Actually, what I did was ask a question.

My posting asked if it would have been possible to process the data related to the earlier 7.2 magnitude Japan earthquake in such a manner that it would have been possible to tell that the 9 magnitude earthquake that occurred several days later was likely to occur.

Some earthquake researchers appear to have developed measurement systems and computer programs that enable them to tell where, and how much stress has collected in a given fault zone system. So, if they put the data for that 7.2 magnitude earthquake into some computer program it might have been possible for them to tell that enough stress was transferred to critical sites in nearby fault zone systems that they could be weakened, possibly resulting in an earthquake.

Research like that costs money. But some of the damage estimates that I have seen stated that the 9 magnitude earthquake costs will be more than 300 billion dollars. So, even if 100 million (an awful lot) were spent on doing that type of research, the resultant savings in building damage and loss of life might have been in the tens of billions of dollars.

Japan is not an impoverished country. They could afford to do research like that.

300,000,000,000
    100,000,000

Big difference!

Also as I stated in other posts, earthquakes are in my opinion 10 to 100 times more dangerous then people are aware. And that added danger results from what might be called “collateral damage.” We are seeing what that collateral type of damage can be with the Japan earthquake. Nuclear power plants in the area were heavily damaged. And they released radioactive materials that are now spreading around the world in both the air and the ocean. If the radiation releases were a lot worse, and they could have been, then there might have been serious health consequences for not only people in Japan, but everywhere on the planet. And, those power plants are still not out of danger. They reportedly just had another small fire in one of the plants.

That nuclear plant crisis has significantly changed my level of concern about the lack of understanding by governments regarding science and how our universe works. And as soon as I get my earthquake computer programs further along, probably some time this week, I am planning to prepare and then send an introductory report on this subject matter to high level officials here in the U.S. and around the world. It will probably focus on one particular thing that they could do to dramatically improve nuclear plant safety for very little expense.

Copies of the report might be posted to the EarthWaves board and also my new bulletin board.

These are personal opinions.