View Full Version : Stop Presses! Anchorage Creeps Half Inch Closer to Seattle


0524
Dec 17, 01, 6:16 pm
Call it an earthquake in slo-mo.

The ground beneath Anchorage, Palmer and Wasilla has spent the past three years slipping about half an inch toward Seattle, a discovery that has baffled scientists and raised fundamental questions about the subduction of the former Pacific Ocean floor under Southcentral Alaska.

http://www.adn.com/front/story/739785p-787602c.html

eastwest
Dec 17, 01, 8:18 pm
Great! All I have to say is I still better earn 1448 miles each way when I fly ANC-SEA! http://www.flyertalk.com/travel/fttravel_forum/tongue.gif

0524
Dec 19, 01, 4:20 pm
Eastwest, perhaps you can address this moving issue at your Anchorage FT gathering.