My computer programs generate a type of “probability” number. At the moment they are not sophisticated enough to generate high quality latitude data. And the way to get them to generate better latitude, longitude, and time window data is to add additional subroutines to them. Writing those subroutines requires time and effort. And my free time is limited.

Any large government could do those types of things in just a few months with a “crash program.” Computer programs are about the easiest thing in the world to develop. You don’t have to purchase or build anything. And in the past I have formally contacted U.S. government officials in a number of agencies (and many other groups) and strongly recommended that they develop those subroutines. However, reading between the lines of their responses I believe that what they always say is,

“Will that type of effort get us any more campaign contributions or votes in the next election? No? Then why would we be even the least bit interested?”

With that latest California governor recall election did anyone see or hear any of the candidates talk about earthquake forecasting program development efforts even once? I doubt it.