Who's Fault is it? Traditional Cache
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We figured it was about time that Attica had a cache of it's own!
The earthquake record of Western New York is a significant one. Buffalo and a portion of Western New York were classified by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1951 as an area of moderate seismic risk. Western New York has experienced several noteworthy temors, though there are no MAJOR fault zones within the Western New York area, but the Clarendon-Linden fault in Attica has been a chief source of quake activity in the area. This fault is not a part of a larger fault system such as those found in California and as such does not pose a strong threat to the area.
On 12 August 1929 an earthquake in the Attica area destroyed approximately 250 chimneys and several brick buildings were heavily damaged and a crack formed in the railroad embankment near the railroad station on Exchange Street. East of town almost every monument in the Brainerd Cemetary was knocked over, West of the Attica Reservoir, several wells went dry and a crack formed at the bottom of one. To the North and Southeast in the towns of Batavia and Warsaw several chimneys fell and land movement was felt from New Hampshire to Michigan and from Maryland to Northern Ontario. This quake had an intensity of VIII on the Modified Mercalli Scale (I - X based on structural damage) and was one of the largest to rock the Western New York area. A 100 thousand square mile area felt the force of this quake, which was of a magnitude of 5.6 on the Richter Scale. Aftershocks rocked the area on Dec 2nd 1929 and on Jan 17th 1930 causing further damage.
After talking to several "Old Timers" in the area and comparing notes we finally located the "crack" in the old railroad embankment. If you pay close attention to the terrain you can still see where the fault line actually slipped and a portion of the land raised and the adjoining piece dropped, creating the area where this cache is now located.
Access for the cache is from the Village Park off of Exchange Street, any other point is private property and should not be used.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Vgf n 1.5 / 2 Oebtna pnpur.... lbh guvax lbh trg n uvag gbb?