Response to comment by R. M. W. Musson [on “Comparison between probabilistic seismic hazard analysis and flood frequency analysis”]

Musson's comment on our article is a good example of “the inability of PSHA proponents to communicate clearly and directly to anyone but themselves just what it is that they are doing” [Hanks and Cornell, 1994, p. 1/1–1 ]. Musson's [2004] comment on an earlier paper by Wang et al. [2003] was addressed in a response by Wang et al. [2004]. However, it seems that Musson is still sure he is right and Wang et al. are all wrong when he says, “I pointed out [Musson, 2004] the fallacies in a paper by Wang et al. [2003]. These errors are now repeated by Wang and Ormsbee [2005], who refer back to Wang et al. [2003] but not to Musson [2004].” Now Musson is trying to impose his self-righteousness on the whole scientific community by asking Eos not to publish any paper that contains a point of view different from his.