Arkansas Rocks!
In one sense it does, anyway. This morning there was an earthquake along the New Madrid fault in northeastern Arkansas. It had a magnitude of 4.2, which is enough to cause minor damage.

When I was in elementary school, scientists predicted that there would be a massive earthquake along the New Madrid fault and that it would greatly affect us in northwest Arkansas. We had earthquake drills at school, and the prediction was all over the news. The massive quake never came. Ryan (who went to school with me) told me today that there was a tiny earthquake around that time, and no one in our area felt it. I didn't hear about that, so I always thought the scientists had really messed up with their prediction. However, I did get paranoid about the earthquake for a while, and every time I saw cracks in the ground (like dried-up mud), I thought there had been a quake.

Back in the 1800s, there was a huge earthquake along the fault, which caused the Mississippi river to change its course. I think I remember reading that it actually flowed backward for a short time. Ah yes, here is a book review that talks about it flowing backward. When I was young, I read a children's book about a brother and sister that experienced the earthquake. I remember there was a scary old man in the book that kept shouting "Vengeance!" Does anyone know what book that was? I've Googled and Googled, but I can't seem to find it. Maybe I'm remembering the book wrong.