We’ve been through four mag 3 and 4 quakes up here in NW GA in the past 30 years. They are a risk, but a minor risk compared to tornadoes. And falling trees after hurricanes have already killed many more than all earthquakes east of the Rockies since 1820.
I’ve been through about 10 good size earthquakes, ALL of them in the Philippines. My first quake was the BIGGEST - a 6.5 in 1969. I was in the living room, playing cards at a table with my brothers when the floor began moving UP and DOWN ! It lasted FOREVER !! My dad called out to watch the power station which we could see across the Cagayan de Oro Bay. He expected it to shut down ! I had flashbacks to a movie I’d seen years before where the earth split open due to an earthquake and swallowed an entire village of screaming natives .. . LUCKILY, Sheena, Queen of Tanzania, escaped unscathed with the help of her rescuer, Sterling Prince, a terribly mysterious British Explorer .. .
One of the pleasures of living where I do is that we are among the lowest risk of natural disasters in the country. I'll gladly trade that for shoveling a foot or two of snow every now or then.
That said, our sky is very smoky right now from wildfires far to the West. I do feel very sorry for those who are losing homes this fire season.
One of the pleasures of living where I do is that we are among the lowest risk of natural disasters in the country. I'll gladly trade that for shoveling a foot or two of snow every now or then.
That said, our sky is very smoky right now from wildfires far to the West. I do feel very sorry for those who are losing homes this fire season.