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In response to "Alaska is not an earthquake state? Hawaii? Your list = Fail" by Bacon

New Madrid fault. I should have specified "for this earthquake scenario that I am always talking about". Also, you're fucked.

Posted by loosilu (aka loosilu2) Jan 14 '11, 16:37

Dude, you're sitting on the fault from hell.

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Yep. It hasn't let off energy in so long that when it does..... - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 16:45 38
- that's... not entirely accurate. just because it hasn't had an earthquake in a while doesn't mean it's somehow overdue, or that the next one will be - mafic Jan 14, 16:51 25
  - The plates build up pressure over time. -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:54 1
    - they can, but there's nothing to say the release will be at that fault,, in that area, or even anything more than gradual and unnoticable if it is. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:10
  - this is a lie! it's like a slot machine. It's due! -- nm - Beryllium Jan 14, 16:53
  - It's not over due because it hasn't let of energy. It's overdue because it's off schedule. - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 16:53 21
    - I know. it's not like old faithful, you can't say that just because there hasn't been an earthquake in x years you're due for one. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 16:59 7
      - More like centuries. Or was it millenia? -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:01
      - You can increase the odds of one happening -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 17:00 5
        
        but saying you're due or overdue is misinterpreting the statistics. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:05
        
        you guys do realize you're arguing with a geologist, right? -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 17:05 3
        
        I am not geologist. ;) -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:06 2
        
        Oohhh, mafic is a geologist? -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:16 1
        
        yep, look up what "mafic" means. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 17:17
    - Fault lines don't have "schedules". They are constantly letting off energy in miniscule EQs that we never feel. - musubi Jan 14, 16:56 12
      - but they get stuck -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:59
      - The Madrid Fault is related to the Caldera. It's off schedule. -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 16:59 9
        
        That's not how it works, but hey, if that makes you feel better, knock yourself out. (nm) - musubi Jan 14, 17:06 6
        
        By about 40,000 years. - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:10 5
        
        again, not how these things work. we're not overdue because the supervolcano is taking longer than last time. it's just taking longer. -- nm - mafic Jan 14, 17:12 4
        
        Either way it doesn't change that if goes, the fault or Caldera, it could be at a very high level. - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:19
        
        Supervolcano? -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:14 2
        
        I figured that's what you meant when you started talking about a caldera, but the point still stands. - mafic Jan 14, 17:17 1
        
        It also doesn't mean they aren't either. - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:23
        
        is that the one in the midwest? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 14, 17:01 1
        
        Madrid is. -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 17:05
      - but what this board presupposes is.... what if they did? -- nm - TFox Jan 14, 16:58
- Yep, the last known Cascadia quake was in 1700. It's capable of produce a quake of 9.0 or higher. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 16:47 11
  - The Yellowstone Super Volcano will kill us first -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:47 10
    - I think they're related. -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 16:48
    - Don't forget the Megatsunami. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 16:48 8
      - I am 70 miles from the coast. I should be safe from that. -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:49 7
        
        How high above sea level are you? -- nm - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 16:50 2
        
        80 feet. I guess if it traveled up the Columbia River somehow I could be affected. - Bacon Jan 14, 16:52 1
        
        There's only one non-volcanic mountain in the range. - the liioulu with those hershey kiss flag things Jan 14, 16:54
        
        then St Helens is going to get you. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 16:50 3
        
        I am 50 miles from that. -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:50 2
        
        fine, then I'm back to the Cascadia fault, and you can't talk your way out of that. -- nm - loosilu Jan 14, 16:51 1
        
        That would get me. I do have Earthquake insurance for that reason -- nm - Bacon Jan 14, 16:53

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New Madrid fault. I should have specified "for this earthquake scenario that I am always talking about". Also, you're fucked.

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