Earthquake Details
Magnitude 3.8
Date-Time
* Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 03:07:27 UTC
* Monday, October 13, 2008 at 10:07:27 PM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
© USGSTexas Panhandle Region
Location 35.760°N, 100.704°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region TEXAS PANHANDLE REGION
Distances
* 9 km (6 miles) NW (322°) from Miami, TX
* 33 km (21 miles) WSW (240°) from Canadian, TX
* 34 km (21 miles) NE (44°) from Pampa, TX
* 121 km (75 miles) ENE (59°) from Amarillo, TX
* 488 km (303 miles) NW (314°) from Dallas, TX
Comment: This is typical of the sort of pseudo-science that gets bandied around in relation to global warming. It escapes so many scientists - at least the ones that get airtime in the media and grants from government - that global warming is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with man or the animals.
However, considering that the Great Chicago Fire is promoted as being started by the gaseous emissions from a cow, when it seems a comet was a much more likely candidate, it isn't really surprising that the increase in temperatures on Earth is also blamed on cows. But that does of course leave the question of how cows were able to heat up Mars and other planets in the solar system as popular science will not address the cosmic sources of this phenomena.
Given what passes for science on the matter of global warming it would not be surprising to read that a research grant has been awarded to a team of 'experts' who are investigating whether the warming of Mars is due to the gaseous emissions from the cow that jumped over the moon.