Multiple parties around the world using different methods have contacted me and recommended that people watch for possible strong seismic activity in the area identified by the following Total Electron Content (TEC) chart.

I have not had time to do too much work myself with my own Earthquake Warning as an extremely important project is nearing completion. And since there was some strong solar storm activity when those October 4 and 5, 2013 EM Signals were detected I have not been too worried that a high magnitude earthquake might be approaching.

Forecasting earthquakes is a high stakes business. Do you focus most of the available time on trying to actually forecast them? Or is the time best spent on improving the forecasting methods themselves?

If you go with the second course of action and don’t try to actually forecast any earthquakes then many, many lives could be unnecessarily lost. And, one of the best ways to improve a forecasting method is to actually try to predict them and then see what works and what doesn’t. Part of the process involves simply circulating understandable forecast information. And you are not going to learn how to do that if you never give it a try.

These are personal opinions.