Enormous earthquakes hit both sides of the pacific and experts warn the San Andreas could unzip at

[B. Kidd]

God helping California to secede.

Hopefully California secedes before the big one. Would save American taxpayers a shitload of money.

 

[Harry Dresden]

By the way, I would keep this to myself, you wouldn't want to start a panic.

very few people in California dwell on earthquakes,they get them often enough and they have been hearing about the "big one" for quite a while now....they are actually quite invigorating...

And hurricanes are a breath of fresh air.

whatever that has to do with this thread....

 

[Old Rocks]

Highly unlikely that the San Andreas will "unzip" in the manner a lot of folks might presume. At best, even with a "largest ever recorded" quake you're looking at a slide of under 40 feet. While it would be devastating to cities, it's unlikely we'd have to redraw any maps.

It's really not all that surprising to me that there is a string of big quakes like this; as one section lets go it puts extra pressure on other sections across the entire Pacific plate (Ring of Fire) which then let go. I would not be surprised to see these large quakes continue along the ring for the rest of the year.

Even so, I don't think there's reason to panic; a M7 or 8 isn't going to move the plates that much (and depending on the building codes it might not even cause much damage at all - Alaska for example regularly rides out 7's with very little effect.)

If I were in the lower 48, I'd be more worried about Yellowstone than quakes...

About the largest the San Andreas will produce is an 8. The Cascadia Subduction Zone regularly produces 9 to 9.5s. And the New Madrid, because of the geology, gets huge results, compared to the San Andreas, from 8s. Both the San Andreas and the Cascadia are in likely periods for a quake. Realizing that means anywhere from in the next five minutes to a century from now. The energy is there, but we don't know what triggers them.

 

[Old Rocks]

Growing up in California I remember there was always hysteria about "the big one". A bunch of fear mongering nonesense by progressives. No earthquake is ever going to break part of California away.

LOL Progressives, being much better educated than the 'Conservatives' never thought that at all. It is you guys that have stated that nonsense, even in this thread some of your compatriots have alluded to it.

 

[Yarddog]

Growing up in California I remember there was always hysteria about "the big one". A bunch of fear mongering nonesense by progressives. No earthquake is ever going to break part of California away.

LOL Progressives, being much better educated than the 'Conservatives' never thought that at all. It is you guys that have stated that nonsense, even in this thread some of your compatriots have alluded to it.

How educated are the progressives who want to build a tunnel for the California High Speed rail system right through the Grape Vine, within a few miles from the S.A. fault line?

 

[Old Rocks]

Growing up in California I remember there was always hysteria about "the big one". A bunch of fear mongering nonesense by progressives. No earthquake is ever going to break part of California away.

Ever see the aftermath of a tornado? That's a half mile wide path.
Try 100 miles with an 8.0.

Try from Cape Mendocino to the north end of Vancouver Island with a 9.5.

http://www.crew.org/sites/default/files/cascadia_subduction_scenario_2013.pdf

 

[EverCurious]

California actually /will/ break away, in fact, CA is headed for Alaska according to the geologists. (We don't want em QQ)

That said, its going to be millions, perhaps even 100's of millions, of years before that happens and it certainly isn't going to happen in one fell swoop or anything even close to that dramatic. So yea, there's defiantly some "fear mongering" or perhaps some "wishful thinking" going on. However, there's nothing wrong with building our shit to withstand big quakes because those /are/ going to happen, rather frequently as far as the geologic time scale goes. SF's last big one was... what 1989? I presume that CA updated their earthquake building codes just like Alaska did in 1964 so really that's the best we can do to "prepare" for a big one. The best thing is to ensure you've got solid foundation and bedrock under your buildings - aka don't make the mistake Valdez did and build on glacial silt heh

 

[Maryland Patriot]

Growing up in California I remember there was always hysteria about "the big one". A bunch of fear mongering nonesense by progressives. No earthquake is ever going to break part of California away.

what is it with people like you? what is the great need that you seem to have to always come in and crush the dreams of others.

 

[FJO]

Finally, something that is NOT Bush's fault!

 

[rahtruelies]

Enormous Earthquakes Hit Both Sides Of The Pacific And Experts Warn The San Andreas Could ‘Unzip All At Once’
(Reported By Michael Snyder) Why is our planet shaking so violently all of a sudden? There have literally been dozens of significant earthquakes right along the Ring of Fire within the past 30 days, and two giant ones made headlines all over the globe on Thursday. First, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Humboldt County, California, and that was followed later in the day by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the Solomon Islands. But of course these latest earthquakes are just the latest examples of

Enormous Earthquakes Hit Both Sides Of The Pacific And Experts Warn The San Andreas Could ‘Unzip All At Once’
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The quakes are coming more often, not to mention getting bigger more often. The earth is becoming unstable.
Although most have heard this for so long nobody even pays attention to it until it happens.

Coastal Cali eliminated along with millions of leftists, aliens and perverts! Whats not to like?

It would also serve the purpose of getting rid of some of them librul Youneeversties too! What`s not to like?

California is a microcosim of the rest of the US. Largely conservative among the agricultural and working class base, making up most of the California land mass but ruled by the large populations in the cities.

Cali is America as the Dim Socialists wish it were and is an albatross around the neck of the Real America. Get rid of Cali and the American Republic has a chance at restoration.