They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore.
Well, they do and LA is going to see it sooner than later. I grew up with talk about “the big one” particularly after the Sylmar/Newhall quake.
I lived in Sylmar during the Sylmar quake and then about a mile from the epicenter of the Northridge quake when that hit. The Sylmar quake was 50 years ago and we’ve been hearing about “the Big One” coming every time the ground shakes a little. It’s a little like the Rapturists being as sure that the End Times are upon us as the Rapturists 50 years ago were sure it was upon them.
For the people that died in the Sylmar and Northridge quakes, those were “the Big One.”