Earthquake

I felt in San Diego. It felt as if it was a big one, of course there was calling to do after that. Me, I'd rather have earthquakes...tornadoes and hurricanes will just blow you away, but I think the structural upgrades they've made will keep us pretty safe. Yes, 60 people died in the Northridge earthquake, but there hasn't been a serious earthquake in 14 years, and that is a pretty low death toll (I wish it was nobody,of course).

Lol, the train is much more frequent...smaller earthquakes last for a couple of seconds and stop. And they don't happen very often. Sometimes they'll talk about an earthquake and you'll be like, what? There was an earthquake?
 
Bunny13 said:
Glad everyone seems to be ok. I've often wanted to tally up all the different ways the history, nat. geo., and discovery channel say the worlds going to end and then take bets on how we are going to go down. But, the last show I watched said we were all going to die in 2011 (end of the world) so maybe we won't have to wait very long.
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I think it's actually 2012, when all the planets align to one side of the solar system? *lol*
 
Hey NeonJulie how are you doing :) How did the tanks fare with the quake
 
Uh, I was surprised to read about it... felt nothing up here... which I'm happy about... because I keep putting off my earthquake emergency kit. I am happy to read though that it wasn't a catastrophic - seems like every time earthquakes make the news, it's because it's wiped out a country. :/
 
Heck, I grew up in S.D. in the 70's; they have been talking about the "big one" that will cause the southern part of the state to break off since at least then. It may happen, but I doubt it will be in our lifetime.

On another note, I have never thought about going through a large quake with a tank. Best of luck to you all and your fishies.....(Boy, am I glad I dont live there anymore!)
 
Starálfur said:
ScienceDaily (Apr. 15, 2008) — California has more than a 99% chance of having a magnitude 6.7 or larger earthquake within the next 30 years, according scientists using a new model to determine the probability of big quakes.

The likelihood of a major quake of magnitude 7.5 or greater in the next 30 years is 46%-and such a quake is most likely to occur in the southern half of the state.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080414203459.htm
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And they're scare-mongering. I work in an Earth Sciences department and, while I'm not a seismologist, I can tell you that "99% certainty" means "it will happen sometime, we just have no flippin' clue when." They give percentages because journalists like them. Same with "in the next 30 years." That's just an historical average based on past quakes, and even that doesn't take into account that California has been in an unusually quiescent period that it may (or may not) be coming out of.

Earthquake predictions are useless, other than to remind people that they should have emergency supplies on hand. :idea:

I have a feeling that people prefer the disaster they grew up with, rather than "the other guy's disaster." I was born and raised here, and earthquakes are just a fact of life. I suspect the same is true of people raised with blizzards, tornadoes (which scare the heck out of me), and hurricanes.
 
Bunny13 said:
But seriously, I'm not moving out the CA or the surrounding region specifically because of earth quakes. I hate when the train goes by 100yrds away and shakes my building.
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You might as well avoid the entire American West then. What do you think made all this pretty scenery out here? A fault map of any Western state looks like a windshield hit with a baseball bat. :lipssealedsmilie:

Of course, I do have those photos of earthquake damage in Ohio in the 1930s at work.... :devil:
 
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