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Old 07-19-2015, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by HHP View Post
"When" is accurate but suggests an immediacy that the geologic record does not. Last great quake in the Northwest was in 1700. Geologists suggest a frequency of 300 to 900 years between events, with an actual average of just under 600 years. You can easily use "when" in talking about the next big asteroid impact or magnetic polarity shift.
Well, when is definitely a better qualifier than if.
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