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Not a good title at a time like this. You scared the crap out of me.
I was in the Landers quake.
Right at sunrise, 8 miles from epicenter (middle of nowhere, 29 Palms).
Change yer damn thread title.
Poor title. Good post.
BTTT
You forgot weapons. In the scenario you describe there will be anarchy of some degree.
Yellowstone is not particularly overdue for anything, and there aren't the slightest indications of any impending caldera blast.
California my be just out of reach, but there may be a system of faults running from Yellowstone to the San Andreas Fault, which is the Bay Area.
There is no such system of faults.
The size of the Yellowstone volcano just might trigger volcanos in California.
Baseless.
Mt. Shasta is considered active (as is Mt. Rainier up in Washington State.
Shasta and Rainier are dormant, not active.
The highest peak in the continental United States is Mt. Whitney, another volcano in east central California.
Mt. Whitney is NOT a volcano.
Well... This guy is from my home town.
My parents took quite a few of these precautions when my brother and I were growing up. A large, fully stocked pantry helped quite a bit.
There's some good advice here for people who still live in California. Of course, some of these preparations are good no matter where you are.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!!
I think Texas Tech beating Cal 45-31 qualifies.
I just want to know two things. If a large earthquake hits California, who is authorized to declare it, "the big one".
And how many deaths are required for a disaster to be of "biblical proportions"? Thanks,
Wouldn't that truly be an environmentalist's nightmare, let alone everyone else's. Of course they would probably still tout the endangered species rhetoric in the midst of the disaster.
Not to worry, when it happens, the Sri Lankans and Malaysians will send billions in aid...
Even St Louis, MO, has had a bigger quake than the 1906 San Francisco quake. Admittedly, it was in 1812, but it still happened.
More important things to work on.
However, a lot of people in California were very worried about the poor little penquins after the December 23, 2004 quake South of New Zealand.
This week the eco-nuts and environmental fruit cases of California are not much concerned about the poor little penquins. Nor is the MSM.
There are some California types that would have said surf's up Dude when the giant tsunami hit if they were there -- doing drugs and riding surf boards.
God is the one thing you should trust, love, and fear.
Supposedly, someone had posted that the Northridge Quake of the 1990's had shut down the PORN industry [briefly]. Too bad.
Major Quake hitting Los Angeles knocking out servies for three days would decimate the region for years to come. Five days and the State would never recover, Seven days and the nation would suffer catastrophically, 10 days and the world would slip into a depression. I don't know if those stats still hold 15 years later.
marking for later
Good advice for all to be prepared for any disaster. It is simply amazing how poorly prepared most people are when disaster stikes.
Simple red fuel storage cans cannot be purchased in CA any longer. One has to purchase a very expensive can with vapor controls etc. - New law in CA for the last 2 years where the gov't is protecting us from ourselves.
Gasoline does not store well for very long. If you keep extra gas on hand, you need to pour it into your vehicle tanks and use it while refilling your storage every few months unless you need lots of varnish.
My wife has a high school buddy in Phoenix that buys gas when her tank hits 3/4. This last summer(?) when AZ had the fuel problems for a week or so, she was one of the people that could still drive.
A well equipped camper should have all this stuff on hand, just need to keep the water and food stocks up.
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