paravani
White Hat
Hi, All!
The West Coast is way overdue for a mega-quake of magnitude 8 to 9+ -- we haven't gone this long without one since before the invention of the wheel -- and there is good reason to believe that it will come this week, perhaps as early as tomorrow.
Yesterday, at 6:01pm PST, we had our first large "foreshock" quake directly on the Juan de Fuca plate.
In Japan last year they had foreshocks two days before the event; I hope that we have more time to prepare than that.
(There is much, much more information with source links in my post on "Current Events." Please review it; I won't double-post.)
Although many of us who live on the West Coast do know about the possibility of large earthquakes here, I don't think that enough people are prepared. Certainly most people don't really think a quake of this size is imminent, though the area has a long history of them (as told by the geological features and underwater landslides).
But of even greater concern to me is that this quake couldn't be coming at a worse time, with FEMA still dealing with Sandy on the East Coast. If they had any earth-moving equipment standing by, it is surely there now, not here; and with all of our waterways, bridges, and overpasses, I am certain that if the equipment is not in place before the quake, there will not be passable roads to get it here after the quake.
Comments, anyone?
-- Paravani
The West Coast is way overdue for a mega-quake of magnitude 8 to 9+ -- we haven't gone this long without one since before the invention of the wheel -- and there is good reason to believe that it will come this week, perhaps as early as tomorrow.
Yesterday, at 6:01pm PST, we had our first large "foreshock" quake directly on the Juan de Fuca plate.
In Japan last year they had foreshocks two days before the event; I hope that we have more time to prepare than that.
(There is much, much more information with source links in my post on "Current Events." Please review it; I won't double-post.)
Although many of us who live on the West Coast do know about the possibility of large earthquakes here, I don't think that enough people are prepared. Certainly most people don't really think a quake of this size is imminent, though the area has a long history of them (as told by the geological features and underwater landslides).
But of even greater concern to me is that this quake couldn't be coming at a worse time, with FEMA still dealing with Sandy on the East Coast. If they had any earth-moving equipment standing by, it is surely there now, not here; and with all of our waterways, bridges, and overpasses, I am certain that if the equipment is not in place before the quake, there will not be passable roads to get it here after the quake.
Comments, anyone?
-- Paravani