Are my friends who just bought a reasonably priced home on the San Andreas fault, wise to do so?
May 04, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
The cost of housing in Calif. is horrendous, but still?
Well at least there has never been a good shaker in Palm Springs yet.
theirs is near the Cajon Pass, beautiful but scarey.
Gads, the San Andreas fault slices the whole length of Calif. North and South this titanic fissure with two chunks of our planet moving in opposite directions reminds me of a hibernating bear , just waiting to spring forth.
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11 comments
Who on Yahoo?? on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Probably not a wise decision to buy a house there. The same reasoning on not buying a house in New Orleans and Florida. It would be difficult for me to keep rebuilding every other year or so because of "mother nature" doing her thing.
Mike O on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Only if they can get reasonably priced earthquake insurance. I doubt they can get it at all.
MissKitty on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Nope. I grew up in CA and we had a house in palm Springs, which is also on the San Andreas fault and visited a friend’s cabin in Wrightwood also on the San Andreas fault. The problem is, eventually it’s gonna have and of course, being right on it will not be a pleasant situation.
old fart on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
If it happens its their own fault.
Moe on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
You pay your money and you take your chances.
It will blow someday, but who knows when You can’t just sit there and worry about it. I would advise them to buy Earthquake insurance tho, just in case. It’s only going to matter if they get a 6 point or above quake , a real rocker. I know I have lived in No. California all my life and have gone through a few, these piddly 3-4 point quakes, may shake a few bottles off the shelves, but it’s the one over 6 or more that’s going to do real structural damage.
catspit on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
If it does slip they will be the first to know.Also there is a nuclear power plant in southern Cal that was built on top of this fault.
Ret. Sgt. on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
With the price of real estate, it’s not really their fault. Actually, it’s no body’s fault.
Smurfette on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
There are millions of people who live on or near the San Andreas fault. If one were to worry about earthquakes in California, one would not even be here.
DR W on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
I can’t fault them for that, but perhaps San Andreas will!
abuelamah on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
I was born in California , and raised in California, and raised 5 of my children in California still own a home there…..My husband and I have been traveling around for the last 5 years seeing the United States. I have a home in New Mexico. California is home and always will be home to me it the best state and I have visited almost all the states in the last 5 years. Now this is just my humbly opinion
I feel safe in California then any other place. I have been in a state with hail bigger then a baseball. Winds that kick up the dirt and you have to go shower. Snow on Easter. Tornado’s, that took out blocks of homes and killed humans and animals….Floods that ruin cars each year.
Lady J on May 4, 2010 at 11:48 pm
Maybe they’ll let you use the house when the fault finally opens.