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What If...The Big One Hits Southern California

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  1. jdbunchOSU jdbunchOSU is offline

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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 8:00pm) in reply to hooperzl

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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 8:26pm) in reply to ScottBrewr99

     
    Originally Posted by ScottBrewr99 View Post

    LA will break off and become an island, like in that one Steve buscemi movie.

    That was Superman III
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 8:33pm) in reply to Spiltbongwater

     
    Originally Posted by Spiltbongwater View Post

    Vancouver keeps getting warnings that we are overdue for the big one. I am a little concerned, so have a stockpile of food and water to help me survive for 6 months off the grid if it comes to that. I have 10K in cash as I don't think if a big one hits I will be able to go to a bank and withdraw money. This will make cash king, and I can try to profit for selling my cash in the expected food lineups.

    Just great
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 9:14pm) in reply to SpankyHamm

     
    Originally Posted by SpankyHamm View Post

    It's going to happen. Maybe not today, maybe not this year, but sometime in the next 30-40 years, there will be a major earthquake (7.0M or greater) that will hit southern California. Hundreds of buildings collapse, thousands of people die, tens of thousands injured, millions without power, sanitary services, etc. Martial law is put in place, there will be chaos on the streets, looting, robbery, killings, street justice.

    So what do you think will happen? Not just in the area impacted by the earthquake, but also to some of the larger scale matters (economy, politics) or even the "unimportant" stuff like sports and entertainment.


    california is not New Orleans....major catastrophes often bring people together instead of rip them apart


    And the depth of the earthquake is much more important than the magnitude. So a 6.0 one at 10 miles deep will be more destructive than a 7.0 one at 20 miles deep.
    Edited By: Prestonluv Oct 2nd, 2012 at 09:15 PM
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 9:33pm) in reply to Prestonluv

    doesnt concern me much, really
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 10:09pm) in reply to thereraise

    Interestingly enough the New Madrid fault line in Missouri is probably a more damaging ticking timebomb waiting to go off
     
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 10:25pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

    Indeed Sharp. I live in an area which would be affected. It's responsible for four of the largest 'quakes in North America. Several 'quakes happened over a period of time in 1811-1812 of 7.0+, and were felt hundreds of miles away. If you believe in it, the US Navy has a future map of what they believe the US could look like.



    I really think there would be horrific damage when that does go off again in comparison to the " big one " in California.

    Heres another future map. Although, personally even though i think these maps are a bunch of crap it does make you wonder..

    Edited By: ohiogary Oct 2nd, 2012 at 10:32 PM
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 10:29pm) in reply to ohiogary

    Aside from the death toll and property loss I kind of like that map! I always wanted Colorado to have a coastline.
     
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 10:32pm) in reply to Shaaarrrp

    No south Jersey, no Las Vegas, no San Diego....

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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 10:39pm) in reply to Jaybone2315

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_2...ima_earthquake

    ^^^^ This minus the nuclear meltdown
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    Oct 2nd, 2012 (10/2/2012 10:41pm) in reply to Prestonluv

     
    Originally Posted by Prestonluv View Post

    california is not New Orleans....

    but los angeles is
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    Oct 3rd, 2012 (10/3/2012 12:06am) in reply to Lord Supremo

     
    Originally Posted by Lord Supremo View Post

    lol, I wouldn't worry about that. High rises ftw

    This aint NYC! We build out, not up. FTW in LA is a house with a backyard. On a hill overlooking the city if you're a baller

    Downtown is becoming nicer and more popular though
    Edited By: Zeppelin Oct 3rd, 2012 at 12:07 AM
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    Oct 3rd, 2012 (10/3/2012 12:45am) in reply to ohiogary

     
    Originally Posted by ohiogary View Post





    Oh snap! Better buy some beach front property in Tahoe.
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    Oct 3rd, 2012 (10/3/2012 2:00am) in reply to MadProfesor

    I don't really think any of that will happen. Natural disasters happen all the time. I'm more concerned about what we may or may not see coming from space.
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    Oct 3rd, 2012 (10/3/2012 2:22am) in reply to ohiogary

    What if...NQTW thread was used the correct way by posters??????
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    Oct 3rd, 2012 (10/3/2012 2:24am) in reply to SmokeyCasinos

    yawn. been hearing about "the big one" my whole life (and parents'/g-parents' etc). trying real hard to be worried, but meh. we'll probably be underwater due to all that global warming first glub glub
    Edited By: norcaljeff Oct 3rd, 2012 at 02:24 AM
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    Oct 3rd, 2012 (10/3/2012 4:25am) in reply to Zeppelin

     
    Originally Posted by zeppelinzoso16 View Post

    I was in Northridge less than 2 miles from the epicenter. Destroyed everything. Didn't have water for a week or electricity for 2.

    I lived in Northridge off White Oak ave in 94 too. Got smashed pretty bad. House got yellow tagged and our landlord said they want to tear it down and rebuild so we had to stay at the neighbors till we found a new place. Most in our neighborhood stayed right there but in the end we were forced to move to a shitty city 2 hours south named after a whales vagina.

    I imagine if it happened where I live again I would just welp and move to another place. About as worried about the big one as I am of a car accident... accept it can happen, have the correct measures in place if it does, and don't plan on it.
    Edited By: Edub Oct 3rd, 2012 at 04:29 AM
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