm) treatments with experimental immune suppressing drugs. So for anyone unsure on how seriously the US Government is taking the threat of Hemorrhagic H7N9 Bird Flu, if the change in this contract from Fixed Price to Cost Plus doesn't alert you to the fact that Federal Government thinks this situation is deadly serious, nothing short of mass death and forced vaccinations will convince you. Of course none of this means that the government is right; centralized planning seldom ever is right. But anyway you look at, there will either be a real risk from the hemorrhagic bird flu or/and a real risk from the Government's response in preparation for that hemorrhagic flu. Three things one might consider in preparation for the next flu season/outbreak are: (1) Emergency treatments for forced vaccination with experimental adjuvant containing vaccines, like immune system suppressing supplements. (2) Chlorhexidine Gluconate aka CHG (see below) (3) Watch the CDC's strategy / budget appeal movie CONTAGION For links and more info goto: http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2013/05/dire-billion-dollar-emergency-flu.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=eca_1369279689 potrblog [DIRE] <span class="highlight">C</span>ost Plus Billion Dollar Emergen<span class="highlight">c</span>y Flu <span class="highlight">C</span>ontra<span class="highlight">c</span>t! Cost Plus, H7n9, CDC, FLU, Vaccine, H1N1 Wed, 22 May 2013 21:40:26 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20f_1369272809 snoopAhLoop Finally, a positive story involving a 3-D printer: Bioresorbable splint used for first time ever at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, successfully stopped life-threatening tracheobronchomalacia, case featured in New England Journal of Medicine. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=20f_1369272809 snoopAhLoop 3-D printer helps save dying baby 3D Printer, Saves, Baby, Kaiba Gionfriddo, Splint Wed, 22 May 2013 21:20:59 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ad_1369271279 kosherfilms STOCKHOLM for the fourth night in a row going on the riots in Husby and in several other places in Stockholm. A police officer has been injured and had to go to hospital, several cars have been set on fire and the police have now taken a cautious and defensive tactics which means that it will not intervene in the same way against the burning cars and throwing stones. Riots in Husby continues tonight with several car fires and has spread to many parts of Stockholm. According to Expressen has emergency now stopped going out in less car fires to avoid throwing stones at them and their vehicles. The police would not intervene against the alien gang which stands for the riots but instead has taken a cautious and defensive tactics according to reports. A policeman was also reached in the head by an object in Hags"atra and taken to hospital by ambulance. Although glazing in buildings have been smashed in the area. Realisten.se talked earlier today with one of the relatively few Swedes who live in Husby and he looks provided on the situation. - I'm fucking pissed about this. Who wants to live in a place like this society anyway? I'm sick of tired of this. And what the hell do we do when the police do not even dare to take action against those who throw stones and destroy? A firefighter also writes on Facebook that he was the victim of stone throwing, a stone went through the box on the fire truck and hit the man in the head - luckily, he had a helmet on them and did therefore without damage. One of the Swedish Radio cars have also been vandalized and SL have set the green line between Hags"atra and H"ogdalen. In Fru"angen have one or more persons arrested for arson and Hjulsta burning vehicles containing gas cylinders. According to information, it should be far more aggressive mood right tonight and the gangs that go around and destroy and conduct war against society to be both larger and higher than previous nights. Update: It also burns in Malm"o and Gothenburg as reported. Fire department chooses not to go up to the burning cars in Jordbrov"agen to threat is too strong In Ragsved has another policeman injured. In Ragsved in southern Stockholm police station was set on fire. - It is part of the police office that burned but the fire was extinguished by a patrol in place, says Towe H"agg at Stockholm police. It also burns in Jakobsbergsgatan. SL have set the bus service in parts of Norsborg. , it burns in Hjulsta, Tapiola, Salem, Jordbrov"agen, it has burned even in Norsborg tonight Police officers have been attacked with a green laser in Husby. A car burns at the Sollentuna C. Three cars are on fire in central Malm"o. vandalism in progress in Husby. A car has been burning in Hags"atra and several cases of vandalism such as broken windows. has also burned cars in Farstav"agen and Kista. Five people will be arrested for arson in Fru"angen. There is car fires between Landala and Vasastan in Gothenburg. