On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 13:42:05 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:


Hurricanes are all wimped out by the time they hit LonGuyland. And if
NYC ever did have a decent quake (which it will, eventually) it will
be a pile of smoking rubble.

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Since NYC wasn't built above a geologically active zone, how do you
figure that?
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(Having lived in New Orleans and San Francisco, I figure that
hurricanes are a lot more dangerous than earthquakes.)

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Rather provincial figuring.

In order to come up with a more accurate estimate, I think you need to
assay the damage done, worldwide, by hurricanes and earthquakes, and
then post your findings.

Will you?

Of course not.

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JF