Aren't you nervous living in California? San Andreas Fault?
Feb 26, 2010
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Earthquake Questions
I have a cousin living there and it makes me nervous. I get worried about him.
San Andreas Fault is so dangerous and Cali is way overdue for an earthquake.
I am in NYC and we don’t get earthquakes here. I have been in an earthquake once in my life and this was in Azerbaijan. (google it)
Aren’t you guys afraid? How can you live in Cali?
(and no I am not dissing cali, Im sure its beautiful)
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14 comments
Peedlepup on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
First off, when you refer to our state as "Cali" you ARE dissing it. I know that you living on the East coast think you’re being "cute" when you refer to California by calling it by the name of a drug city in South America (Cali, Colombia), but most Californians consider that word insulting.
Most Californians don’t worry about Earthquakes because we have them almost every day. In fact there was about 28 today throughout the state. The vast majority of them are so small we don’t even feel them. It takes one in the Richter Scale range of 3.0 – 3.5 before we feel them. Really strong Earthquakes only happen about every 40 years or so. The San Andreas fault is just one of hundreds that exist below the surface of the state. It’s just the best known one.
Want to see for yourself? Type "www.cisn.org" in our browser. It’s the "California Integrated Seismic Network" and has the MOST complete information about Earthquakes in California. Scroll down, and "click" on "Recent Earthquakes". By the way, did you know that there are only 2 states that have NEVER had an Earthquake? Try to guess what 2 it is. (New York is NOT one of them).
And PLEASE, in the future be respectful, when you abbreviate our states name cal it "Cal" like we do
Bert on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I’m not afraid. Even the really bad quakes don’t effect my area much. Some buildings down town have been slightly damaged, but only slightly.
I wouldn’t want to live near the fault lines, but I suppose it’s hard to just up and move because some scientists say there is going to be a "big one". Hopefully people have been taking precaution and teaching their children what to do in the event of an earthquake. My kids know, and they are only 4.
Davinci V on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I don’t live in California but I don’t see why they would worry about it. I mean, you could move from California to avoid and earthquake and get caught in a hurricane, or a flood, somewhere else. The people in CA could say aren’t you worried about another terrorist attack living in NYC?
Die Blume on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
ha i live in LA and yes i do get nervous thats why our schools always have emergency drills incase of an earthquake. But i try not to think about it because I have no where else to go!
Obviousman on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Let me put it this way: Aren’t you nervous living in NYC? I hear that there are lots of muggers in NYC. And they have snow there. You could die of hypothermia. It never snows here in LA.
Get the picture? It’s just something you live with. Unlike Azerbaijan and Haiti, we have VERY strict building codes, so buildings are safer.
I have lived through 2 major earthquakes (1971 & 1994) without a scratch. In fact, most people are just fine. You wait for the shaking to stop, then assess any damage. Yes, people have died, but that is the exception. Very few people are even injured. Really, it’s no big deal.
beach bum on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
there is some deadly force of nature just about everywhere you can live get used to it. People still live in new orleans don’t they? people still live in Haiti don’t they? I live in St.Louis where we have the number 1 AIDS and gonorrhea rate in the country and 3rd or 4th in syphilis. so why run away? every threat you run away from takes you face to face with another
Muppet on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
No, it doesn’t worry me. Worrying doesn’t solve anything. Being prepared in case one happens is something that gets drilled into us and I’m relatively new to So Cal. My company even gave us earthquake survival kits.
As the British said during WWII, ‘Keep Calm and Carry on’.
Speedy Gonzales (RIP, kitty!) on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
I don’t care, otherwise I would’ve left years ago.
jfs1988 on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
we live with it. there is nothing we can do.
Girl <3 on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
No my family and I are not scared of earth quakes they happen many times a day but you really only feel 2 a year and hardly anyone ever gets hurt. I think all states have their pros and cons most people who live here in CA absolutely love it because we enjoy our sunny days.
Paris Hilton on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
Willy, we don’t even think about them. Where do you want us to move, New Orleans, Miami or The Twin Towers ???? A Lot of us have emergency kits in the truck of our cars with some emergency stuff….
kateAlina on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
i’m not afraid cuz i believe however i’m going to die is already written. if G-d wants to mash me in an earthquake, that’s my destiny.
Chuckles on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
More people die in car accidents every month in the LA area than have ever died in earthquakes in the Los Angeles area since we started counting almost 300 years ago.
The odds are with you.
boogeywoogy on February 26, 2010 at 7:01 pm
We have building codes here which address the earthquake question.
The tall office buildings are actually built on giant rollers (no kidding) and are engineered to sway during a quake. They are required to be able to withstand an 8.0.
Most houses have wood frames so they can sway with the pressure waves of an earthquake.
The real danger is living where "liquefaction" is likely to occur; on valley floors and at the beach where things are built on a non-rock base. Masonry buildings have to be reinforced with re-bar and the old ones must be retrofitted.