No - I was thinking of the 1812 events - so we are even MORE overdue for the next one than I thought! (I have no idea on what the “normal” cycle is for that area. Although I seem to recall that we might be close - it is on the order of hundreds of years and not thousands.
And a quick search comes up with “rang church bells in Boston and toppled chimneys in Canada” so I was wrong on that too I guess!?
Pretty difficult to prepare for something of that magnitude on a national level (retrofitting all the pipelines, bridges, tall buildings, etc.).
As a bit of a prepper type though - one CAN prepare individually for these disasters.
Both of them had very widespread effects due to east coast geology, nowhere did I imply that you were wrong about that. I also merely suggested that you were thinking of the Charleston quake because it actually occurred in the late 1800’s and caused damage in Boston, since the New Madrid quakes occurred in 1812.
Try not to be so sensitive. I was trying to be helpful, not everybody’s out there trying to embarrass someone else with a gotcha.