’QUAKE FORECASTS

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12610, 20 July 1935, Page 2

’QUAKE FORECASTS

HASTINGS ALAN’S CLAJAIS

The claim by the American seismologist regarding the prediction of earthquakes and the comment by Dr Lyndon Bastings, of Dannevirke, is the subject of comment by Air H. O. Leo, the Hastings amateur .seismologist, who claims that earthquakes are •“forecastable” more readily than, the weather.

Air Lee says that the effect of the moon in certain relationship with the plants, an claimed by the American “forecaster,” is an indisputable fact, and he had made this discovery and suggested its investigation in April, 1931. Since then, staid Air Lee, he had forecast every earthquake of “telegraphic:” importance, no more and mo lesiJ; to correct number and month, which Dr Bastings could not claim to occur every day. Further, several local earthquakes, had neen. forecast within five minutes of the time they actually did occur. AH- Lee then proceeded to forecast several earthquakes which he .said would occur this month, adding that between July 17 and 20 there would be muc-h .activity at Rotorua. and tidal movement elf inland lakes. “There arc several other factors the influence of the moon and planets,” said Air Lee, “but I have been unable to interest the ob serve-tori-cii. I have , written an exhaustive treatise on the subject.”