[extropy-chat] A sad day

[The Avantguardian]

Welcome back, Robert. 

I noticed something rather cool during all the
aftershocks of the Northridge quake here in Cali and
that was pigeons and other birds could sense them
coming about 10 - 30 seconds before they happened and
all took to the air in a mad rush. I presume it is
because bird hearing is so much more sensitive than
ours (owls hunt mice by hearing in the dark and robins
can hear worms moving beneath the soil). Has anybody
tried to record a wide band audio spectrum prior to an
earthquake? With a sensitive enough microphone, one
might be able to get more prior warning than even bird
ears allow.

The Avantguardian 
is 
Stuart LaForge
alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu

"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying." - Woody Allen

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