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7ad_1369271279 kosherfilms Muslims riot for the fourth night in a row sweden, muslim , islam, riots Wed, 22 May 2013 20:26:41 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ff_1369265553 shanklinmike While peaceful people are arrested for non-crimes... murderers and rapists run free... http://VoluntaryVirtues.com http://unofficialnetwork.org/forum/voluntaryvirtues http://youtube.com/MikeShanklin http://liveleak.com/c/shanklinmike http://facebook.com/shanklinmichael http://facebook.com/OptOutOfStatism http://facebook.com/StatismMakesYouASlave http://facebook.com/IndividualFreedomForAll Mike Shanklin on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/117389430300947861818 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ff_1369265553 shanklinmike While Murderers Run Loose In Philadelphia... Politics, News, Voluntaryism, Non-aggression Principle, Self-Ownership, Statism, Anarchy, Anarcho-Capitalism, Freedom, Libertarian, Liberty, Libertarianism, Individual Rights, Coercion, Violence, Force, Government, Slavery, Philosophy, Empire, War, Peace, Wed, 22 May 2013 19:26:41 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f86_1369264919 USMC_SRT Starting in January 2014, female Marines will be required to perform the same minimum of three pull-ups as required for male Marines. This new standard for female Marines does not concern poolee Paige C. Colburn of Monroe, N.C., because she is already performing nine dead-hang pull ups.Colburn, who joined the Marine Corps Delayed Entry Program on Jan. 22, departed for recruit training on April 8. She is well aware of the new standard, but she plans to show others females are more than capable of meeting and exceeding the new standard. "I am able to show what I have worked so hard for," Colburn said, referring to her progression from two pull ups when she joined the DEP. "I never thought I would do nine pull ups. Now my goal is to reach 10." Colburn's recruiter, Sgt. Christopher A. Moberg, of Recruiting Substation Monroe, Recruiting Station Columbia, said accountability is crucial in preparing young enlistees for the rigors associated with recruit training. The rotary-wing aircraft mechanic and former CH-46 crew chief said he and his fellow Marines expect their poolees to give 100 percent effort throughout their time in the DEP. This means poolees attending physical training sessions held every week, to include monthly pool functions. Colburn is an example of a poolee who exceeded Moberg's expectations. She not only attended every possible training event, which often included working out six days a week with a full-time job, but she also served as a leader among fellow poolees with less than three months in the program. "She tends to downplay her own abilities, but she becomes unstoppable once she overcomes that," Moberg said. "A lot of people follow her. When someone falls out of a run, we don't have to tell her to go back to get that person. She doesn't quit, and she's not selfish at all. She leads by example."He said he and his fellow recruiters take an invested interest in each poolee's development in the program. They want to ensure every poolee is mentally, morally and physically prepared for recruit training. Their training progression ensures poolees like Colburn are able to exceed standards. They also encourage poolees to take on leadership roles while in the DEP. This includes leading physical training sessions with the guidance and mentorship of their recruiters. This method draws out the leadership potential within each enlistee. Colburn demonstrated her abilities during RS Columbia's annual Female Pool Function held on Feb. 23, which evaluated each female enlistee's ability to perform under intense stress. Drill instructors from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., attend the event each year to create an atmosphere similar to recruit training. During the event, drill instructors demand speed, volume, and intensity from poolees. This year's event served as an opportunity to test each female poolee's ability to perform pull-ups. Colburn performed seven deadhang pull-ups during the event, two less than her current max. "I was nervous because I did not know what to expect," Colburn said. "Everyone