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When Iben Browning predicted that a major earthquake would occur on the New Madrid fault in December 1990, the song’s narrator celebrated life, arm in arm with a young love, ready for it all to cease as soon as the ground started shaking. In a way, it’s heartwarming, love so strong that not even death could come between them, but, was death really so certain? If we’re assuming that the narrator strongly believed the prediction, why not take preventative measures? Shelter, or, at the most extreme, drive 3-4 hours out of the danger zone. There’s a deep sadness in being completely satisfied with a life not long-lived. In the spirit of other Uncle Tupelo songs, the New Madrid earthquake would have provided a swift exit from a depressing rust belt existence. In the spirit of the actual rust belt, however, no such relief would come. 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