Friday, April 16, 2010

That's No Earthquake But Rumbling Thunder from the Sky

Seen this?

Ahmadinejad wants millions to quit Tehran over quake fears

TEHRAN — At least five million Tehran residents need to relocate elsewhere because Iran's capital sits on several fault lines and is threatened by earthquakes, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.

...Tehran province has nearly 14 million inhabitants, eight million of whom live in the city which straddles several fault lines. Experts warn that a strong quake in Tehran could kill hundreds of thousands of people. Ahmadinejad said that 67 percent of Iran's 74-million-strong population lives in urban areas.

"We cannot predict when an earthquake will happen. But if anything happens to Tehran province's 13.8 million residents how can we manage that?" he asked.



If it comes, it hopefully will be rumbling thunder from the skies, lads.

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