You’ve just given me a mental image of the Pacific Plate as a scab that’s about to be pulled off.
I do however respect the fact that we live on a still dangerous planet that has had many of what they call “basalt” extinction events in it's past...
Something to be aware of, but not something you can do squat about.
So I generally am still the same Boy Scout I was in the early 60s and like to be prepared for anything that comes my way..
More worried today about Obama....lol