Bob McCarty Writes

Two earth-rattling events took place on opposite sides of Planet Earth this afternoon, leaving many to wonder (1) if they are somehow related and (2) which will cause the most damage.
The first event took place just before one o’clock Eastern.  According to this report, the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives acted “with lightning speed” and [...]

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With earthquake swarms rattling Yellowstone National Park, seismologists speculating about whether a mega-eruption is imminent and Wyoming residents raising tough questions about the danger of such an event in local newspapers, I can’t help but wonder why Barack Obama hasn’t told the American people how he’s going to save us from the carnage sure to [...]

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It’s been another record-setting year at Bob McCarty Writes.  Three days shy of the new year, this blog has logged more than 1.9 million page views and attracted nearly 500,000 unique visitors.
Much of this blog’s success is due to the popularity of 25 most-viewed posts published on this blog during 2008.  The headlines and lead [...]

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The 5.2-magnitude earthquake that struck a northern portion of the New Madrid Seismic Zone Friday put cracks in a purported theory that the fault zone is “cold and dying,” according to the experts at the Institute for Business & Home Safety.
While the earthquake, centered five miles northeast of Bellmont, Ill., did not result in major [...]

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After being awakened by a rare Midwest earthquake at 4:37 a.m. Central this morning and blogging about it all morning, I decided there’s enough interest in the 5.2 tremblor that a t-shirt was in order; hence, the “I SURVIVED THE GREAT QUAKE OF ‘08″ t-shirt is now available in several varieties. To get yours, [...]

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