hears about drill instructors and sees them in YouTube videos, but it's difficult to understand without experiencing it firsthand. But weirdly enough, I wasn't scared. I knew I had to keep a straight face, but I was smiling on the inside. It was everything I hoped it would be." Sgt. Alejandra Hernandez, a drill instructor with Company N, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, led the event and took the opportunity to inform the female enlistees about the future challenges they have to expect in recruit training. The Chicago native, who has more than two years of experience as a drill instructor, said the Marine Corps is implementing more physical training focused on upper-body strength. She identified several activities, including the push press and clean press, in an effort to provide poolees with an idea of what to expect and how they can best prepare for the challenges to come. "There are a lot of changes coming," Hernandez said. "We will be conducting more combat conditioning. Recruits have to start preparing themselves before they ship to recruit training or else they will struggle even more." Hernandez, who will serve as a senior drill instructor with her next platoon, said the majority of recruits in her previous platoon could not perform any dead-hang pull ups upon arrival to recruit training. The majority of those recruits were able to perform an average of three pull ups upon graduation. She used Colburn as an example of a recruit who will not only be successful in meeting the physical demands of recruit training, but also as a recruit who will be able to take on leadership roles, such as that of a guide or squad leader. "I will be looking for recruits who can do it," Hernandez said, noting the ability to perform above the physical fitness standard. "I will be looking for her to motivate other recruits. She could motivate recruits and help them to do more pull ups." Colburn said she lives to help others. She believes her experience in the DEP has helped her to realize her calling, and she has met every opportunity to help with enthusiasm and determination. "I want to help others, to walk, to run, to lift, whatever the case may be," Colburn said. "It's all about being a leader in any way, shape, or form." http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f86_1369264919 USMC_SRT Female Marine Poolee Raises Bar for Su<span class="highlight">c</span><span class="highlight">c</span>ess USMC, Marines, Fitness, Women Wed, 22 May 2013 18:06:07 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9c8_1369259375 potrblog http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2013/05/orlando-theme-park-alert-memorial-day.html (c)2013 http://www.POTRBLOG.com If you are going to an Orlando area theme park over the Memorial day weekend it would be wise to take elevated Flu precautions. Both Disney World and Universal Studios draw large numbers of tourists from Brazil because of the high value of the Brazilian "Dollar", unfortunately there is a FLU outbreak in Brazil suspected to be H1N1 swine flu. The Fort Rucker Flu we reported on earlier has a reported connection to Orlando, and there has been one reported positive test for H1N1 in that cluster. However, the authorities seem to be treating that as a false positive. Unfortunately there are lots of unknowns with these current FLU outbreaks and we strongly suspect that MERS-CoV will get the ultimate blame. But in either case, the risk of developing symptoms which require hospitalization seems low, but if hospitalization is required, the risk of death is high. Given the nearness of the holiday weekend, your best inexpensive protective action is to purchase a small bottle of (CHG) Chlorhexidine Gluconate (namebrand Hibiclens) from your local Walgreens store. It is a surgical soap that protects your hands for 6 hours after washing with it. (Washing with regular soap afterwards will remove the protection) CHG is a surgical scrub which forms an invisible barrier on the skin and kills the influenza virus and corona (SARS) virus for multiple HOURS after washing with it. See CHG links here: http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/p/bird-flu-must-have-item.