Posted on 01/20/2016 11:15:43 AM PST by Olog-hai
As military helicopters ferry search and rescue teams over the Pacific Northwest, below them are scenes of devastation from a giant earthquake that could strike the region at any time.
Tsunami waters surge through coastal communities. Buildings, bridges and roads lie in ruins. Fires burn out of control. Survivors are stranded on rooftops, cling to floating debris or are trapped inside wrecked buildings.
Seismologists say a full rupture of a 650-mile-long offshore fault running from Northern California to British Columbia and an ensuing tsunami could come in our lifetime, and emergency management officials are busy preparing for the worst.
Federal, state and military officials have been working together to draft plans to be followed when the "Big One" happens. ...
(Excerpt) Read more at bigstory.ap.org ...
Such is the power of this earthquake, that it hasn't even occurred yet and is already causing devastation!
I’ve heard that if the volcano simmering under Yellowstone Park ever explodes, we’re all toast.
We’re all going to die.
Notice these articles always say “might” and “could” happen in our lifetimes?
Please send your tax dollars to stop it from happening. We will keep you safe.
And they wonder why we can’t stand the government.
Related perhaps?
And monkeys could fly out of my butt.
Exactly!
ho hum. We have been waiting for decades. Just get here already.
Vault-Tec Rep Ping!
I've personally lived through two major earthquakes in So. Ca., 1971 and 1994 witnessing the death, destruction and aftermath first hand.
Your comment is a little is really ignorant.
All those wasted resources that could have been used to fight global warming
Nice, wishing death and destruction on Americans....
Oh I forgot we have old “get off my grass” types here. It was a joke. Sorry for not being a big boring person like yourself.
Well, if you’re going to make jokes, at least make them funny.
If you ever lived through and earthquake and witnessed the destruction and horror of it, you might know that it is no laughing matter.
Hang on! I wish death and destruction on Europeans, Middle Easterners, Asians and Africans, too? Did I leave anyone out? Oh wait, South Americans and Australians!
(j/k, didn't make the original comment)
I am not an environmentalist so scare tactics like the article don’t move me. I have been hearing about the “big one” for decades. That was the point. You can scream, “were going to die” all day long but you have exceeded your scare tactics by a million.
I still don’t like waiting under a freeway overpass for a red light. I have my P38 so I won’t starve.
That earthquake would be nature’s way of flushing the West Coast toilet.
Reread the opening line of the story.
It’s claiming the damage has already occurred from an earthquake that hasn’t occurred.
Are you, too, a J-school grad?
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