Major California Faults Ready to Rupture

[Well-Prepared Witch]

If you're in Cali, may be time to make sure your home is reinforced or whatever else you can do to protect against major earthquakes.

http://www.iflscience.com/environment/Major-California-Faults-Ready-To-Rupture

[JohnyMac]

The Hayward branch is about 40% locked and has a 30% chance of producing a magnitude 6.8 (M 6. earthquake within the next 30 years. The average length of time between major earthquakes along this fault is 160 years, and it has been 146 years since the last big one struck. However, that is just an average based on historical and geological records.

Funny story: I use to work for a company who's headquarters was in Watsonville, CA. Well the San Andres Fault ran right through Watsonville north through Aptos, Soquel, Santa Cruz, etc etc etc. You could actually see the fault running south to north, eventually ending in San Francisco. It is real. 

[Nemo]

Would it be possible for the liberal californina to break loose and fall into the sea, on a weekend when the governor is meeting up with pelosi and they go down first and together leading a pack of liberals.

Nemo

[JohnyMac]

We could only hope Nemo...We could only hope.

[Well-Prepared Witch]

Not on, Nemo. 

[Nemo]

Not on, Nemo. 

Howso???  I will admit that it would be bad to see the redwoods and beaches go.  But I can deal with that.

Nemo

[Well-Prepared Witch]

Not all of us on this site are conservatives. Imagine if I'd said I hoped all the Tea-baggers, Limbaugh, Koch brothers, Boehner, Beck, and Jones were visiting and all fell into the ocean. I think the world would be a better place without them, but I think it'd probably be a bit offensive on here.

[special-k]

@WPW

 

[JohnyMac]

  Be careful Nemo. Wellie is a UP morale patch carrying senior prepper here. She just might whoop your butt  I know she ain't squeamish to take a chicken to the slaughter house. 
 

[Well-Prepared Witch]

Ha! Ain't that the truth.

SK - you're on notice, too!    

[sledge]

Yes, WPW is apparently a liberal.  Yes, she apparently owns a gun and has learned how to use it.  Yes. I believe that I agree with the prevailing conservative outlook on such things.  A liberal with a gun is rather unnerving, isn't it? 



 

[special-k]

...A liberal with a gun is rather unnerving, isn't it? 

Not as unnerving as a liberal with a voter registration card.   

[Kbop]

 

[Burt Gummer]

A liberal with a desire for self sufficiency a dislike of police and a firearms owner is not a "liberal" MSM label, just someone with their head in the right place.

[Well-Prepared Witch]

I honestly think the label "liberal" or "conservative" is a McGuffin designed to keep us at each other's throats rather than seeing how much we have in common. How much would the oligarchs who buy our politicians hate it if they couldn't easily demonize someone with such a label and instead have to address our real concerns and needs?

[sledge]

Actually, my previous post was a feeble attempt at humor.  In truth, I've assisted quite a few liberals with firearms training and obtaining their Florida CCW.  I've been amazed at the number of those who have wanted to take the classroom portion of their training in their home because they don't want anyone else to know that they are learning to use a firearm.  i always try to set range times on slower days for them.  They seem to be so conflicted, wanting to learn how to defend themselves and feeling guilty about it at the same time.  It happens often enough that I now advertise discreet training on my site.

[Nemo]

Bring her on, I am game for it.  Offensive?  Hah, I think it was Justice Brandeis who said to the effect "regarding free speech/expression, if something offends you, turn your head and look away."

And if I post a comment and she desires to call me out on it or give me a strong potentially offensive reply, I been told/offended by/ called worse things by people better at it.

The great things of it all are that the high points of the discussion will come out and the rest will end up on the ash heap of history.

One important thing I want WPW and all here understand is that any discussion we have is not intended to personally insult or belittle anyone here.  I do not know anyone well enough to do that, so if I do I offer apologies in advance and solely here.  If you believe anything more beyond that is required, well, when you see something I posted, turn your head.

Nemo   

[Well-Prepared Witch]

Nemo, I'm not a turn my head away type of woman.  I call people on their bullshit.  That said, I think we can agree to disagree and move on, and to get the topic back on track, here's some more information about how most Californians are not ready for a big earthquake.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/why-do-so-few-california-homeowners-have-earthquake-insurance-n227711

http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2014/10/13/343355.htm

[Nemo]

WPW, as to calling the bull, I have no issue whatsoever with that, however just understand that will in all likely-hood start a debate and the favor will be returned with the same expectation.

I agree that its likely less than 2-3% out there are ready for an earthquake of a magnitude to cause any significant effects.  Let alone what percentage is ready for the really big one.  That is probably in the range of 0.1 to 0.2% of the general population.   I imagine that probably less than half of the people in a serious quake zone really know what to do while it is happening, what to do in the 10 minutes after and what in the next couple hours.

My question is why?  No way any large portion "do not know it could happen" or "think those claiming it are wrong".  The vast majority of those with no preparations believe that if it does the government will come in and take care of them and all will be well.  Generally if one has those views the rest of their political viewpoints support the position and beliefs that bigger government with more power and responsibility is always best, support the idea that anything the people can do it granted by the government and the people are here to serve the govt.

I have a sneaking suspicion that you mostly disagree with the "bigger govt is always better" idea, along with the others and the fact that you are here WPW is that you may have a conservative (not Tea Party yet) spirit inside of you screaming and scratching to get out.   

Is thinking it would be good for the rest of the US for them to break off and fall into the sea a bad idea?  Yeah, kinda, all those computer brains and such and once in a while they make a good movie.  And I would miss those redwoods.  Maybe they can just float over and become a part of Japan.   

Nemo