SoCal ping
Now be truthful. If a really big earthquake were centered in Beverly Hills or San Francisco, how bad would you really feel?
No. Not LA city proper anyway. Our infrastructure is in shambles. Our leaders are corrupt. Our population complacent...and now stoned on legal weed.
We refuse to tackle immigration — are overcrowded and highly densely housed in poor foundations on some hillside areas. This includes expensive real estate as well as shanty style apartments.
Please pray for God’s mercy.
LoL good grief am I cynical.
Though I may personally be prepared, the City of Los Angeles is in a complete shambles, the city is already falling apart, the next earthquake will just speed up the inevitable collapse.
I remember when the Lower Van Norman dam broke in 1971, I thought Northridge was less violent.
Serious question (don’t flame me for asking) about The Big One...
Don’t all of these smaller quakes take pressure off the various fault lines - which theoretically should prevent a really epic earthquake (worse than Northridge) from happening?
Or doesn’t it quite work that way?
I remember that. Even more, I remember the 6.9 Loma Preita quake because I was near the epicenter. It was an E-ticket ride.
The whole concept of the Big One is that the answer is always no. Any earthquake the city survives wasn’t the Big One.
Ready?life jackets?
At the time of the Northridge earthquake, a production team was filming an episode (Hollywood Follies) of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles in the desert. You can actually see the earthquake in progress, mostly a rising cloud of dust, with nobody knowing what to do other than the director, who kept yelling, “Keep filming! Keep filming!” As part of their closing credits, they included:
“Lucasfilm Ltd. would like to thank the people of Fillmore, California for their invaluable assistance during the 1994 Northridge Earthquake which occurred on the first day of shooting of HOLLYWOOD FOLLIES. Their support during the difficult time following the earthquake was truly inspirational and greatly appreciated.”
If it happens, LA better pray it happens while Trump is POTUS. I can’t imagine a better president to ramrod the recovery.
Please ping me with any Southern California related articles. Thank you!
If you want on or off this ping list, please FReepmail me.
My parents were within 5 miles of the epicenter of the Northridge quake. Cracked their foundation, but the house could still be lived in. My dad said it was the eeriest thing, because when it stopped, it was dead quiet and pitch black, which is so weird for LA.
Not even close to the "big one".
“Mark Ghilarducci, director of California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, said it could take 48 to 72 hours for outside help to arrive in Southern California. Meaning, 10 million people should expect to be largely on their own for a few days after the disaster.”
*PREPPER PING*
With Garcetti and his homeless corps plus all the well-meaning Chinese he’s sold most of downtown to, I feel perfectly prepared for an earthquake. We are in great hands.
None of the experts telling how to behave during a earthquake work. You are tossed about and nothing you do can stop it. There was a train that was on it’s side in Northridge... a train.
Canoga Park, CA about 4 miles from Northridge. I was up at the time and reading a book while in bed. The 1st quake hit followed right away with the much worse one. Lights went out, no way did I get to the front door during the quakes as there was stuff everywhere. All the city lights out. You could see the milky way it was so dark. When it was light out I saw most of the kitchen cupboard contents on the floor including stuff from the frig. The building I was in was twisted as in one side was lower then the opposite of the room by about 1.5”. Cracks in wall but lucky the building did not collapse unlike a hundred yards away. I bought a picture magazine that came out and recognized all the buildings wrecked.
Let ‘Er Rip!
The Ring of Fire will not be denied.