[MrEdd]

[skeeter]

There could be a 10.0 anywhere else in California but if it doesn’t happen in LA it won’t be called the ‘Big One’.

[Keith in Iowa]

If Pelosi can be anywhere near it, and fall into a giant fissure never to be seen again, I’m ok with that.

[airborne]

“The next earthquake could be sooner than later,” said Lisa Grant Ludwig of UC Irvine, who helped write the study.

And to think that we pay people for this "brilliant" bull$#!t !!!

[mazda77]

“The next earthquake could be sooner than later,” said Lisa Grant Ludwig of UC Irvine, who helped write the study. U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones, who was not involved in the study, said it was possible that the entire southern San Andreas fault could rupture.

Teaming up for the next grant?

[Willie Green]

“The next earthquake could be sooner than later,” said Lisa Grant Ludwig of UC Irvine, who helped write the study.

Then again, there's always the possibility that it could be later than sooner.
It all depends on which one comes first, sooner or later or later or sooner.

But it's a pretty safe bet that Lisa's Nobel Prize is gonna be later, not sooner.

[righttackle44]

Ho, ho. Duct tape’s got this one.

[My Favorite Headache]

I see no reason for California to exist as a state in today’s world. Time for all good Christians, Conservatives, and people who love this country to bug out and move elsewhere. Stop feeding the beast.

[barbarianbabs]

I live in Ventura County, CA. NONE of my neighbors are prepared for anything.

[Parley Baer]

The Pacific Rim Ring of Fire has been very busy in the last few years. I would not be surprised at all for the San Andreas Fault to make a move in the next 10 years. There has been a whole lot of shaken going on around it but none on the fault itself. A little too quiet.

[HerrBlucher]

The last major rupture on the San Andreas was the 1906 San Francisco quake. The last major socal ruputure was the 1857 Fort Tejon quake.

[umgud]

Geez, that ought to take care of our oversupply of housing.

[The Comedian]

So outlawing incandescent light bulbs didn't help?

Isn't there something that can be taxed to reduce seismic activity?

Or hey, wait a minute...does this have something to do with Barry lowering the sea levels?

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Wuli]

The 340-mile, southern section of the San Andreas fault could slip at anytime, triggering a massive, magnitude 8.1 quake, researchers announced Sunday........the fault is long overdue for a major quake"

It (the "big one") has been reported as due "anytime" and "long overdue" for the last fifty years. I expect that reporting to not change in the next fifty years.

While the general mechanics of earthquakes are understood, the science of the geologic specifics for accurately identifying and predicting their next occurrences is presently in the kindergarten stage.

[brothers4thID]

Well, yeah, and the New Madrid COULD go any day and is “overdue” for a major rupture. I expect the same could be said for 90% of the major fault lines in the world. (Chili and Sumatra being the obvious exceptions)

[Names Ash Housewares]

The “big one” has been said to come any second now since I was a kid in the seventies.

You just live your life and quit worrying.
I figure it’s just as likely to not happen in my lifetime as well or be much less then they thought.

Now I wouldn’t live in LA or the Bay area, there are places that you definately do not want to be.

[Caipirabob]

Experts Say The ‘Big One’ Will Be Even Bigger

"October surprise"?

Maybe in 3012. They've been promising this would happen for years and it's been as evasive as "Global Warming".

[LurkedLongEnough]

I’ve always wondered why they call it a “fault”.

[SunkenCiv]

The 340-mile, southern section of the San Andreas fault could slip at anytime, triggering a massive, magnitude 8.1 quake, researchers announced Sunday.

Of course, that headline could have run at anytime since the great SF quake. :') Thanks BenLurkin.

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[Mike Darancette]

Until recently, experts believed that the section of the fault through the Carrizo Plain, located approximately 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, would remain dormant for at least another century

There has been virtually no activity on the San Andreas between the Cajon Pass and Parkfield for quite a while. Tick, Tick ... Tick.

This may be the only October Surprise the Democrats might get.