Don:

Thx for the other info....

With regards to this info...:

" USGS has a lot of data we never see. They have enough problems just keeping it going so they can use it let alone trying to get it on the net where most of the people wouldn’t know how to use it. The other problem is that the bugs haven’t been chased out. "

Well ...maybe so...but in reference to the ELF project a small company loaned them a $1000 sensor (with a proprietary antenna) which many high-schoolers have no problem keeping on line (well mostly...).

This kind of begs the question of how is it that "professionals" have so much trouble keeping something like that on line.

It kind of opens up other questions about the Parkfield folks' motive in getting involved in the program in the first place (if they weren't going to diligently keep their data online...).

They appear to have either renegged on the project or perhaps (to a skeptic anyway) opened up the prospect of hidden agendas, ulterior motives, etc.

What do you think?

mark