Jim Berkland: Noted Fearmonger

Only a few days after the recent earthquake in Japan, some guy named Jim Berkland shows up on "Fox News" warning me about a major catastrophic earthquake bound and determined to hit Northern California between March 20th- 26th, 2011.

In an article that was published on October 13th, 1989, apparently this Berkman character claims to have accurately predicted the October 17th, 1989 "World Series Quake". Now, I've never heard of Jim Berkland which raises the question, why does it seem like it takes these geniuses 20-30 years to establish credibility? In other words, how come on October 18th, 1989, there was no extensive coverage on the dude who, only 4 days prior, stood at the plate like Babe Ruth and called his shot?

We only hear about these legendary predictions years after the fact. "World Series Quake?" I was a freshman in high school when the Loma Prieta earthquake happened. I don't ever remember anyone glossing it, "The World Series Quake" until now. Nor have I ever heard of Jim Berkland's prediction until only a few days ago...

And how ironic that Berkland shows up on Fox News. The 24 hour news channel desperate to convince the American public that the sky is falling.

I'm not buying it, Berkland. I'm not buying you, I'm not buying your bullshit predictions, nor am I buying a 50,000 square foot underground bunker in Nebraska.

Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQXDt4VdS0E

At approximately 1:52 seconds, press pause and you'll see that Berkland has evidence of his 1989 "World Series Quake" prediction. Evidence in the form of a photo copied newspaper article. Now, if I'm Jim Berkland, the great 1989 earthquake predictor, I'm gonna make sure that immediately after the 1989 earthquake strikes, I have an authentic copy of my prediction.

Just like if I set the all time scoring record for a single game at Burlingame High School in 1992, I'm gonna have an actual copy of the paper that acknowledges my historic achievement. I dunno, it's kind of a big deal.

Not Berkland.

He shows up on Fox News 22 years later, immediately after a catastrophic event with some photo copied bullshit print out that I'm supposed to believe validates his historic claim. I get up in the morning and pour my first cup of coffee at about 3 am. You're gonna have to get up a little earlier than that, Berkland.

Matter of fact, I have a prediction myself. I predict that if you turned on the TV set right now, you'd find yourself living in an era where news media outlets like Fox News are not only participants, but sponsors in the modern day fear campaign.

Mouth pieces like Rush Limbaugh, Bill 'O Reilly, and Michael Savage.

Michael Savage who wants you to believe he's a credible source but invites guys like Berkland on his radio show and takes him seriously. Yeah, OK, I see you working Savage. The guy who calls your show and claims 9/11 was "an inside job" is a weed smoking dope dealer who hangs out with Charlie Sheen but you're standing behind some 109 year old blue hair claiming he predicted the 1989 earthquake?

Give me a break.

Earthquake Preparedness

I'm a firm believer that after every single catastrophic event, there's lessons to be learned as well as precautions to take. For example, just yesterday a portion of Japan was devastated by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake and a tsunami that followed. Now if you live in Jump Dick North Dakota maybe the threat of a major earthquake doesn't keep you awake at night, but if you live in California, it's not a matter of "if" as much as it is when.

Lets be honest, if you've been keeping score over the past, I dunno, 10 years, you simply can't deny that there's been an increasing number of earthquakes popping off all over the world. Big quakes. Quakes that aren't fucking around. Haiti, Chile, New Zealand, Japan. Who is next, Los Angeles? San Francisco? Portland? Seattle?

There's also an increasing amount of volcanic action going on.

Now I don't know how many geological "experts" will tell you this, and certainly I'm not one of them, but remember what I tell you slap nuts because I know my shit. Anytime you see a volcano erupt somewhere on earth, you can bet your ass a big earthquake is soon to follow. It's like thunder and lighting.

Now I'm not here to stir up fear, or climb up on a pedestal and scream "THE END IS NEAR!!!" all I'm saying is that if you live in California, you would be dumber than a bag of hammers to sit around with your thumb up your butt hole and practice the "It won't happen to me" mentality.

It is going to happen. So take precaution.

The first thing you should do is draw up an earthquake escape route. Think about it. When an earthquake strikes, most people freeze up in fear and start looking at the walls and ceilings, waiting for shit to drop. If you have small kids in the house, you simply don't have time to freeze up and pretend it's a god damn 4th of July fireworks show. You need to act fast!

The second the earth starts quaking you need to get off your ass and execute the plan of attack. Collar those kids and get to a safe place. You should have no problems sizing up your turf and finding a safe zone in your house. It's your call.

Secondly, and most importantly, people should start thinking about tying down all large pieces of furniture in their house and they should start thinking about doing that yesterday. Earthquakes don't kill people, falling entertainment systems and pianos kill people.

There's no better time than now as OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware) is having a "We'll Pick Up The Sales Tax" event this weekend, so get in there and get what you need to get to tie some of that shit down.

God bless you all.