| Show Should Soon Be Able To Warn Of Earthquakes prediction capability is developing much more rapidly than all but a few scientists believed says the Chief of the U.S. Geological Survey's Office of Earthquake SERIOUS consideration of how predictions can be used most effectively have begun he Since there will be competition among scientists to be the first with a it is possible they will be based on evidence that is far from AS EARTHQUAKE prediction becomes more the shift from the crude predictions of today may not be very Public news media and citizens have become involved in inaccurate there is no alternative to involving the public if good evidence exists that an earthquake may be he A chance of being right might lead to lowering of water levels in securing of building marshaling of emergency relief supplies and It could also permit evacuation of hazardous structures and of critical facilities such as nuclear power reactors and petroleum Hamilton said regular earthquake predictions capability is not far Two small one in upper New York state and another in California were successfully predicted within the past THE QUESTION now is how the public and government agencies will respond to the threat of a major tremor as scientists make the transition from inaccurate to accurate Ib |
