San Andreas Fault ?!!

[MTG_Maro]

I live in San Diego, anybody else live around there whos worried?

 

[Saketi]

worried about what?

 

[Harryz]

Move? Its bound to happen.

 

[MTG_Maro]

worried about what?

The massive earthquake that will come from the Fault. Im just glad I live in a sub-urban area with no tall buildings.

 

[kirovman]

I'm not worried. If there's an earthquake, I'll just jump in the air repeatedly, to avoid the shaking.

 

[Ikerous]

I live in Escondido, Where do you live?

 

[Reginald]

Attach little tiny springs to the bottom of your shoes. They will take the full force of the quake and you can walk normally. If you wear a spring on your hat, it bounces away any falling debris too.

 

[UltimaApocalypse]

I live in the Bay Area currently, but before summer is over I'm moving down to Southern California. So this doesn't really affect me.

 

[Dalamari]

I hear that Lex Luther is also going to hijack 2 nuclear missles and fire them into the fault

 

[Terminator]

I hear that Lex Luther is also going to hijack 2 nuclear missles and fire them into the fault

What does he need the nukes for?

He could just stand near the fault and shout "WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and it should start the earthquake going.

 

[Darkside55]

I hear that Lex Luther is also going to hijack 2 nuclear missles and fire them into the fault

And that's terrible.

I live in the central valley so I'm not worried. I look forward to the day our great state becomes a great island. They've been saying the "big one" has been going to happen for years, man. Don't worry about it.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Its been what now? 250 years since the last one, so one is sure to strike shortly. Dangerous things, but i'm sure there are some earthquake measures taken around there? Like shatterproof glass, richter scale effected gas mains which cut off in tremors and things. I do hope so anyway, would be good if someone who lived there could let me know of precautions they've taken.

 

[giant384]

lol wow im addicted to games at first i thought this thread was talking about the san andreas game and it was its fault for doing something when i read the thread title haha

 

[DeusExMachina]

California will break off the USA and become a future dystopian revolutionary state. Kurt Russel will be on hand in case there needs to be any escaping of some kind. But, everyone will wish he stayed in New York instead.

 

[ríomhaire]

Its been what now? 250 years since the last one, so one is sure to strike shortly.

Is there really any justification for that? I thought those sort of things were entirly random.

 

[gick]

Is there really any justification for that? I thought those sort of things were entirly random.

There is a good reason for it, I did it in geography a while ago. Suffice to say, when the big one hits, San Francisco etc is shafted. Not as shafted as Tokyo will be when it gets its own Big One though...

 

[Parlez]

Well I live in VA so really I don't have to worry to much about what it happing in CA But no I am not worried about it happing

 

[Voodoo_Chile]

There is a good reason for it, I did it in geography a while ago. Suffice to say, when the big one hits, San Francisco etc is shafted. Not as shafted as Tokyo will be when it gets its own Big One though...

Yes but Tokyo is the most combustable city on the face of the earth afterall(So sayeth the rules of anime)

It isn't nessacarily random,It has to do with how the plates are moving and when they might come in contact with one another,And since they can measure the speed of the plates(A few mm a year I believe) they have a rough idea of when an earth quake may occur but I don't believe it is very accurate.

 

[sinkoman]

Yes but Tokyo is the most combustable city on the face of the earth afterall(So sayeth the rules of anime)

It isn't nessacarily random,It has to do with how the plates are moving and when they might come in contact with one another,And since they can measure the speed of the plates(A few mm a year I believe) they have a rough idea of when an earth quake may occur but I don't believe it is very accurate.

I thought it was more like a foot every year...

 

[PvtRyan]

Nah it's not SA's fault. I mean, I don't think a game can make you kill people tbh.

 

[MTG_Maro]

Speculating on the unprodicablilty of the quake leads into Chaos Theory. But thats off topic ( i felt like bein smart ). I dont think it will instantly go off the continent. It's a transform fault so it won't plunge into the ocean 20 feet either, although it is a popular misconception. I just wonder what the destruction will be like, ground opening, explosions, all in my general area. Any others?

 

[Jintor]

Nah it's not SA's fault. I mean, I don't think a game can make you kill people tbh.

Exactly what i was thinking

 

[Smoke]

I love Canada.

(Sounds weird, so I fix it.
It used to be "I love You Americans' Neighbors (AKA, us Canadians))

DERAILED.

Yeah, S.A. Is going to get hammered when the quake hits tbh, and Tokyo is just plain ****ed.

 

[JellyWorld]

If I remember correctly Japan sits on the border between three different plates, so it's one of the highest risk areas.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Is there really any justification for that? I thought those sort of things were entirly random.

They aren't consistant that is entirely true, however they do occur at regular'ish intervals, for humans it seems like a long time, but in a geographical sense it's very regular. The San Andreas fault particularly applies to this, because it's a conservative plate margin they can measure the distance the plates move each year on average. Recently i believe movement has reduced moreso, due to the friction between the plates and so it's all leading up to a big quake soon. If there is a full slip it will measure 8.0 on the Richter Scale, which is an immense earthquake. Hopefully that won't happen, but we can expect something, in the not too distant future.

 

[Darkside55]

I think it was 300 years and not 250 years. Not THAT big a difference, but an interesting coincidence is that 300 years ago there was also a 9.0 earthquake off the Pacific Northwest. I was just watching a thing on the History Channel last night talking about how the entire Pacific Northwest could be hit by multiple tsunamis in the event that some certain plate shifts underwater. That'd be something if we got a tsunami AND the fault goes into shake-up at the same time, huh?

 

[MTG_Maro]

300 years to the earth is nothing, and the thought that the fault will stay consistant is yet another misconception. I only say this due to Chaos Theory and Phase Space. It could stay dorment for the next 50 years, or it might happen tomorrow. Just because there was one or two earthquakes that stayed consistant, doesn't mean it will happen the same again. But it's psycology that people will belive it will stay in order.

 

[Ennui]

Really, what he's saying, is that there's no way we can know or do anythinga bout it so stop worrying about it.

 

[MTG_Maro]

Really, what he's saying, is that there's no way we can know or do anythinga bout it so stop worrying about it.

Well, I didn't mean stop worrying, im still worried. But that's just me.

 

[DeusExMachina]

No one got my movie references

 

[kupocake]

I live in San Diego, anybody else live around there whos worried?

If you're worried about it, at least do something. It never hurts to do a little to prepare for what is an inevitability, yet still happens rather randomly in the window of many years. Read some brochures on how you can prepare. You can do simple things like having supplies around for if it ever happens and learn how to best cope with an earthquake when you're in the middle of one (stand under doorways was the one I always remembered for some reason )

http://www.thetech.org/exhibits/online/quakes/safety/
http://www.seismic.ca.gov/

or just look through google.

I always remember from Geography classes that most people in high risk areas didn't see the risk of Earthquakes, didn't care or didn't know. Always good to do something to help yourself if and when it does happen. Don't let it scare you half to death though!

 

[MTG_Maro]

Oh im not gonna let it kill me before it happens. But I do see myself dying from the Tsunami that comes from it, or else!