Tent City! Tent City! Tent City!

[pellegrino]

I'm going to side with the LDS leaders on this one. They ex'd Kelly because they could see how annoying she was becoming.

Yes, she challenged hierarchy in an extremely annoying way. Oh, and her glasses are ugly too.

[Sullyute]

M. Russell gave a talk in 1999 Oct on false prophets and said don,t accept anything official unless it comes from the Church leaders. Since the Lords house is a house of order and not confusion and revelation can only come through properly appointed channels. We have no right to receive revelation to direct other peoples lives.

The problem with that statement is that the scriptures are full of examples of men being call directly by God to prophesy to the people, despite there being a distinct priesthood line. Abraham, Moses, Jonah, Samuel, Paul, Lehi, Samuel the Lamanite, etc.

People who ride gospel hobbies ride them out of the church.

I really like that saying. Sounds like something Neal Maxwell would say.

[wally]

How active is the earthquake zone? How common is it for residents to have earthquake insurance? IIRC the Wasatch Front isn't a very active fault, and it just isn't very common for residents to get earthquack (oops, did I say that?) insurance.

Sure, it's not a bad idea, but what is motivating her advice? As one whose siblings send crap like this all the time, it gets annoying really fast.

Earthquake insurance is extremely expensive if you live in a masonry structure constructed pre 1970s (like in sugarhouse area). also, frankly, if there is massive devastation, I am predicting insurance to be pretty useless, like with the hurricane andrew situation in florida.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Earthquake insurance is extremely expensive if you live in a masonry structure constructed pre 1970s (like in sugarhouse area). also, frankly, if there is massive devastation, I am predicting insurance to be pretty useless, like with the hurricane andrew situation in florida.

Yep. I know several earthquake experts who say earthquake insurance is a scam.

[Jeff Lebowski]

This lady is so loony it's funny. If she can get away with this crap, then the church owes Denver Snuffer a huge apology.

[Moliere]

This lady is so loony it's funny. If she can get away with this crap, then the church owes Denver Snuffer a huge apology.

You need to join the FB group. She is beyond looney and her followers are even worse. One of them just bought 10 gallons of M&Ms and put them into food storage so they can have chocolate for when the destruction/calling out happens. I was tempted to respond to the thread by indicating that chocolate has caffeine and is therefore against the WoW.

[Northwestcoug]

Yes, she challenged hierarchy in an extremely annoying way. Oh, and her glasses are ugly too.

All kidding aside, I think it's simply a visibility issue. Kelly was ex'd when her publicity became a nuisance to the church. Once Rowe attracts enough attention outside of her fan base, the decision will be made. I doubt that the church wants to let her craziness go on for much longer.

[imanihonjin]

Yep. I know several earthquake experts who say earthquake insurance is a scam.

As one who is familiar with the insurance industry, I can tell you that insurance companies don't treat it like a "scam". The models and so forth are set up to properly reserve for the risk and set the premium price in accordance with the risk, just like they would for any other type of insurance.

[Paperback Writer]

I think we are good without it in Texas... The folks along the Wasatch front and the left coast are screwed:

You didn't feel any of the effects of the earthquakes in Irving last Spring? I think they were somewhat small and some tried to connect them to fracking, but still; there were earthquakes. But overall, I agree. I'm much more concerned about tornadoes than earthquakes in North Texas. But I thought Irving might be close enough to your neighborhood to get your attention.

[Donuthole]

You need to join the FB group. She is beyond looney and her followers are even worse. One of them just bought 10 gallons of M&Ms and put them into food storage so they can have chocolate for when the destruction/calling out happens. I was tempted to respond to the thread by indicating that chocolate has caffeine and is therefore against the WoW.

The members of that FB group are probably smart enough to know the difference between caffeine and theobromine.

[Jeff Lebowski]

It's really quite simple. She is a part of the most conservative side of LDS Mormonism, which is the viewpoint that always wins out, regardless of what the hierarchy says, which is usually nothing, unless of course someone starts advocating for a return to polygamy or that the current hierarchy is fallen/corrupt. In Mormonism, the safest way to be a radical is to be radically conservative, you are basically unimpeachable. Conservatism always wins any argument in Mormonism.

That's funny. Yeah, other than 40,000 polygamists, Denver Snuffer and his minions, Avraham Gileadi, etc., conservatives are untouchable!

[Moliere]

The members of that FB group are probably smart enough to know the difference between caffeine and theobromine.

You assume a lot

[Bo Diddley]

Haha. I like how that map has "2015" on it. As if faults move around the country from year to year.

When you look at historical seismic activity, the longer you go after the last recorded activity, the higher your odds are that something will happen in that location this year. So in that sense, the map should change over time.

[Jeff Lebowski]

When you look at historical seismic activity, the longer you go after the last recorded activity, the higher your odds are that something will happen in that location this year. So in that sense, the map should change over time.

Good call. It has been what, 1000 years since the last big one in Utah? So they should change that color shade by 1/1000 = 0.001.

[Bo Diddley]

Good call. It has been what, 1000 years since the last big one in Utah? So they should change that color shade by 1/1000 = 0.001.

It really depends on the history of the region. After the big one hits in Utah, I would expect the color to change significantly for many years. I also would not want to live in the Pacific NW right now, anywhere west of I-5.