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9c8_1369259375 potrblog Orlando Theme Park ALERT! FLU Pre<span class="highlight">c</span>autions Advised Disney, Universal Studios, Florida, Flu, Sea World, H1N1, SARS, MERS Wed, 22 May 2013 17:30:14 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=151_1369258128 parastoned Ctrl + C http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=151_1369258128 parastoned My <span class="highlight">c</span>omputer... Drunk,Donkey Punching,Cleveland Steamer,Crusty McFucknuckle,Japanese wheelbarrow,Mexican Necktie,Egyptian Teabag,Gaylord Perry,Rusty Trombone,German Knuckle Cake,Dirty Sanchez,Change Machine,Togolese seesaw,Pasadena Mudslide,Roman Helmet,Minivan,Pittsburg Wed, 22 May 2013 12:44:28 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=17e_1369240470 Arabi Souri While 'freedom fighters' dig out graves of people dead over a thousand years ago, take out hearts of soldiers just killed and eat it in front of camera, the Syrian men fight with their families and keep fighting these hyenas even on the same day they lost one of their sons and they're injured, can you see a difference? . . . . Who can defeat a country her children loves her so much? . Arabi Souri : http://www.syrianews.cc http://www.youtube.com/user/3arabiSouri https://twitter.com/3arabiSouri http://www.facebook.com/Amazing.Syria http://www.liveleak.com/c/Arabi_Souri http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=17e_1369240470 Arabi Souri Injured SAA Offi<span class="highlight">c</span>er Fighting with 2 Sons Loses One Syria, Homs, SAA, Wahhabism, Al Qaeda, FSA, Cannibalism Wed, 22 May 2013 12:19:08 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7db_1369231316 shanklinmike Every Tuesday 8-10 pm EST, Voluntary Virtues is LIVE on "Liberty Movement Radio" Network. 5/21/2013 James Cox, Michael Daneau, and Michael Shanklin discuss a variety of topics including the open carry march in D.C. on July 4th, Kimberly Rivera, and much more... http://VoluntaryVirtues.com http://unofficialnetwork.org/forum/voluntaryvirtues http://youtube.com/MikeShanklin http://liveleak.com/c/shanklinmike http://facebook.com/shanklinmichael http://facebook.com/OptOutOfStatism http://facebook.com/StatismMakesYouASlave http://facebook.com/IndividualFreedomForAll Mike Shanklin on Google Plus: https://plus.google.com/117389430300947861818 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=7db_1369231316 shanklinmike Open <span class="highlight">C</span>arry Mar<span class="highlight">c</span>h, Kimberly Rivera, Kokesh Kidnapping, Defense From <span class="highlight">C</span>riminal Govt Offi<span class="highlight">c</span>ials Politics, News, Voluntaryism, Non-aggression Principle, Self-Ownership, Statism, Anarchy, Anarcho-Capitalism, Freedom, Libertarian, Liberty, Libertarianism, Individual Rights, Coercion, Violence, Force, Government, Slavery, Philosophy, Empire, War, Peace, Wed, 22 May 2013 11:36:02 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2d1_1369236379 potrblog http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2013/05/mers-cov-sars-outbreak-fort-rucker.html (c)2013 http://www.POTRBLOG.com At least 2 dead, and a cluster of people hospitalized near Fort Rucker, Alabama, in what we suspect is an outbreak of the SARS like MERS-CoV FLU. The obvious source vector of such an outbreak in Lower Alabama would be from soldiers deployed to the Middle East out of Fort Rucker, Alabama. We base our analysis on: The index patient's illness date of approximately April 19th 2013 The patient's extreme proximity to Fort Rucker Fort Rucker's Middle East Deployments The symptoms The epidemiological presentation, likely large outbreak with minimal severe hospitalizations Our initial risk mitigation position on this outbreak is that the risk is low but the impact is high; hence only low cost mitigation efforts are required. In that regard, the best mitigation is Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG). CHG is a surgical scrub which forms an invisible barrier on the skin and kills the influenza virus and corona (SARS) virus for multiple HOURS after washing with it. Links to purchase CHG are here http://pissinontheroses.blogspot.com/2013/05/mers-cov-sars-outbreak-fort-rucker.html http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2d1_1369236379 potrblog Fort Ru<span class="highlight">c</span>ker Flu: MERS-<span class="highlight">C</span>oV &quot;SARS&quot; Outbreak - Alabama h1n1, MERS, CoV, Alabama, Dothan, Fort Rucker, Flu Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:11 -0400 http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b58_1369229212 BloodyPeasant Another video about the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes, this time produced jointly by the USGS and the state of Tennessee with more of a focus on Tennessee itself. The 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquakes were an intense intraplate earthquake series beginning with an initial pair of very large earthquakes on December 16, 1811. These earthquakes remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the eastern United States in recorded history. These events, as well as the seismic zone of their occurrence, were named for the Mississippi River town of New Madrid, then part of the Louisiana Territory, now within Missouri. There are estimates that the earthquakes were felt strongly over roughly 50,000 sq mi, and moderately across nearly 1 million square miles. The historic 1906 San Francisco earthquake, by comparison, was felt moderately over roughly 6,200 sq mi. The 1811-1812 earthquakes The four earthquakes December 16, 1811, 2:15 a.m. (M ~7.2 - 8.1) epicenter in northeast Arkansas. It caused only slight damage to man-made structures, mainly because of the sparse population in the epicentral area. The future location of Memphis, Tennessee experienced level IX shaking on the Mercalli intensity scale. A seismic seiche propagated upriver, and Little Prairie (a village that was on the site of the former Fort San Fernando, near the site of present-day Caruthersville, Missouri) was heavily damaged by soil liquefaction. December 16, 1811, 8:15 a.m. (M ~7.2-8.1) epicenter in northeast Arkansas. This shock followed the first earthquake by six hours and was similar in intensity. January 23, 1812, 9 a.m. (M ~7.0-7.8) epicenter in the Missouri Bootheel. The meizoseismal area was characterized by general ground warping, ejections, fissuring, severe landslides, and caving of stream banks. Johnson and Schweig attributed this earthquake to a rupture on the New Madrid North Fault. This may have placed strain on the Reelfoot Fault. February 7, 1812, 4:45 a.m. (M ~7.4-8.0) epicenter near New Madrid, Missouri. New Madrid was destroyed. At St. Louis, Missouri, many houses were severely damaged, and their chimneys were toppled. This shock was definitively attributed to the Reelfoot Fault by Johnston and Schweig. Uplift along a segment of this reverse fault created temporary waterfalls on the Mississippi at Kentucky Bend, created waves that propagated upstream, and caused the formation of Reelfoot Lake by obstructing streams in what is now Lake County, Tennessee. Susan Hough, a seismologist of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), has recently estimated the earthquakes' magnitudes as "right around magnitude 7. Possibly a bit below, possibly a bit above, but not as big as 7.5." Eyewitness accounts John Bradbury, a Fellow of the Linnean Society, was on the Mississippi on the night of December 15, 1811, and describes the tremors in great detail in his Travels in the Interior of America in the Years 1809, 1810 and 1811, published in 1817. After supper, we went to sleep as usual: about ten o'clock, and in the night I was awakened by the most tremendous noise, accompanied by an agitation of the boat so violent, that it appeared in danger of upsetting ... I could distinctly see the river as if agitated by a storm; and although the noise was inconceivably loud and terrific, I could distinctly hear the crash of falling trees, and the screaming of the wild fowl on the river, but found that the boat was still safe at her moorings. By the time we could get to our fire, which was on a large flag in the stern of the boat, the shock had ceased; but immediately the perpendicular banks, both above and below us, began to fall into the river in such vast masses, as to nearly sink our boat by the swell they occasioned ... At day-light we had counted twenty-seven shocks. Eliza Bryan in New Madrid, Territory of Missouri, wrote the following eyewitness account in March, 1812. On the 16th of December, 1811, about two o'clock, a.m., we were visited by a violent shock of an earthquake, accompanied by a very awful noise resembling loud but distant thunder, but more hoarse and vibrating, which was followed in a few minutes by the complete saturation of the atmosphere, with sulphurious vapor, causing total darkness. The screams of the affrighted inhabitants running to and fro, not knowing where to go, or what to do-the cries of the fowls and beasts of every species-the cracking of trees falling, and the roaring of the Mississippi- the current of which was retrograde for a few minutes, owing as is supposed, to an irruption in its bed- formed a scene truly horrible. John Reynolds (February 26, 1788 - May 8, 1865) who was the 4th governor of Illinois, among other political posts, mentions the earthquake in his biography My Own Times: Embracing Also the History of My Life (1855): On the night of 16th November, 1811, an earthquake occurred, that produced great consternation amongst the people. The centre of the violence was in New Madrid, Missouri, but the whole valley of the