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4. Also, around two thousand years ago there were trees growing on the bottom of High Sierra lakes.

Tue Mar 15, 2016, 09:30 AM

Mar 2016

Lots of trees. indicating that we may be in an abnormally WET period for California now. Not dry, wet.

https://www.hcn.org/issues/44.22/underwater-forest-reveals-the-story-of-a-historic-megadrought

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Earthquake threat to California may be greater than thought, warn scientists [View all] Eugene Mar 2016 OP

worry about the Cascadia Fault. MFM008 Mar 2016 #1

Yeah, I read that article. byronius Mar 2016 #2