posted on Jun, 8 2016 @ 07:13 PM
L.A. TIMES
8 Jun 2016
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San Andreas fault 'locked, loaded and ready to roll' with big earthquake, expert says
By: Rong-Gong Lin IIRong-Gong Lin IIContact Reporter
4 May 2016
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[BoX note: I wasn't going to post this as so many threads have already been posted about the S.A. Fault and the looming big quake.
However, the simulations in the youtube videos down toward the bottom 1/3 of the article are quite impressive works of art and science. They really
dramatically illustrate the power and probabilities of the forces that will likely be unleashed. I think they are worth going to the article's link
all on their own. And, the article does seem to be a good update of the general science and concerns therefrom. The projected 2 minutes of shaking
alone is quite sobering. One simulation has the beginning down near the Salton Sea and moving North and West. The other simulation has beginning of
the quake up near San Louis Obispo and traveling South and East. The movement and stress relieving of 16 feet every 100 years has NOT been happening
in more than a place or 2.]
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“The springs on the San Andreas system have been wound very, very tight. And the southern San Andreas fault, in particular, looks like it’s
locked, loaded and ready to go,” Jordan said in the opening keynote talk.
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Other sections of the San Andreas fault also are far overdue for a big quake. Further southeast of the Cajon Pass, such as in San Bernardino County,
the fault has not moved substantially since an earthquake in 1812, and further southeast toward the Salton Sea, it has been relatively quiet since
about 1680 to 1690.
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This is one of the more sobering articles I've read on the topic. It's not particularly long but has a good bit of info in it.
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If you live in Southern California, I encourage you to read the article and watch the simulations.
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If you live anywhere quakes are common, encourage you to watch the simulations and prep as fitting for your area. I think that the New Madrid area is
similarly well locked and loaded.
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It is one thing to read and watch videos and disaster movies and go . . . "Yada yada yada."
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It's another thing to be in something like the Bandah Acheh quake/tsunami and go: "How could I have been so uninformed and clueless?"
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Living paranoid is not a good way to live.
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Living clueless may well be a worse way to live--depending.
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There is fitting prudence and rational prepping.
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A lot of folks have felt prompted in their spirits to move out of the Southern California region. Many can't move. And many don't have a lot of
budget for prepping. However, small groups of neighbors can band together and pool prepping efforts. One has to choose one's priorities.
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Would the $$ be better spent on cigarettes, beer and/or gambling--or prepping?
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Smart-aleck come-backs won't count for much when there's no water or food because one p*ssed it all away frivolously in immature classic normalcy
bias and arrogance.
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