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Jiang said snakes, a popular restaurant dish in the south in the winter, could sense an earthquake from 120 km (70 miles) away, three to five days before it happens. They respond by behaving strangely.
"When an earthquake is about to occur, snakes will move out of their nests, even in the cold of winter," Jiang was quoted as saying.
"If the earthquake is a big one, the snakes will even smash into walls while trying to escape."
Maybe the snakes just don't want to be EATEN!
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Insert obligatory joke about mutherf*cking snakes in this mutherf*cking state...
Is this earthquake-detecting magic available only to graduates of Slytherin House?
Hey, if it works, I'm not one to knock it. If there's a plausible physical explanation, and a history of observed snake behavior before earthquakes, I see no reason not to make use of the information.
I have the (dubious) luxury of living in a location in which hurricanes are discovered and announced far in advance, though with far less certainty than I would like. Earthquakes would terrify me (not that hurricanes don't), and I admire people who are able to tolerate them as a normal fact of life.
Living in earthquake country, you quickly get used to small ones.
I've been through a few bigger ones that rattled bricks from chimneys and tipped bookcases, but not yet one that has done major structural damage.
Just like you plan for hurricanes, we plan for earthquakes. Have a stash of food that would be edible without cooking. Have bottles of water on hand. List of medicines, family and insurance phone numbers, money...etc. etc. I'm sure you recognize the list.
You try not to put really heavy or valuable items high up without tying/earthquake-puttying them in place. No paintings or bookcases above the bed, no glass mirrors that aren't connected to studs with a loop screw...
For you, it's seasonal hurricanes. For NTodd, it's snow and freezing to death. For us it's a surprise earthquake at any time. (There is no earthquake 'weather'.)
I'll take the earthquakes for now...
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