Posted on 07/05/2019 10:15:42 AM PDT by BenLurkin
The good news about Thursday's 6.4-magnitude quake... is that it happened in an unpopulated area of the Mojave Desert about 100 miles from the main San Andreas fault. The bad news? "The probability of a 'big one' hasn't changed at all," ...
"You realize the last big earthquake to hit the L.A. segment of the San Andreas fault was 1680. That's over 300 years ago. But the cycle time for breaks and earthquakes on the San Andreas fault is 130 years, so we are way overdue. In any given year, the probability of the big one is 3% in any given year."
Because of that inevitability, he said California residents should get prepared now.
"Learn about things you can do for the family. Talk to your family, kids, loved ones, what to do, stock up on food, water in case of an emergency. Go have an escape route. Get hooked up to the internet or radio or whatever. Be prepared, basically, because it will happen."
(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...
I believe FreeRepublic is based in California.
BTW, I have no control over earth quakes, but if I did, kalifornikator would be in serious trouble.
You have no control over how your tax money is spent, either. Guarantee a good chunk of it would go to rebuild California.
As good as it gets being near L.A.
I lived for years at the western most boundaries of Thousand Oaks. Had several roads including the 101 as escape routes before the LA zombies emerged.
What an ASS, gee will you cheer when the New Madrid hits again, how about when Yellowstone blows? Looking forward to any other disasters killing many Americans? GFY!
Surprised the Calicommunnistas haven’t blamed geological activity on climate change...yet.
Ha! You can’t say California never gave anything to civilization.
They gave you Right Turn on Red.
How about the California rolling stop?
Time for San Fran Shithole to have its ‘Sodom and Gemorrah’ moment in history ?
We can see hurricanes coming a week out or better.
We have time to gather last minute supplies.
The vampires are Hungary for those good things, Hungary through and through....
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