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Old May 22nd 09, 01:39 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default (OT) Earthquake in LA--5.0

Bushcraftgregg wrote:
On May 21, 7:49 am, dave wrote:
Bushcraftgregg wrote:
On May 20, 8:47 am, dave wrote:
Telamon wrote:
I'm currently 12 feet above sea level. If I go downstairs I'll only be
about 2 feet above.
You should probably think about moving pretty soon.
I wished no one in RRS lived in California or any of the surrounding
fault areas. Because when it goes down, I mean "really" goes down, it
will be unlike anything just about any of us has seen.

Don't be ridiculous. We have spent many billions retrofitting in the
past 15 years. Even when we had 40 billion dollars in damage, we only
lost about 75 lives.


Hope you're right Dave, many in La. never thought it would happen to
them either.


We're all aware of the potential. It's part of the price you pay to
live in a place with interesting topography. I am 10 miles from the San
Andreas Fault. I do not put heavy stuff where it can fall on people. I
keep a couple weeks work of food, water, and propane at the house, and
never let my tanks get below 1/3 full. I think about "the big one"
every day.

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