Hi Canie & All,

Over the past year and a half I have done case studies in looking at the records of different senstives and some are considerably more sensitive than others. While the catalog will tell you how many quakes have occurred, we still need to look at the facts as to how many she got headaches for and others she didn't. Her numbers are considerably better than anyone or anything that is presented today. I know, I looked. While you pointed out that Southern CA gets 3's all of the time, even if she has a headache for a 3, its still another headache and another match. To have so many headaches in a given year given 60 or more per year and only miss around 4, then we all know this is far better than any average.

But taking with this performance, she is one of the very few that anyone in the seismology community could discredit as a nut case, psychic or what have you. That's why her results should be given a little higher standing than other sensitives.

Furthermore, she actually has no interest at all in geology or earthquakes and has chosen to take the time to advise Jim Berkland or post herself whenever possible. It is just something that she does that she thinks in time will be beneficial. Her attitude is entirely different from most posters on any of the earthquake message boards.

But second to her I would have to give a very high rating to Mary/Maya. She has the sounds down to a quality level. She knows exactly where they come from and her match level is also quite good. Though she is not a public personality, she is an artist and one who really cares about others very much. Also highly credable.

Dennis said something that hit a mark with the way I look at things. What it is, is looking at the whole of the information that is coming from various sources. Then if you wanna say within 200 miles of Los Angeles, cannot one take the available instrumentation recordings, and see if within that 200 mile radius what faults would be more likely to be slipping now and the propensity for a particular fault to deliver a certain magnitude earthquake.

The last matter I wanted to address is that there are earthquake prediction projects that are currently on-going and being tested within the science community that few know about. Some of them have had incredible success, though most cannot know what they are doing or the results, but they are impressive I can assure you.

I hope Canie, you will find Kathy Gori's work as impressive as I feel and know it is. She has many years of recording data and it hasn't seemed to faulter over the years.

I have never thought any one single element is going to solve the earthquake prediction puzzle. There are going to be several reliable segments, some within mainstream science and some outside. But who do we know who wants to be at the helm of such a broadminded ideal? There must be someone out there.

From North Of The Golden Gate...Petra Challus