Comments on: Colombia: Bogus Earthquake Alarm in Bogotá http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/08/colombia-bogus-earthquake-alarm-in-bogota/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:57:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: lela http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/08/colombia-bogus-earthquake-alarm-in-bogota/comment-page-1/#comment-1194769 lela Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:51:40 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/09/08/colombia-bogus-earthquake-alarm-in-bogota/#comment-1194769 Aloha- We had a similar event in Hawaii following our big earthquake on October 15, 2006. Someone 'with nothing better to do' spread the word that they were expecting a 8.0 earthquake to hit the next day. Apparently word got out to the media, who prompty reported it as a false alarm, thereby spreading the rumor instead of quelling it. Makes one wonder the source of this kind of disinformation. Is it just a bored citizen, or some contrived way of amping up the terror of the populace at every opportunity? Aloha-

We had a similar event in Hawaii following our big earthquake on October 15, 2006. Someone ‘with nothing better to do’ spread the word that they were expecting a 8.0 earthquake to hit the next day. Apparently word got out to the media, who prompty reported it as a false alarm, thereby spreading the rumor instead of quelling it.

Makes one wonder the source of this kind of disinformation. Is it just a bored citizen, or some contrived way of amping up the terror of the populace at every opportunity?

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