how many casualties happen on average from a big earthquake in cali?



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ok thats it i'm moving to Canada :)

That Sucks :(

I am taking vacation for the month of Aug., so good luck guys. I will be in Europe... :glugglug

PS. I will come back when it is all over and buy a house (that still stands)

This is what the world map we're all used to seeing looked like 450 Million years ago.

http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/perm...ordovician.gif

You can clearly see how things have changed.

Eventually the Pacific Plate which Los Angeles is on will move so far North that LA will be where San Francisco is.

The big one is indeed coming and coming big.

better buy some duct tape

I doubt duct tape would help!

I lived through the 6.9/7.0 quake in San Fran back in 1989. I was in Pleasanton at the time.... The parking lot was an ocean with waves two feet tall - I am not kidding you.

If a 6.0 or higher was to hit LA..... Ouch.

I'm drivving into San Diego on the 6th..... Think I'll be okay?

Even if you can predict an earthquake, how much protection would that really afford?

That is one thing i do not miss about LA......

still that sucks i hope everyone is okay.

nor cal is getting the next big one - 7.5

3 years after that LA with a 6.9

get your gear ready.

50 rock your asses off.

I second that! I have never experienced a tornado or a hurricane, and the thought of either one of thode makes me want to crap my pants.

I get scared with a minor thunderstorm and one hail ball!

That sucks, I hope they are wrong and if they are right I hope it is less powerful than they are predicting!

This isn't news, their have been several articles stating theirs going to be a big one hitting the west coast... 2 months? How can you predict such a thing with in such a small time frame... I guess anything can happen.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon
Mom's comin round to put it back the way it oughta be

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/

earthquakes happen ALL THE TIME.

its only a matter of time before a large one happens in socal. I've felt several recently in SD.

this is cool too:

http://eqhazmaps.usgs.gov/

Finally my Nevada "beachfront" property will be worth 10000X as much. :1orglaugh

learn to swim........

see ya down in arizona bay :1orglaugh



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one of dad's best friends is a seizmologist , my dad goes all over the state with him taking readings.. he's been saying the big one is gonna hit LA for a while now

Well, if you drove to Phoenix, then the earthquake hits LA... I guess being forwarned would be quite useful, no?

1993 Jan 17th...was fucked....that was the last one I remember as being a mother fucker, my Insomnia Cafe Coffee house was wrecked...on Ventura Blvd Sherman Oaks, right in the middle of the hit zone, did not like that.

Got some great pics of the national guard patroling the streets, then, will scan and load them up... M16's and hummers cruisin Ventura Blvd, it was creepy...no power and buildings on fire...

I'd rather be hit by a Hurricane. You can see them coming over a week ahead of time. But I grew up in Coastal NC, so I guess it's how you're raised.


Anyone else find it suspicious that this scientist finds this new earthquake prediction technique right in time to detect the biggest EQ ever to hit LA? I'm not saying it's not possible, just a little too convienant.

Insurance?

It's going to happen any day now. Hopefully I will be in Florida :(

I hope they are wrong.We can not afford any down time.Its hard to deal with it I still remeber Northridge one!:helpme

Im earthquake free, i live in jersey.

Damn old threads.

Better get the server straps. Make sure don't move around.

It's coming, the same scientist that predicted the last earthquakes say it's coming :helpme