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Man, that is nearly word for word my quake speech to friends outside  
of CA.  I add that people should consider reading about  
paleoseismology.   The Alaskan quakes were pretty bad, and they just  
rebuilt without changing codes.

Lynne
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On Mar 9, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Diane Trefethen wrote:

> Umm... about those earthquakes.
>
> We here in California don't have even one earthquake in the Top Ten  
> for the United States while the Mississippi River Valley garners  
> not one spot but TWO!  And it's ONLY two because they lump the FIVE  
> 8.0+ quakes together to make just two.
>
> Furthermore, due to the differences in geology, the range of those  
> earthquakes far outstrips those here in California.  The great 1906  
> San Francisco quake was felt as far away as the middle of Nevada  
> (350 miles) while the New Madrid quake of 1811 rang church bells in  
> Boston (1000 miles).
>
> And did you know that the probability of a 6 to 7 point quake  
> reoccurring in the Mississippi River Valley in the next 50 years is  
> 90%...  THAT IS NINETY PER CENT.  We here in California build to  
> codes in anticipation of earthquakes; in the mid-West... nada.   
> When the big ones come a-knocking, you guys, especially Memphis to  
> St Louis, are going to be S-O-L!
>
> So if it's earthquakes that have you rattled, maybe you'd best come  
> out West where we are taking steps to mitigate the death and  
> destruction :)
>
> > Angie at the GA/TN/AL line...where the temps are back up and  
> > there's never a threat of earthquakes, wildfires, mountain lions,  
> > grizzlies, Charles Manson........... :-))

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