Yeah, let's be real here: no natural disaster in recorded history has killed anywhere near seven million people. 
USGS warning massive quake off SanFran imminent!
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^On top of that, the whole time I was reading that I was like, "This is news?" How did it come as a surprise to anyone in the Pacific Northwest at all? I spent half my time in the Seattle Public School system ducking and covering for earthquake drills: didn't all the other kids?
If they want a terrifying natural disaster story, I'd go for the yellowstone super volcano. Way more power for the punch!
If they want a terrifying natural disaster story, I'd go for the yellowstone super volcano. Way more power for the punch!
That's the one I'm really worried about, anyway! *nervously checks bunker full of canned beans and bottled water*
I've been hearing about the Big One for years... we had a 6.9 in 2001... the Nisqually Quake. That was... fun...
^That one was great! I'd been waiting all my life for an earthquake to hit during school, to make up for all those damned earthquaked drills, and finally, during my senior year of high school, it happened!
It's better than "Frisco"
It seems like this gets brought up every time a quake hits, and much like everything in life, when that day comes, I hope I'm ready for it. I've seen a lot of work done here in the last few years to get things seismically up to standards but if a quake hits, it hits. Can't go through life worrying about it every day.
ELECTRICALLLLLL SUPERSTORMMMMSSSSS!!!!
Trying to bring back the trauma for the longer members of this BBS.
Even if they could measure the exact year it would blow, like hell they'd warn us. They won't tolerate a panicked society quitting jobs early and hoarding.
I do concur. No 'Frisco'. My roommate used to say that and I think it was his anti stance on the bay area that made it derogatory.
I lived an hour from San Fransisco and drove into the city a couple times a year and even experienced a mild quake while over a bridge. scary but again, you're right. The attitude is you live and not worry about what may happen or it'll make you nuts.
Someone call Dwayne Johnson!!!
I was in the Bay Area for 2 years, 90-92, worked in the city for 6 months, a few blocks from Embarcadero Station. First time I'd seen the Pacific, and sea lions and a pelican that weren't in a zoo. Workers were still doing clean up from the earthquake. Don't remember a tremor during those 2 years, but there must have been one.
Frisco was a railroad.
I call it "Frisco", something I got from my Dad. We were both born in LA.
I figure if either Frisco or Seattle have the Big One, we'll feel it here, in Fresno. Which is saying something because we have such a deep layer a fill dirt, there are no faults in Central California, at least not on the valley floor.
I figure if either Frisco or Seattle have the Big One, we'll feel it here, in Fresno. Which is saying something because we have such a deep layer a fill dirt, there are no faults in Central California, at least not on the valley floor.
The biggest earthquake I've been in was the 2011 Japanese earthquake, though I was pretty far from the epicenter (near Tokyo), apparently that was a 9.0 according to Wikipedia. We'll see if I'm around San Francisco for its next big earthquake (I live an hour north of SF right now).
Yep, see - outsiders.
I grew up in the San Francisco area; calling it "Frisco" is a killing offense in my family. 
I was in Whittier, my freshman year in college, for the Whittier Narrows quake. At first, they said it was a 6 and then downgraded it to a 5.9. But the college was practically at the epicenter. That definitely got one's attention. However, I grew up in Northern California, so I wasn't all that freaked out about it. It sucked for the town, though; they'd just celebrated their 100th anniversary, only to have a massive quake right afterwards that screwed up nearly every building in the lovely little downtown area.
I was in Whittier, my freshman year in college, for the Whittier Narrows quake. At first, they said it was a 6 and then downgraded it to a 5.9. But the college was practically at the epicenter. That definitely got one's attention. However, I grew up in Northern California, so I wasn't all that freaked out about it. It sucked for the town, though; they'd just celebrated their 100th anniversary, only to have a massive quake right afterwards that screwed up nearly every building in the lovely little downtown area.
I live in the Midwest, so I keep an eye on news about the New Madrid fault. That said, I don't live in fear. I go about my life and business as usual.
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My favorite sandwich is a Frisco Melt. Mmm...
Anyway, on topic, there was a 6.9 earthquake off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, though there apparently won't be a tsunami warning for Alaska, Hawaii, or the West Coast of the U.S.
Anyway, on topic, there was a 6.9 earthquake off the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, though there apparently won't be a tsunami warning for Alaska, Hawaii, or the West Coast of the U.S.