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#262538 - 08/16/13 04:39 AM Re: "Oregon Resilience Plan" [Re: Am_Fear_Liath_Mor]
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Precisely!

and wouldn't it be a grand ride at that?
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#262539 - 08/16/13 04:43 AM Re: "Oregon Resilience Plan" [Re: adam2]
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Well, solar activity can effect our geomagnetic field, even disrupt it. You get some weird fields moving through large iron masses, and that can create tension and possibly motion. So there could be some connection.

But I am more inclined to think seismic events could link and chain just on their own volition. IIRC, there was something on the boobtube that showed such a connection in some cases based on an analysis of recent seismic activity along the San Andreas.
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#262664 - 08/21/13 03:32 AM Re: "Oregon Resilience Plan" [Re: Dagny]
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i'm in general agreement with Benjamin.

I have come to the conclusion that OR might be more at risk than CA for the next serious quake. especially the southern half of OR (and top 1/4 of California) due to a quake on the southern Cascadia fault. I couldn't predict how big, but would not be surprised at 8 or 8.5. it will be rough on the coastal towns. but seismologists have been trying to get the message out.

if OR goes down, then I think a large quake on the southern San Andreas (epicenter near Palm Springs) will follow. So CA will be hit ... not too much later.

the worst-case event is that these two quakes link up - a possibility that seismologists used to deny until they were blue in the face. but I noticed that Caltech scientists changed their minds in the last year, and admit a "chain reaction" quake could happen. in that case, if the Cascadia and San Andreas do join up then Benajmin will get his "wish" ... a massive quake of 9 or 9.5 that travels for hundreds of miles. If that happens, take your World Atlas off your bookshelf and cross off the entire west coast of the USA. it won't be worth contemplating.

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Edited by Pete (08/21/13 03:34 AM)

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