The typical homeowner insurance policy doesn't have earthquake covered.
As a kid growing up in SE Indiana we felt a tremor from a New Madrid shake in the early 70s...at first we thought it was Crane Naval Weapons Support Center because they used to blow up outdated battleship gunpowder and other munitions which we got a rumble from once in a while.
Story goes that when New Madrid had a big shake in the 1800s that the Mississippi ran backwards in at least one place after the quake...at least that’s the story I heard.
I have Plan A, B and C for backup...and I know where to go if needed. Otherwise I’ll be meeting up with the Lord of Hosts!
6.0 Pffft
I’d be more concerned with an east coast quake in the New York City area. They had a 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the area on August 10, 1884, felt from Virginia to Maine. More recently there was a 4.8 nearby in New Jersey on April 5th of this year.
Having grown up and lived out west and in Alaska, I’d like to think we’re prepared. I can’t imagine anything less than a 7 having much impact.
Don’t worry - we’ll all be dead from GoreBull Warming before then.
No matter the millions one spends on a Bunker, that poor bastard will be sitting in a Porta-John ground zero at first strike.
'every year that goes by, the likelihood becomes greater,' according to Robbie Myers, an emergency coordinator with the Missouri Department of Safety.
I can’t speak about the other states, but in Missouri, the New Madrid Fault is NOT “little known.”
Can’t always tell us tomorrow’s weather but can predict this , LOL
Maybe will, maybe won’t.
Predicting earthquakes is still one of least definite branches of science.
Back in the 1970s it was half of CA that was about to fall into the Pacific.
“A mega earthquake could rock America’s heartland - home to at least 11 million Americans - in the next 50 years.”
Or not. Or in 76 years. Or not. And on, and on and on...
This “prediction” will be forgotten in a couple of days, but people who make predictions (experts) definitely need more funding with taxpayers’ money.
It happened not that long ago.
I would hate to see it again. It would be worse than anything in CA.
The article is strangely worded, sort of like a Kamala Harris word salad in places.
We own property in the New Madrid earthquake zone and it is fully insured for earthquake damage.
It is an all steel home that in the 10 years since we built it has withstood a 500 year flood in 2017 and this year an EF2 tornado.
I told Mr. Blueway that the only other disasters that can befall it are fire and earthquake.
That being said, the article says that we should be having at least 10 mag. 4 earthquakes per year, 1 mag. 5 earthquakes per year, and 1 mag. 6 every 10 years.
This just does not happen.
If it did there would be massive damage in Memphis and St. Louis.
Well if I live that long I would be a really really old man that just might welcome and earthquake as long as it takes me quickly. Old age can sometimes have its advantages. 🤣
I’ve hearing this for 50 years.
Another problem in CA——Just read -To/from Vegas
he northbound 15 freeway lanes in Baker remained closed on Friday, July 26, after a semi truck hauling a container of lithium ion batteries overturned, blocking the route to Las Vegas just before the weekend, authorities said.
The truck overturned just before 6 a.m. in the northbound lanes with the trailer carrying the batteries catching on fire after the crash, according to the San Bernardino County Fire Department. Authorities closed the north and southbound freeway lanes between Afton Canyon and Basin Road and called for a hazardous material response.
Fires involving lithium ion batteries risk the threat of a larger fire or explosion and require massive amounts of water to extinguish, authorities said.
Around 3 p.m., the southbound lanes were reopened to traffic. It was not clear how long the closure would remain in effect for the northbound lanes.
Originally Published: July 26, 2024 at 2:46 p.m.