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:lol: Sounds like something my girls would say!
:lol: That doesn't sound exciting. But then I live in an area with floods, hurricanes and tornadoes.
If you live in an area with tornadoes and floods you are far more in danger than anyone who lives in California.
The problem with Southern California is that even a few drops of rain evoke a giant emotional response. SoCal has a small 5.1 tumbler and you would think that a planet killing asteroid has hit Disneyland.
A thousand people could die in floods in India and in Los Angeles that would get 4 seconds of news. Somebody gets swimming pool water splashing on their patio in a earthquake and that is all the people in California can talk about for a month.
Blue states, waddayagonnado?
If you live in an area with tornadoes and floods you are far more in danger than anyone who lives in California.
The problem with Southern California is that even a few drops of rain evoke a giant emotional response. SoCal has a small 5.1 tumbler and you would think that a planet killing asteroid has hit Disneyland.
A thousand people could die in floods in India and in Los Angeles that would get 4 seconds of news. Somebody gets swimming pool water splashing on their patio in a earthquake and that is all the people in California can talk about for a month.
Blue states, waddayagonnado?
It's not that we're a blue state as the fact that climate-wise and geology-wise, nothing really actually happens here. Fewer earthquakes than people think, no tornadoes, no hurricanes, no floods, no significant changing of seasons, no snow, no volcanoes, no mosquitoes, no allergy-causing pollen, just...nothing.
I don't know if that's peaceful and safe, or plain old boring?
Boring.
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When I was growing up in FL, there were no hurricanes or snowstorms or ice or anything just long hot summers, boring. Then one summer we got a thunderstorm that had lightning strikes, hammering the building, blowing out 500lb chunks of concrete with rebar. It got rid of the boring real quick, and since the 90's it's been really picking up the pace.
Yellowstone is an active super volcano. The entire park could blow any minute and wipe out the entire western US and then some. Just something to think about.
Well, I don't require a high body count to satisfy my adrenaline addiction. Just...something...different. In New England we had changing of seasons, and you know what? That was perfectly satisfactory.
Gotta admit though, this whole no mosquitoes and no allergies thing is pretty damn sweet.
Mosquitoes I can avoid but allergies are going nuts today. The tree pollen is covering my car like a kids crayon. I liked seasons as a kid, but I can do without sub freezing temps anymore. My bones don't heat up easily as they did.
I hope you're right.....I read an article on that somewhat recently. The pressure isn't enough to be significant for a really, really long time.
Sounds like Los Angeles is the place for you!
I think the 1994 Northridge quake was a 7.1. After that quake, Los Angeles imposed some very strict earthquake construction codes....and a lot of old buildings and homes had to be retro-fitted. So L.A. might be more prepared for strong earthquakes than most places in the country.
Well, all earthquakes below a magnitude 6.0 in the Ring of Fire is a big yawn as they are rather common.oK - just wondering. I've never lived through any kind of an earthquake. My natural disasters are much different, living on this side of the country. :lol:
I'd just always read that smaller ones like the ones happening over the last few days, might be a precursor to something bigger.
Thanks for the info.
I hope so. That whole state is welcome to slide off into the ocean.5.1 earthquake, aftershocks rattle Southern Calif.
So last night a 5.1 earthquake hit LA.
4.4-magnitude earthquake hits Los Angeles area - CNN.com
Last week a 4.4 earthquake hit LA.
Granted, I am not a seismologist. But I've heard that smaller quakes lead up to a really big one. Thankfully, it's been years and years since we've had a really big West coast quake.
Are we in for another one? Anyone specialize in this?
It felt like a 9.0.
The type of thrust fault contributed to more ground velocity than most quakes of the same magnitude.
Compared to the 1964 Anchorage earthquake which was a 9.2 and lasted almost 5 minutes, Northridge at 6.7 was a little peep. The last big quake in Southern California was the Fort Tejon quake of 1857 on the San Andreas fault. That quake was estimated to be a 7.9 magnitude. If another quake of this size on the lower San Andreas were to occur there would likely be widespread destruction.
Yellowstone is an active super volcano. The entire park could blow any minute and wipe out the entire western US and then some. Just something to think about.
Well, all earthquakes below a magnitude 6.0 in the Ring of Fire is a big yawn as they are rather common.
We get magnitude 5.x earthquakes in Oregon too.
For those not knowing, a 6.0 is 10 times stronger than a 5.0, which is 10 times stronger than a 4.0, etc. See the pattern?
A 6.0 would be about 8 times stronger than a 5.1.
Your news outlets must have a slow news day to point them out.
The after shocks made our house feel like a houseboat riding out to a choppy sea. It was wild. We spent the next five years earthquake proofing our house. I tried to base my decor on early Pompeii so when the next big quake hit it would look authentic. lol
I have read that the fault in So Carolina is potentially more dangerous than the San Andreas fault in California, because of the difference in soil types. Is that correct?