On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 09:41:53 -0800, "Eagle"
wrote:

Everyone in the mid west think earthquakes are the reason they will
never go to So. Cal. but I think the tornadoes the mid west have to
deal with is way more destructive than the earthquakes we get here in
Southern California. That's not to say earthquakes aren't destructive
or scarry, they most certainly are, but the damage from earthquakes
compared to tornado damage or cyclone [hurricane] damage is small. Yes,
there have been some real nasty shakers here in the past like the Loma
Prieta quake in 1989.

http://www.history.com/topics/1989-s...sco-earthquake

I was watching the world series game in Oakland California when it hit.
That shut down the game, and among other damage, destroyed the Nimitz
Freeway (Interstate 880), just south of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay
Bridge.

Then there was the big one that hit Los Angeles in 1994;
"On this day in 1994, an earthquake rocks Los Angeles, California,
killing 54 people and causing billions of dollars in damages. The
Northridge quake (named after the San Fernando Valley community near
the epicenter) was one of the most damaging in U.S. history."

We are waiting for "The Big One" to hit here still...
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-h...ks-los-angeles

Someday CA is going to crack off from the rest of the U.S. and will then
become a country of their own. That's why they already have their own
political system which greatly varies from that of the rest of the U.S.
I always wondered why so many products say something like "this faucet
does not comply with California building codes because it contains
lead". That tells me that either anyone living in the other 49 states
are immune to the effects of lead, or else those in CA have weaaker
immune systems.

Once CA cracks off from the rest of the U.S. will they still be part of
the U.S. government, or will they become a separate nation, with it's
own president and laws?

This may sound far fetched, but it's not as crazy as it appears. Look at
the southern (or south American) part of CA that extends down into the
ocean. (I cant remember the name of that). It's obvious that piece of
land was once attached to the main body of South America, and broke off
somewhere in history, probably thousands of years ago.

Because of the placement of the plates (fault line) on the West coast,
it's not as crazy as it may seem, that eventually CA will break away
from the rest of the U.S. However, if you who live there think you'll
soon be free of Washington DC and it's politics, dont count on it. I
doubt any of this will occur in our lifetimes. But there will still
continue to be small and sometimes larger quakes along that fault line.

No matter where we live, there will always be the possibility of
disasters on Earth. If it's not earthquakes, it's tornados, hurricanes,
floods, and so on. And if the Earth itself dont do enough damage, it
appears that there will always be wars and man-made disasters because
people cant get along with each other.