Randomguy Posted January 3, 2019 Share #1 Posted January 3, 2019 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #2 Posted January 4, 2019 Seattle is targeted for the 'BIG ONE' sometime this century. And by BIG ONE they think something over 9. Earthquakes can be extremely dangerous at 5+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #3 Posted January 4, 2019 Just now, Dottles said: Seattle is targeted for the 'BIG ONE' sometime this century. And by BIG ONE they think something over 9. Earthquakes can be extremely dangerous at 5+. I lived through 3 of them when I resided in CA, but not huge ones. 9.0 would be a monster, would your house survive? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #4 Posted January 4, 2019 I don't know. I'm outside the city 35 miles to the north. I'm not sure if that big one is the Cascadia fault line 200 miles off the coast or the Seattle fault line. Either way, I'm pretty sure we get rattled. Let me dig up what they are predicting. Yeah, I lived through the Nisqually quake which had an epicenter about 35 miles south of Seattle. It was 6+. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #5 Posted January 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, Dottles said: I don't know. I'm outside the city 35 miles to the north. I'm not sure if that big one is the Cascadia fault line 200 miles off the coast or the Seattle fault line. Either way, I'm pretty sure we get rattled. Let me dig up what they are predicting. Yeah, I lived through the Nisqually quake which had an epicenter about 35 miles south of Seattle. It was 6+. What if the earthquake and a sharknado occurred simultaneously? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #6 Posted January 4, 2019 If you have any interest in earthquakes, this is a very fascinating article. It's worth your time to read. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one?reload Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #7 Posted January 4, 2019 This one has better visuals. https://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8980403/cascadia-earthquake-seattle-oregon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #8 Posted January 4, 2019 4 minutes ago, Dottles said: This one has better visuals. https://www.vox.com/2015/7/16/8980403/cascadia-earthquake-seattle-oregon Answer my very serious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tizeye Posted January 4, 2019 Share #9 Posted January 4, 2019 Better chance of a hurricane and sink holes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #10 Posted January 4, 2019 8 minutes ago, Randomguy said: What if the earthquake and a sharknado occurred simultaneously? 1 minute ago, Randomguy said: Answer my very serious question. I'm shark food. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 4, 2019 Share #11 Posted January 4, 2019 14 minutes ago, Randomguy said: I lived through 3 of them when I resided in CA, but not huge ones. 9.0 would be a monster, would your house survive? Has there ever been a 9 anywhere ever? I don't think any structure would still be standing with a earthquake that large. The thing people may not realize is that it's an exponential increase. The difference between a 3 - 4is much less than that of a 8 - 9 A 9 would devastate the city if it hit near it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 4, 2019 Share #12 Posted January 4, 2019 Oh and yes SoCal will likely get hit with another major quake in my lifetime. You guys ever worry about getting stopped at a light under a bridge? I think about that every day.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #13 Posted January 4, 2019 1 minute ago, ChrisL said: Has there ever been a 9 anywhere ever? I don't think any structure would still be standing with a earthquake that large. The thing people may not realize is that it's an exponential increase. The difference between a 3 - 4is much less than that of a 8 - 9 A 9 would devastate the city if it hit near it. How does the sharknado rating system work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #14 Posted January 4, 2019 2 minutes ago, ChrisL said: Has there ever been a 9 anywhere ever? I don't think any structure would still be standing with a earthquake that large. The thing people may not realize is that it's an exponential increase. The difference between a 3 - 4is much less than that of a 8 - 9 A 9 would devastate the city if it hit near it. Alaska. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #15 Posted January 4, 2019 1 minute ago, Randomguy said: How does the sharknado rating system work? Those babies have way more entropy than even earthquakes. For now, it's going to be feast time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shootingstar Posted January 4, 2019 Share #16 Posted January 4, 2019 Yes, Vancouver BC along with Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #17 Posted January 4, 2019 1 minute ago, shootingstar said: Yes, Vancouver BC along with Seattle. The building where I worked shook off about 20% of the ceiling tiles during one. You could see the corners of the building changing shape during. It was weird, and interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #18 Posted January 4, 2019 6 minutes ago, Randomguy said: It was weird, and interesting. It was my first one and this is an apt description. At first it was rumbling up and down -- I was in a one floor building built upon stilts on a hill and we immediately exited to the parking lot. Then it settled into horizontal shifting. It was like we were standing on snow skis traversing moguls. And then it settled and stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted January 4, 2019 Share #19 Posted January 4, 2019 27 minutes ago, Dottles said: Alaska. Yeah and Chile apparently too. I can't imagine... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #20 Posted January 4, 2019 38 minutes ago, Dottles said: If you have any interest in earthquakes, this is a very fascinating article. It's worth your time to read. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one?reload Yikes! You are doomed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #21 Posted January 4, 2019 7 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Yikes! You are doomed! That article is lengthy but it's really, really fascinating. If it hits, we are screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 4, 2019 Author Share #22 Posted January 4, 2019 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsharr ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #23 Posted January 4, 2019 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinneR ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #24 Posted January 4, 2019 Earthquake or supervolcano, take your pick. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #25 Posted January 4, 2019 1 minute ago, dennis said: Earthquake or supervolcano, take your pick. So where does a guy from Seattle area go vacation? California with earthquakes. Hawaii with volcanoes. Yellowstone with earthquakes and volcanos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #26 Posted January 4, 2019 https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/08/21/yellowstone-supervolcano-biggest-threat-large-quake/973640002/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Posted January 4, 2019 Share #27 Posted January 4, 2019 NY has had some, but it's not the biggest threat in the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
late Posted January 4, 2019 Share #28 Posted January 4, 2019 One possibility is a period of geologic instability like what happened roughly a hundred years ago in Cal, when they had a bunch of severe quakes. But not as bad as a sharknado! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #29 Posted January 4, 2019 We're usually safe in the Mid-Atlantic, but the first earthquakes in centuries have been occurring after fracking began in Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. We had one strong enough that I walked around my house and basement looking for structural damage. I didn't find any but rain makes its way through some cracks in the basement cinderblocks now. Hopefully, we won't get a big one until we ignore Global Warming long enough that earthquakes are the last thing we'll be worrying about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dottleshead ★ Posted January 4, 2019 Share #30 Posted January 4, 2019 1 hour ago, MickinMD said: We're usually safe in the Mid-Atlantic, but the first earthquakes in centuries have been occurring after fracking began in Virginia, Pennsylvania, etc. We had one strong enough that I walked around my house and basement looking for structural damage. I didn't find any but rain makes its way through some cracks in the basement cinderblocks now. Hopefully, we won't get a big one until we ignore Global Warming long enough that earthquakes are the last thing we'll be worrying about. It's easy for me to say this because I didn't bring any children into the world, but we'll be dead when the really bad chit hits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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