Weathering earth tremors.

• Author: Matheny, Ruth
• Position: Letter to the editor

Louis Werner's article, "Silent Witnesses, Seismic Sagas" [April 2006], was of special interest to me. Sixty years ago from my home in Chuquicamata, Chile, in the Atacama Desert, I was part of a study under the auspices of the University of Chile Seismology Department. The study attempted to determine whether there was a connection between earthquakes and weather...