FEMA is planning for an earthquake that would devastate the Pacific Northwest, killing...

The New Yorker via .businessinsider.com ^ | Cody Sullivan

[Ozark Tom]

The extinct volcanic half of the island interior is accessible by tunnels. Wonder what size nuclear demolition charge planted near the core would be sufficient to move a mountain?

[silverleaf]

I actually enjoyed the BBC special more than the movie 2012 - thought the 2012 special effects were awesome though!

If Emmerich makes enough disaster movies eventually he’ll get one right

(From the BBC special, does the Yellowstone caldera pattern really show an eruption every 600K years, making the next one due now? If so, maybe no wonder TPTB censored that segment of the BBC special when it showed here. Enquiring minds will have to check it out)

[silverleaf]

I don’t think a nudet can come close to the actual force of nature

[BenLurkin]

My guess — it was “censored” to make time for commercials.

[Ozark Tom]

Think of it as starting an avalanche by nudging one small boulder down-slope into a field of loose rock.

[21twelve]

Yeah - I get you regarding the “overdue” part. It is like the term “100 year flood” event to plan for. Over the long term it is probably reasonable. The trouble begins when you have two “100 year floods” in the span of a few years.

“Well I thought it would be safe to rebuild here....”

And while we can't predict when the next big EQ will happen, we can be pretty sure that it will happen. The same mechanisms are still all in place. And, with the longer times between major EQ, there is the idea that more strain and energy has been built up, making it that much bigger.

[CyberAnt]

According to my sources, this is just a typical training exercise. And .. now that day 2 is over; I must say I’m surprised at how quiet it is .. meaning .. there doesn’t seem to be any activity as of yet.

So, I’m guessing that all the hype from some people .. was really way out in left field .. or in other words, they didn’t have a clue what they were talking about.

[silverleaf]

Let us hope so and that all the troops lack and head home before the Shemitah

[CommerceComet]

I don’t think a nudet can come close to the actual force of nature

A tornado can demolish a building. So can a far-less-powerful, but strategically placed charge of dynamite. Precision versus brute force. Either can generally get the job done.

[hoagy62]

I also found an amusing article let from grist.com. There aappears to be a silver lining to all the destruction.

Good news about the killer quake

[CommerceComet]

I’ve always said that Seattle would be the best place in the world to live if half the people there moved away. I guess an earthquake could accomplish the same thing.