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There's an SF short story (Larry Niven I think) about a seismologist who predicts the big one, but the math is not quite right, the story gets out, panic ensues
by Taniwha 1y ago
There's an SF short story (Larry Niven I think) about a seismologist who predicts the big one, but the math is not quite right, the story gets out, panic ensues everyone heads for Nevada, he guy is still working in his lab trying to figure why the sign on his equation is coming out negative when all the rest of the US falls into the sea leaving just his part of CA
- cheschire 1y ago“… Alaska can come too.” https://youtu.be/kCpjgl2baLs https://youtu.be/kCpjgl2baLs
- gnarlynarwhal42 1y agolol I knew exactly what this was just from that quote! what a great time to be alive and online! endofworld.swf
- bombcar 1y agoHokay so here’s de ert.
- dylan604 1y agoThis is a great cliff's notes version that actually makes me want to read it, especially since it's a short story. From the description, that's all it needs.
- p1mrx 1y ago"A Slight Miscalculation" by Ben Bova https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/83720/so-that-earthquake-did-you-check-your-math https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/83720/so-that-eart...
- Taniwha 1y agoThanks - that's it