Mississippi was violently agitated. Our family all were sleeping in a log cabin, and my father leaped out of bed crying aloud "the Indians are on the house" ... We laughed at the mistake of my father, but soon found out it was worse than the Indians. Not one in the family knew at the time that it was an earthquake. The next morning another shock made us acquainted with it, so we decided it was an earthquake. The cattle came running home bellowing with fear, and all animals were terribly alarmed on the occasion. Our house cracked and quivered, so we were fearful it would fall to the ground. In the American Bottom many chimneys were thrown down, and the church bell in Cahokia sounded by the agitation of the building. It is said the shock of an earthquake was felt in Kaskaskia in 1804, but I did not perceive it. The shocks continued for years in Illinois, and some have experienced it this year, 1855. The Shaker diarist Samuel Swan McClelland described the effects of the earthquake on the Shaker settlement at West Union (Busro), Indiana, where the earthquakes contributed to the temporary abandonment of the westernmost Shaker community. Consequence of the 1811-12 earthquakes Sand blows were common throughout the area, and can still be seen from the air in cultivated fields. The shockwaves propagated efficiently through the firm midwestern bedrock, with residents as far away as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Norfolk, Virginia, awakened by intense shaking. Church bells were reported to ring as far as Boston, Massachusetts and York, Ontario (now Toronto), and sidewalks were reported to have been cracked and broken in Washington, D.C. There were also reports of toppled chimneys in Maine. Disaster relief A request, dated January 13, 1812, by William Clark (famous for his exploration of the American West with Meriwether Lewis and the Corps of Discovery from 1803 to 1805), then the governor of the Louisiana Territory (the territory was renamed the Missouri Territory soon after the quake to eliminate confusion with the new state of Louisiana), asked for federal relief for the "inhabitants of New Madrid County." Whereas the Catalogue of miseries and afflictions, with which it has pleased the Supreme Being of the Universe to visit the inhabitants of the earth there are none more truly awful and destructive than Earthquakes ... The inhabitants of the late District now County of New Madrid, in this Territory, have lately been visited with several calamities of this kind, which have deluged large portions of their country and involved in the greatest distress many families, whilst others have been entirely ruined ... In the opinion of the said General Assembly provisions ought to be made by law for or cashiered to the said inhabitants relief, either out of the public fund or in some other way as may can meet to the cost demand availability of the General Government. This is possibly the very first request that the U.S. Federal Government had received for aid from one of its territories. Slave George murder The earthquakes helped bring to justice the murderers of George Lewis (commonly known as "Slave George"). George was slain on the night of December 15-16, 1811 by two nephews of Thomas Jefferson, Lilburn Lewis and Isham Lewis, who were also relatives of Meriwether Lewis. After killing him with an axe in front of other slaves, George's owners intended to burn his remains, but the first New Madrid earthquake interrupted their effort, and so the corpse was interred in a brick chimney. The murder might well have escaped discovery by authorities, except that the January 23 and February 7 quakes caused the chimney to partially collapse, exposing George's remains. Lilburn and Isham Lewis were quickly investigated, arrested and charged. Lilburn killed himself; Isham escaped from jail and probably died during the War of 1812. Geologic setting The underlying cause of New Madrid earthquakes is not well understood, but modern faulting seems to be related to an ancient geologic feature buried under the Mississippi River alluvial plain, known as the Reelfoot Rift. Reelfoot rift The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) is made up of reactivated faults that formed when what is now North America began to split or rift apart during the breakup of the supercontinent Rodinia in the Neoproterozoic Era (about 750 million years ago). Faults were created along the rift and igneous rocks formed from magma that was being pushed towards the surface. The resulting rift system failed but has remained as an aulacogen (a scar or zone of weakness) deep underground. Another unsuccessful