Posted on 02/25/2006 9:38:10 AM PST by Strategerist
Totally agree. There's nothing FEMA can do and even if they did, they and the evil Bush administration will still get blamed for it.
You really need the audio on the Blitzer quote. Seeing the words just doesn't do it justice.
Sure seems that way. It would bring the human race close to extinction if not all the way. Humans, especially today, are pretty resourceful. I am sure that some would find a way to survive.
Have to write a whole new Bible then. :)
The historic Mormon Tabernacle (built in the mid-1800's)on Temple Square in Salt Lake City is in the process of being retrofitted to withstand a major earthquake....
Another is the Yellowstone Caldera""
Don't forget the uplift movement going on at Mammoth Lakes.
Surely flags will fly at half-staff in most places south of the border.......
Funny thing.....I've never heard it myself.
Have you ever been through a major earthquake? This was the week after we went through our earthquake that I was looking into it (and I am still living here 5 years later.) I couldn't get in touch with my (small) children and mother for hours and they were about 10 miles from the epicenter- and what I felt at 45 miles away was pretty major (turns out it was deep, so the distance didn't matter as much, but I didn't know in the immediate aftermath). All communications were down (syst overload) and I was not able to reach my then husband or my dad at work, either (dad's work had significant damage, we later found.) I finally found out my kids and parents were safe about 4 hours after it happened. So, yeah, I was just a little traumatized. Obviously, I have weighed the risks and my options and decided I am better off where I am.
I can't even imagine how long it's been since you were in a city.
I'm in a major city every day of the work week. I don't walk around afraid of life.
http://www.armageddononline.org/volcano.php
Lots of other cheerful stuff on that site.
Well I'm already in a crappy mood today, I may as well pay them a visit, too. :-o
This century I will be concerned with terrorism, illegal immigration, etc. for the next few years. Be sure to ping me when the volcano is getting within a month or two of erupting.
10% probability of gains isn't enough to get me to invest in a stock. I'm sure not going to gamble that Mother Earth will get PMS while I'm alive and crash the whole place around us.
The airport is some 30 feet higher than the lake and is the closest major structure to the lake in the direction of downtown. The closest part of the "city" is some 50 feet above the lake. If we have 50 feet of movement, a little water is the least of the problems. In the Bountiful area, there are a few places that are as few as 16 feel above mean lake level.
Yes it is, as is the State Capitol. The City County building was retrofitted a number of years back.
There are contingency plans being update even as we chat here.
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As you no doubt know, Bountiful and nearby areas would suffer the most from large homes being rattled from their hillside foundations and sliding down into the valley....
True. There are a lot of "cut and fill" homes on the benches from 6200 South sout to the point too. Cut, not so bad; fill, HOUSE SURFING!
? Courageous Comment.
What city are do you live in?
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