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boot up Old Not Bold Hiker
Joined: 12 Dec 2006 Posts: 4745 | TRs | Pics Location: Bend Oregon |
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Thu Jul 16, 2015 8:34 pm
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gb wrote: | Kansas...Kansas would be safe |
I would rather die.
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Badger Member
Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 1172 | TRs | Pics Location: Alki Beach, Washington |
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 7:10 am
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gb wrote: | Chico wrote: | Let's all head to the Rockies! |
Kansas...Kansas would be safe. |
Not sure Toto would agree with you.
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Voxxjin made of hamburger
Joined: 05 Sep 2013 Posts: 657 | TRs | Pics Location: Dupont |
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 11:11 am
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gb wrote: | Kansas...Kansas would be safe. |
Maybe...until yellowstone explodes and takes out most of the US
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
Cry 'Havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war
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Spotly Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2004 Posts: 3723 | TRs | Pics Location: Spokane Valley |
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 12:59 pm
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Voxxjin wrote: | gb wrote: | Kansas...Kansas would be safe. |
Maybe...until yellowstone explodes and takes out most of the US |
Yellowstone or even the New Madrid
There is no place to run. So just sit down and enjoy a beer and a ham sammich.
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moonspots Happy Curmudgeon
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 2456 | TRs | Pics Location: North Dakota |
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 2:29 pm
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"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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touron Member
Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 10293 | TRs | Pics Location: Plymouth Rock |
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Fri Jul 17, 2015 9:47 pm
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gb wrote: | Kansas...Kansas would be safe. |
Carry on, my wayward son.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
Touron is a nougat of Arabic origin made with almonds and honey or sugar, without which it would just not be Christmas in Spain.
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moonspots Happy Curmudgeon
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 2456 | TRs | Pics Location: North Dakota |
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 6:39 am
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Hmmm, I think this report would have been more convincing had the reporter been slightly more knowledgable in his facts. I saw several inaccuracies in his choice of wording. However, this doesn't change the underlying fact of the presence of (and movement of the plates in) the subduction zone.
Now this just causes me to wonder: is the plate movement rate constant? Can it be measured? If the next quake is "late", could it be because the plate movement rate has slowed? I wonder how that could be determined?
Several years ago I took the grandkids to Mt ST Helens and along the way stopped at one of the visitor centers and recall one of the rangers telling that the plate movement was proximately the same as fingernail growth. How can they tell? So much I don't know....
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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treeswarper Alleged Sockpuppet!
Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 11272 | TRs | Pics Location: Don't move here |
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 12:05 pm
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I got it figgered out.
Evacuate everybody. Send a fracking crew out to sea and start fracking in that crack until it sets off the quake. That way we get it over with.
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
What's especially fun about sock puppets is that you can make each one unique and individual, so that they each have special characters. And they don't have to be human––animals and aliens are great possibilities
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moonspots Happy Curmudgeon
Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 2456 | TRs | Pics Location: North Dakota |
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Sat Jul 18, 2015 1:12 pm
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treeswarper wrote: | I got it figgered out.
Evacuate everybody. Send a fracking crew out to sea and start fracking in that crack until it sets off the quake. That way we get it over with. |
That's funny! Good one.
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
"Out, OUT you demons of Stupidity"! - St Dogbert, patron Saint of Technology
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Snowbrushy Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 6670 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
Between Orting, Puyallup, and Fife are many sirens and evacuation signs not just for the possibility of volcanic activity and a lahar from Mt. Rainier, but because a big earthquake could make an unstable flank of the mountain slip. The mountain would look different and the towns would be gone, including the Port of Tacoma which is one of Americas largest. So, I hope that there will not be a large quake.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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grannyhiker Member
Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 3516 | TRs | Pics Location: Gateway to the Columbia Gorge |
Quote: | Just visiting Ocean Shores is a gamble. If it hits in the summer, thousands of people will be trying to evacuate by car down a narrow, two-lane road in less than 30 minutes. Guaranteed fail. May as well head the other direction and grab a good seat on the jetty to watch the waves come in. |
There is a discipline called risk management which is mainly probability studies. The probability of the Big One's hitting while you're at the beach for a weekend or a week are extremely small, probably the same as getting struck by lightning while there. Of course, if you live there full time, your chances of getting caught there by the Big One go way, way up.
I've been reading and thinking about subduction zone quakes ever since Oregon Public Broadcasting released their first Oregon Field Guide program about the findings of the dead cedar forest in the late 1980s. The knowledge hasn't stopped me from going to Westport, although it certainly discourages me from any consideration of living there.
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.--E.Abbey
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IanB Vegetable Belayer
Joined: 21 Jul 2010 Posts: 1061 | TRs | Pics Location: gone whuljin' |
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Sun Jul 19, 2015 10:04 am
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Didn't mean to imply that anyone should not visit the Washington coast based upon tsunami fears. The odds of "the big one" occurring on any given weekend are indeed rather slim - slim enough that I have been to Ocean Shores several times for winter weekends of clamming, birding and agate hunting. But, for the duration, I am viscerally aware of the bottleneck at the top of the cul-de-sac that I and thousands of other people are on the wrong side of.
My point, in the previous post, was to draw a link between the uproar in the 21-page thread about Darwin-proofing the ice caves and the ever-present risk that we all live with in earthquake country. And that driving into Ocean Shores is not unlike walking into the ice caves. In both cases, a risk management calculation has been made between desiring a certain experience and exposing oneself to the risk involved.
"Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little." - Harvey Manning
"Forget gaining a little knowledge about a lot and strive to learn a lot about a little." - Harvey Manning
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Snowbrushy Member
Joined: 23 Jul 2003 Posts: 6670 | TRs | Pics Location: South Sound |
Oh Pilot of the storm who leaves no trace Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place Yellow desert stream.
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