The
Future of California (NSR)
Date: 10/16/99
From: Fish_Bone
Anyone feel the earthquake?
Even thought people in CA felt it, who heard about it?
I live in CA (sadly) And i felt two of them! one back in 1994, I think it was on ML King Day. Not sure, but i do know
it was big! And the power was off for two weeks. Then last
night. What the hell? Some say that in the year 2000, Cali
will:1. Become an Island
2. Will sink to the bottom of the ocean.
Even thought i really don't think this will happen, You
can't help but to think huh? With all these quakes, what will become of CA? I understand there was another quake
in between 1994-1998. I am sure we have all seen the
specials on TV. where phyics say California will be torn
by a earthquake. What does everyone else think?1. Yes, I think California will sink
2. Cali will become a Island
3. California is staying right where it is.
Fish_Bone
adamcastillo@hotmail.com
3
for sure, the others are very unlikely
Date: 10/16/99
From: Sabre_Edge
For California to become an island a HUGE Earthquake has to take place that tears the base of California horizontally starting with the San Andreas Fault and making huge cracks westward that essentially have to disconnect CA from the continent. CA would then have to slide off the shelf it was previously connected to and fall into the ocean. I don't believe there is any evidence that Earthquakes cleaving large chunks of earth have ever created an island. The primary way islands are formed are by volcanoes growing from pressure and lava/magma hardening under the ocean until they are large enough to poke above the surface. That isn't to say a very large earthquake could create a water surrounded CA if the earthquake makes a large enough crack that allows sea water to enter through the Gulf of California, run along the Fault line, and exit out the SF Bay. That is most likely way CA could become an "island", but I doubt it is going to happen anytime soon, if ever.
My thoughts from San Diego, where I hope this latter scenario ever plays out! :)
Out.
I
don't know, but...
Date: 10/16/99
From: jersey_slider
you guys will be doin' a lot of shakin' in the future, that is pretty much definite.
You should move to a safe state, like NJ.
:)
we
got a weak tremor in Mass, this week.
Date: 10/16/99
From: slider409
Slide ON!
If
#2, then I have beachfront property!
Date: 10/16/99
From: SlideRite
So Shake it baby shake it.........
Okay, maybe not, but where I live I could have my property value triple if we became an island. Aloha!!!!
Seriously: I think It's #3 all the way, but I was really AWAKE last night when this thing blew. What a RUSH!! Whew!!!
It's scary, I know, but at least I don't have to worry about Doin' the Dorothy or having to buy a boat. Floods, hurricanes??? No thanks. I'll enjoy the weather here, and take my chances with the rumblings of Mother Earth.
TTFN!!
~SlideRite
THE
REAL ANSWER
Date: 10/17/99
From: Slider_Quinn21
Los Angeles is supposed to "shift"(thats what an earthquake is)from its current location to somewhere slowly along the coast(not anytime soon, very gradually), possibly having LA as a suburb of SF maybe in as few as 500-1000 years(not too exciting). But the beginning(if not already begun) is supposed to happen in a gigantic earthquake(bigger than the 1994, way bigger). If CA sinks, look there.
Quinn
PS-it was supposed to happen in 1998 and the more time after an earthquake is supposed to happen, the bigger it is
Translation-More Time=Bigger Quake
Have a nice day Californians!
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