Hi Doc,

You made some interesting comments in your evaluation of Antonio's predictions, but some of your questions seem unfitting. As in the following:

IS THERE SOME LOGIC IN THIS WORLD?

Well, logic depends a great deal upon the person who attempts to facilitate using it. For some, its rather black and white, for others, they are fence sitters, they can't decide on way or another or in the third case, they have no mental abilities to see it when its right in front of their faces.

In this case, the person known as Antonio Romino says that due to sensations in his body, after 20 years of observation, he has deduced that if its his right back of his back for instance, a quake will arrive 50% of the time in a given area. As we haven't been able to see a lot of his work, it may be to early to give it the long term assessment that it deserves. Often times with a little input from some others, it can be refined and in the end, become far better than before.

Now, let us address this other statement:

LETS GET SERIOUS BUDDY I HAVE FAITH IN EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION BUT THERE MUST BE SOME SCREENING INVOLVED INORDER TO AVOID WAISTING MY TIME.

Everyone here is serious about looking for the answer to a question that is yet unresolved. Be it someone who is a scientist or otherwise. We are all trying to learn more, and I know I have from both groups.

But one must be open to looking at everything as no one thing works everywhere, all of the time. From both sides, I see many possibilities that one day may solve not only the method of finding the answer, but in the kind of person(s) it takes to formulate a plan that can deliver a public prediction so it doesn't scare the pants off of everyone in the process.

Until I finish my research as to why public earthquake prediction is not here today, I shall remain open to the possibility that there is every good reason to believe it is already possible. For every scientist I have met todate and asked "why not?", they have given me more hope than I had in the beginning. I rather like that because in not being a scientist I can truly "listen" when others chose to just not "hear" what is being said. Nothing here is ever a waste of anyones time. I rather like to think of each of us being on our own separate roads and going in the same direction. For some, their roads are easier than others, some may have to go way out, but in the end, we are all going to be in the same place; finding there was an answer or dead.

As to nice manners, well on the Internet it means you don't use capital letters because it is the equivalent to screaming. You may have not been aware of that. But in the matter of manners one thing that bugs the hell out of me is scientists who refuse to answer e-mails. Its quite rude. In a kinder more gentele world when a lady takes the time to write someone, a gentleman should have the good manners to reply. But you can't have everything!

Like Scarlett O'Hara said, "tomorrow is another day." Now if I could just find a modern day Rhett Butler, my prayers would be answered.

Hang around, it gets fun sometimes...Pat