I watched a documentary on earthquakes last night (one I hadn’t seen before).
One guy had the opinion that if we didn’t have earth quake the earth would not be habitable.
IOW quakes are a good thing for nature to keep re-establishing.
They did allot of interviews and should tours of the homes that were destroyed in the 89 N. Cali quake (where I was in the process of leaving for a more rural life in the PNW)
If it weren’t for the molten core keeping the plate techtonics going and causing earthqukes, the land would erode away to settle on the floor of the oceans.
That molten core also gives us our magnetic field which protects us and prevents the solar wind from slowly stripping our atmosphere away.
Interesting. I lived in the PNW at the time of that quake, but was on a layover in SFO. I was downtown Burlingame when the quake hit. Reminded me of when I lived in Alaska.
The PNW is certainly not immune to big earth quakes. And with the saturated ground, I’d want to be standing on rock when one hits.
Interesting. I lived in the PNW at the time of that quake, but was on a layover in SFO. I was downtown Burlingame when the quake hit. Reminded me of when I lived in Alaska.
The PNW is certainly not immune to big earth quakes. And with the saturated ground, I’d want to be standing on rock when one hits.