Posted on 09/30/2016 10:21:16 AM PDT by b4its2late
A series of quakes under the Salton Sea may be a signal that the San Andreas Fault is on the verge of buckling.
It’s over. We are all dead. It is just that we don’t know it, yet!
And has been for longer than I’ve been alive. NEXT!
Only 1800 dead in a major quake?? Is that a typo?
From what I’ve read, the Hayward Fault along the east side of the bay is of far more concern ... not just because it passes directly through the heavily populated East Bay area (Oakland; Fremont; Walnut Creek/Concord, etc.) which has only been developed significantly in the past 150 years or so, but also because significant segments of the fault have been “locked” for a great while! ... YIKES!
Are these the same “experts” who predict man-made global warming catastrophes?
Set-up a GoFundMe page, I’ll contribute :-)
“Calculations show that from now until October 4, the chance of a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake happening along the Southern San Andreas Fault is as high as 1 in 100, and as low as 1 in 3,000.”
California has been falling into the ocean for centuries yet it’s still here.
“Should the Big One hit, it wont be pretty. Models predict a quake across the southern half of California with a magnitude around 7.8. Such a quake would cause an estimated 1,800 deaths, 50,000 injuries, and over $200 billion in damage.”
I was born in LA.
They’ve been saying this for the 6+ decades I’ve been here.
You know the SF Bay Area is one of the wealthiest areas of the country? Does the nation owe the people there anything other than emergency services should this event happen? You know the sympathy card will be played on behalf of everyone’s favorite city. If Trump is in office do you think he will have the balls to say go help yourself? California is deep blue. What did the Kenyan do for Texas when they had their fires and floods?
Calif. is just moving north to Oregon following many of its former residents....
Just spewed Diet Mountain Dew all over my monitor! Thanks for the belly laugh!
Hundreds of thousands of liberals would be prevented from voting on election day if the quake is timed right. Where’s the downside? < /sarc >
On average a big quake is way over due in this area. I just hope it happens after I am gone.
And the text in the article:
But as the USGS researchers point out, this is far from an inevitability. The swarm under the Salton Sea may subside, or fail to influence the gigantic fault nearby. Moreover, the estimates provided by the scientists are exactly thatestimates. The science of earthquake prediction is still very much in its infancy, and these models are very likely crunching away with insufficient data.
Flawed journalism, once again.
~ MM ~
We're overdue for an earthquake along the Hayward fault, which runs directly under heavily populated cities, particularly under schools, colleges and hospitals (unlike Loma Prieta centered in sparsely populated hills). There will be deaths and suffering, but the rebuilding will happen and the area will thrive. Disasters do not keep Americans down, politicians do.
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