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To: Carry_Okie

Getting old. I misremembered differently... Thanks,

Then I guess a 7.9 would really screw things up in LA


79 posted on 12/15/2013 9:51:54 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer
Then I guess a 7.9 would really screw things up in LA.

That's why I called it to your attention. Recall the damage done by the Sylmar or Northridge quakes. One reason is that LA is built of concrete made of colluvial deposition from the San Gabriel Mountains, much of it dug out in Irwindale. It's easy to dig out and process, but it's crappy granite.

81 posted on 12/15/2013 10:00:22 AM PST by Carry_Okie (0-Care IS Medicaid; they'll pull a sheet over your head and take everything you own to pay for it.)
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