New Madrid Earthquake Quotes

“You and I can never understand about a mother’s love for her children. It’s something innate within them that we can’t completely relate to.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“If you look close enough, you’ll find that everything has a weak spot where it can break, sooner or later. The Earth is no different. Our world has ended five times. It’s been fried and then frozen. Gassed with poison. Smothered with ash. Bombarded from space. Despite all of this, the planet’s surface remains a beautiful mosaic of continental plates. Some slowly push together, forming magnificent mountains. Others slowly tear the landscape apart, fracturing what was once whole. Leaving scars of the epic battle below.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“When the world is falling apart around you, it’s natural to seek a place of respite. A spot where you can think, process, and cope. It’s all about finding tranquility in the chaos. As you age, you learn to stop trying to calm the storm that swirls around you. You focus on calming yourself, knowing the storm will pass. However, in the back of your mind, something always nags at you. Because no matter how hard you try to convince yourself, you know … A storm is coming.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“Imagine standing next to the water as it laps on the shore of a beach. As it washes over your feet, they gradually sink below the sand and eventually disappear from view. Like quicksand, liquefaction changes the composition of the soil such that heavier objects sink into it.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“The Mississippi River Valley aquifer was one of the largest in North America. It was located within a huge underground layer of water-bearing permeable rock.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“We live our lives. Work. Love. Play. You never know the day before a catastrophe strikes that it was, in fact, the day before. If you did, you’d prepare your mind, alter your way of life, and even get right with your maker. However, we don’t do that. We live on the edge of an unforeseen, unpredictable catastrophe that could be the end of the world as we know it, blissfully unaware of the consequences of our inaction. And then, one day, the universe says let’s shake things up a bit.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“We live our lives. Work. Love. Play. You never know the day before a catastrophe strikes that it was, in fact, the day before. If you did, you’d prepare your mind, alter your way of life, and even get right with your maker. However, we don’t do that. We live on the edge of an unforeseen, unpredictable catastrophe that could be the end of the world as we know it, blissfully unaware of the consequences of our inaction. And then, one day, the universe says let’s shake things up a bit. Chapter One Monday, December 17 St. Louis, Missouri Jack Atwood had”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“Extinction is the rule. Survival is the exception. ~ Carl Sagan”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“We had no warning. No idea. It came out of nowhere.”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake

“two-eighty-three. Greatest”
― Bobby Akart, New Madrid Earthquake