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BigmanPigman

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26. How true!

Reply to Auggie (Reply #24)

Tue Dec 20, 2022, 09:05 PM

Dec 2022

I am paranoid about places being built on dredged up soil to form new land and bays. I have seen videos from Japan's 9.4 and water came up through cracks in sidewalks. Earthquakes are very complicated with a zillion factors involved in their study. I have been watching videos from the Japanese Tsunami and that is a whole other area to study. Those videos are mesmerizing to me...

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pics from this morning's northern california earthquake [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 OP

Why hasn't this been covered on TV news outlets? brush Dec 2022 #1

It's in a remote part of California Retrograde Dec 2022 #4

Because only poor hippies Tree Lady Dec 2022 #5

And by "poor hippies" you mean secretive rich cannabis growers toting uzi's? FailureToCommunicate Dec 2022 #13

Ca's legalization put most of the secretive ones out of business. Especially in the North State. NullTuples Dec 2022 #20

There are those out in the woods Tree Lady Dec 2022 #36

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #42

probably more conservatives than hippies. also that church got a foot hold BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #17

media like here consumed with trump, musk, and the royals nt msongs Dec 2022 #7

it's waaay up there in northern California. flew up there a few years ago BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #16

Dunno, 6.4 is getting up there Warpy Dec 2022 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #43

I saw it this morning on the Chris Jansing show, MSNBC. Polly Hennessey Dec 2022 #2

Wow..TY! I had no idea. Cha Dec 2022 #3

Right up near the boundary between the San Andreas and the Cascadia Subduction Zone. roamer65 Dec 2022 #6

Exactly DuranDuranDUme Dec 2022 #8

I'd definitely stock up on supplies a bit if I lived out there. roamer65 Dec 2022 #9

zero high rises BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #18

Now I must relearn all I forgot about the Codifer Dec 2022 #12

Damn. I like Eureka. niyad Dec 2022 #10

Saw it on Rebl2 Dec 2022 #11

From the quake app. usonian Dec 2022 #14

That seems like a lot of damage for a 6.4. BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #15

the guy who lost his front porch thing...it looks sketchily built BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #19

That looked like it was held up with duct tape. BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #22

indeed. here is closeup pic BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #29

Aww, there are even tiny Xmas lights still BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #30

The house itself looks to be from 1910-1922 & has likely withstood many quakes. NullTuples Dec 2022 #25

Very poor area not much money Tree Lady Dec 2022 #37

in dense cities, LA, SF / building codes would have say, no matter the $$ BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #38

Damage depends also on the soil type and to a lesser extent ... Auggie Dec 2022 #24

How true! BigmanPigman Dec 2022 #26

Pacifica in San Francisco. vanlassie Dec 2022 #32

Wow. mountain grammy Dec 2022 #21

Yoyushida are you ok??? CaptainTruth Dec 2022 #27

more quake pics BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2022 #28

San Andreas fault line. spike jones Dec 2022 #31

.... love_katz Dec 2022 #33

Got to spend several months in Eureka back in the late '70s. madamesilverspurs Dec 2022 #34

Looks nasty nightwing1240 Dec 2022 #35

My son went to Humboldt State in Arcata, so I'm familiar with all those locations. It's worse than I NBachers Dec 2022 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Jan 2023 #44

Sacramento here shanti Dec 2022 #40

Those sodas are now little bombs Qutzupalotl Dec 2022 #41