Recently we have seen some unusual seismic activity, some flooding and some Earthquake swarms, which more resemble magma flow under the crust, in California. As this topic was being discussed recently in an online think tank one member mentioned a bumping theory. Where there were bumps, which rubbed up against each other where tectonic plates hit each other and therefore they would slow the sliding or folding under and put pressure on certain points until they finally gave way.

One think tanker hearing this stated; Well regarding your bumping theory, I would say that there are bumps at all layers inside the Earth, as well as along the plates sides, on the tops (obviously mountains), between them too. Jagged edges, pieces getting caught in-between, wedged until they finally fail under pressure like trying to chock the wheels on a large semi truck on a slope with a piece of wood, eventually it is crushed and the truck rolls over it.

Here is a side theory I had come up with;

http://worldthinktank.net/wttbbs/index.php?
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Joe states; If you wanted to model future events, you probably need a supercomputer, but to get a ballpark of how much floodwater or rising tide would create a dangerous timeframe you might not need more than a calculator and some history.

Yes and such things are somewhat predictable. You could build a system and a 3D CadCam holographic display and number and label all the parts underneath, see them using frequency wave bouncing techniques like they do for oil exploration, or like the Military has to find weakest points on a fault line to make an Earthquake.

You could determine pressure by infrared or heat signature. And you could perhaps prevent an event by alleviating pressure elsewhere or triggering an event prematurely now, before build up was too great. Or trigger a large Earthquake for another purpose, such as stopping molten flows underneath and stop a volcano or use the volcanic build up to put pressure somewhere else? Depends entirely on the mission and purpose.

With the use of sound and or high-energy lasers at a weakened point you could do this. If the weak area was exposed, well even easier to trigger a minor event to stop a major one or trigger a major one for another purpose; creating a canal thru a region or large land mass I suppose? Be good in wartime, stop the enemy cold, and make a giant ravine. Consider this in 2006.