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Calif. faces 99.7 percent chance of big quake in next 30 years (of magnitude 6.7 or greater)
AP on Bakersfield Californian ^ | 4/14/08 | Alicia Chang - ap

Posted on 04/14/2008 10:54:28 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

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Most here in California have experienced a 5 , quite a few a 6 , not as many a 7 and God help us if an 8 hits.

just a fwiw.

Make sure your survival packs and supplies are OK.

Expect delays in any rescue or humanitarian efforts and plan for minimum of 72 hours on your own, at least.

1 posted on 04/14/2008 10:54:28 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
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To: NormsRevenge

Here I thought global warming was supposed to kill us all first.


2 posted on 04/14/2008 10:55:57 AM PDT by PeterFinn (Charlton Heston & Ronald Reagan - my two favorite Presidents.)
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To: NormsRevenge

“yawn!”

experts have been saying this since the 60’s... still waiting...


3 posted on 04/14/2008 10:55:59 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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Volcanic arcs and oceanic trenches partly encircling the Pacific Basin form the so-called Ring of Fire, a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The trenches are shown in blue-green. The volcanic island arcs, although not labelled, are parallel to, and always landward of, the trenches. For example, the island arc associated with the Aleutian Trench is represented by the long chain of volcanoes that make up the Aleutian Islands.


4 posted on 04/14/2008 10:56:31 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

Extend it out another 20 years and make it 100%.


5 posted on 04/14/2008 10:56:44 AM PDT by reagan_fanatic (feh)
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To: NormsRevenge

Oh please tell me they didn’t spend a whole crapload of taxpayer money to figure this out


6 posted on 04/14/2008 10:57:24 AM PDT by Domandred (McCain's 'R' is a typo that has never been corrected)
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To: NormsRevenge

IIRC this came out in the early 70’s:
“DAY AFTER DAY
(Tommy Reynolds / Stuart Margolin / Jerry Riopelle)

Shango

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don’t you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there’s no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Do you know the swim? You better learn quick, Jim.
Those who don’t know how to swim, better sing the hymn.
Tuna at the bowl. Fine fillet o’ much soul.
Whoo! Whoo! What can we do with a bushel of wet gold?

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don’t you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there’s no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Where can we go when there’s no San Diego?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.

Do you know the swim? You better learn quick, Jim.
Those who don’t know how to swim, better sing the hymn.
Tuna at the bowl. Fine fillet o’ much soul.
Whoo! Whoo! What can we do with a bushel of wet gold?

Day after day, more people come to L.A.
Ssh! Don’t you tell anybody the whole place is slipping away.
Where can we go when there’s no San Francisco?
Ssh! Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho.
Better get ready to tie up the boat in Idaho
(repeat to fade)”


7 posted on 04/14/2008 10:58:28 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: Domandred
Yea really. ..

Eli Stone would have told them for free!

8 posted on 04/14/2008 10:59:51 AM PDT by KenHorse (I am Shakespeare of Borg. Prepare to be or not to be)
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To: camle

mexicans can’t get a break. right after they finally get california back, a giant earthquake will destroy it. /s


9 posted on 04/14/2008 10:59:54 AM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: NormsRevenge
If the first couple of miles from the coast would fall off into the ocean Cal. would become a Red State over night.
10 posted on 04/14/2008 11:00:15 AM PDT by kempo (H)
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To: camle

lol.. Thanks!


11 posted on 04/14/2008 11:00:34 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline —1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRGeT)
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To: NormsRevenge

when I was a child, I remember popular science or some such mag showing a pic of cars running off the wreck of the golden gate bridge warning us about the big one.

that was a long, long time ago.


12 posted on 04/14/2008 11:02:42 AM PDT by camle (keep an open mind and someone will fill it full of something for you)
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To: kempo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aegiztiE58


13 posted on 04/14/2008 11:02:51 AM PDT by KenHorse (I am Shakespeare of Borg. Prepare to be or not to be)
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To: PeterFinn

No, see, global warming causes glaciers to melt, which puts more pressure and weight on the tectonic plates, which causes earthquakes.

http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0628-earthquakes.html

So when the next quake hits, we can all kick ourselves for not having driven hybrid cars.


14 posted on 04/14/2008 11:03:27 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: NormsRevenge
I am suspicious of just about all doomsday reports, particularly if they're coming out of CA.

CA is the HQ of the envirowackos. A LOT of people there have a LOT invested in global warming. Right now there's a big fight to keep up the scam. Even this report could be an attempt to prop up the general atmosphere of fear-hype.

15 posted on 04/14/2008 11:04:00 AM PDT by what's up
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To: NormsRevenge

Yeah, and we all know where that bear on the California flag goes poop.


16 posted on 04/14/2008 11:05:01 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Domandred

do you mean it’s time to put out a call for Captain Obvious?


17 posted on 04/14/2008 11:05:22 AM PDT by gusopol3
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To: RepublitarianRoger2
Oops! I "misstated" that, to use a Clintonesque excuse. Reading it again, I guess it's the absence of pressure on the plates that causes the earthquakes. Supposedly. Yep.
18 posted on 04/14/2008 11:06:31 AM PDT by RepublitarianRoger2
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To: NormsRevenge
There is a 99.937% chance the sun will go nova in the next 2 billion years.

Send my research money right away. I need to pay my taxes.

19 posted on 04/14/2008 11:08:35 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (Success begets knowledge; failure begets wisdom.)
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To: kempo

Then I’d go and become the mayor of Otisburg.


20 posted on 04/14/2008 11:12:20 AM PDT by ClaudiusI
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