THE NEW MADRID FAULT LINE AND THE MIDDLE AMERICA BOM MODEL

I am a little slow some days - but I finally put two and two together......

In a previous post, I presented compelling evidence that Zarahemla of Book of Mormon fame was located just across the Mississippi River from Nauvoo.  I think, with what is written in the D&C and the archaeological evidence that is just coming forth, there is not much debate left (at least in my muddled mind....).  Just a matter of plugging in the pieces.  I never had much of a problem with the meso-America model that people have erroneously run with for the last 100 years, because there was clear-cut evidence of Book of Mormon, Great White God level destruction.  The entire land mass of the Yucatan shifted 12 degrees right at the 2000 year ago mark - which fits perfectly.

However, I did not see how entire cities could be swallowed in the middle America model until I had an epiphany about 10 mins ago while reading a debate over whether the USA will split in half right down the Madrid fault line.  Then it occurred to me - we have a situation where the biggest EQs in the lower 48 have occurred - right there at ground zero:

    http://www.new-madrid.mo.us/index.aspx?nid=132

Here is some very interesting commentary on the above article that sounds very BookofMormonesque:

   The force of the land upheaval 15 miles south of New Madrid created Reelfoot Lake, drowned the inhabitants of an Indian village; turned the river against itself to flow backwards; devastated thousands of acres of virgin forest; and created two temporary waterfalls in the Mississippi. Boatmen on flatboats actually survived this experience and lived to tell the tale.

Getting Over Cracks
As the general area experienced more than 2,000 earthquakes in five months, people discovered that most of crevices opening up during an earthquake ran from north to south, and when the earth began moving, they would chop down trees in an east- west direction and hold on using the tree as a bridge. There were “missing people” who were most likely swallowed up by the earth. Some earthquake fissures were as long as five miles.

And some more!:

  Earthquake Lights
Lights flashed from the ground, caused by quartz crystals being squeezed. The phenomena is called “seismoluminescence.”

Warm Water
Water thrown up by an earthquake was lukewarm. It is speculated that the shaking caused the water to heat up and/or quartz light heated the water.

Earthquake Smog
The skies turned dark during the earthquakes, so dark that lighted lamps didn’t help. The air smelled bad, and it was hard to breathe. It is speculated that it was smog containing dust particles caused by the eruption of warm water into cold air.

Loud Thunder
Sounds of distant thunder and loud explosions accompanied the earthquakes.

And, last of all, eclipses, comets and EQs.....  Quite interesting stuff!!:

The earthquakes were preceded by the appearance of a great comet, which was visible around the globe for seventeen months, and was at its brightest during the earthquakes. The comet, with an orbit of 3,065 years, was last seen during the time of Ramses II in Egypt. In 1811-1812, it was called “Tecumseh’s Comet” (or “Napoleon’s Comet” in Europe). Tecumseh was a Shawnee Indian leader whose name meant “Shooting Star” or “He who walks across the sky.” He was given this name at birth. A great orator and military leader, Tecumseh organized a confederation of Indian tribes to oppose the takeover of three million acres of Indian lands, which were obtained by the Treaty of Fort Wayne in 1809. His brother, a religious leader called “The Prophet,” had gained fame when he foretold the total eclipse of the sun on June 16, 1806. (They had learned about it in advance from a team of visiting astronomers.)

Some days, it is astounding how slow the light bulb flickers on.....

And a brand new one on the butt-crack of America that is about to spread.....  Sorry about the visual there......:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002avh#general_summary