attempt at rifting 200 million years ago created additional faults, which made the area weaker. The resulting geological structures make up the Reelfoot Rift, and have since been deeply buried by younger sediments. But the ancient faults appear to have made the rocks deep in the Earth's crust in the New Madrid area mechanically weaker than much of the rest of North America. This weakness, possibly combined with focusing effects from mechanically stronger igneous rocks nearby, allows the relatively small east-west compressive forces that exist in the North American plate to reactivate old faults, making the area prone to earthquakes. Since other rifts are known to occur in North America's stress environment but not all are associated with modern earthquakes, (for example the Midcontinent Rift System that stretches from Minnesota to Kansas), other processes could be at work to locally increase mechanical stress on the New Madrid faults. Stress changes associated with bending of the lithosphere caused by the melting of continental glaciers at the end of the last Ice Age, has been considered to play a role, as well as downward pull from sinking igneous rock bodies below the fault. It has also been suggested that some form of heating in the lithosphere below the area may be making deep rocks more plastic, which concentrates compressive stress in the shallower subsurface area where the faulting occurs. There may be local stress from a change in the flow of the mantle beneath the NMSZ, caused by the sinking Farallon Plate, according to one model. Seismic zone When epicenters of modern earthquakes are plotted on a map, three trends become apparent. First is the general northeast-southwest trend paralleling the trend of the Reelfoot Rift, in Arkansas, south of where the epicenters turn northwest. This is a right-lateral strike-slip fault system parallel to the Reelfoot Rift. The second is the southeast to northwest trend that occurs just southwest of New Madrid. This trend is a stepover thrust fault known as the Reelfoot Fault, associated with the Tiptonville dome and the impoundment of Reelfoot Lake. Epicenter locations on this fault are more spread out because the fault surface is inclined and dips into the ground, towards the south, at around forty degrees. Slip is towards the northeast. Motion on this fault in the 1811-1812 series created waterfalls on the Mississippi. The third line, extending northeast from the northwestern end of the Reelfoot Fault is another right-lateral strike-slip fault, termed New Madrid North. The epicenters of over 4,000 earthquakes can be identified from seismic measurements taken since 1974. It can be seen that the earthquakes originate from the seismic activity of the Reelfoot Rift. The zone which is colored in red on the map is called the New Madrid Seismic Zone. Recent earthquakes 4000 earthquake reports since 1974 The zone remains active today. In recent decades minor earthquakes have continued. New forecasts estimate a 7 to 10 percent chance, in the next 50 years, of a repeat of a major earthquake like those that occurred in 1811-1812, which likely had magnitudes of between 7.5 and 8.0. There is a 25 to 40 percent chance, in a 50-year time span, of a magnitude 6.0 or greater earthquake. Recurrence potential In a report filed in November 2008, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that a serious earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone could result in "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States," further predicting "widespread and catastrophic" damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and particularly Tennessee, where a 7.7 magnitude quake or greater would cause damage to tens of thousands of structures affecting water distribution, transportation systems, and other vital infrastructure. The potential for the recurrence of large earthquakes and their impact today on densely populated cities in and around the seismic zone has prompted research devoted to understanding the New Madrid Seismic Zone. By studying evidence of past quakes and closely monitoring ground motion and current earthquake activity, scientists attempt to understand their causes and recurrence intervals. The lack of apparent land movement along the New Madrid fault system has long puzzled scientists. In 2009 two studies based on eight years of GPS measurements indicated that the faults were moving at no more than 0.2 millimeters (0.0079 in) a year. In contrast, the rate of slippage on the San Andreas Fault averages as much as 37 mm (1.5 in) a year across California. 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