desc 'drop all of the earthquake data' task :drop do get_earthquakes.drop_all end desc 'load all of the earthquake data' task :load do get_earthquakes.load_data end desc 'drop, then load all of the earthquake data' task :reload => [:drop, :load] task :default => :load def get_earthquakes require File.expand_path('../earthquakes', __FILE__) Earthquakes.new end