My batshit crazy MIL is one of those crazies with a basement full of crap for the end of the world. It’s the end of the world, who cares if you can eat canned tuna a little longer?
Earthquakes terrify me more than any other form of storm/natural disaster. Tornado, go in the basement and your odds are good. Hurricane, you see it coming ahead of time skip town for a bit. Earthquake, what a lovely day, oh s***.How about another earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone?
Today, large cities dot the region with skyscrapers not retrofitted in any way to withstand large earthquakes magnified by liquefaction. Chicago is the biggest, and the most prone to liquefaction—the city was built on very flat, easily flooded wetlands. Chicago also has the largest collection of skyscrapers older than 75 years anywhere in the world outside New York City. Who knows what will happen when very strong liquefaction shaking hits these large, old structures covered in masonry. St. Louis and Memphis are other, much smaller cities that were built on wetlands and prone to liquefaction. There are also Nashville, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Cincinnati that are in the zone of shaking. All these cities are sitting ducks if a massive 7.5 moment magnitude earthquake hits the region (that’s about 50 times more powerful than a 6.0 earthquake due to the logarithmic nature of the scales that measure the power of earthquakes).
And if a huge 8.0 earthquake hits the region, then even cities as far north as Minneapolis and Detroit and as far south as Dallas will be hit with damage. Some scary shaking will also hit the major east coast cities like New York, Boston and Washington. Chicago, St. Louis and Memphis are likely to suffer catastrophic damage. [Quora]
Also:
Facts about the New Madrid Seismic Zone | Missouri Department of Natural Resources
While not as well known for earthquakes as California or Alaska, the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), located in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Illinois, is the most active seismic area in the United States, east of the Rocky...dnr.mo.gov
This would be absolutely wild. I have never really experienced an earthquake. I mean…I vividly remember the extremely small tremor felt in central Iowa a few years ago. 2016, maybe, which was the result of a 5.6 in Oklahoma. That slight tremor freaked me out. Weirdest thing I think I’ve ever felt.How about another earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone?
Today, large cities dot the region with skyscrapers not retrofitted in any way to withstand large earthquakes magnified by liquefaction. Chicago is the biggest, and the most prone to liquefaction—the city was built on very flat, easily flooded wetlands. Chicago also has the largest collection of skyscrapers older than 75 years anywhere in the world outside New York City. Who knows what will happen when very strong liquefaction shaking hits these large, old structures covered in masonry. St. Louis and Memphis are other, much smaller cities that were built on wetlands and prone to liquefaction. There are also Nashville, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Cincinnati that are in the zone of shaking. All these cities are sitting ducks if a massive 7.5 moment magnitude earthquake hits the region (that’s about 50 times more powerful than a 6.0 earthquake due to the logarithmic nature of the scales that measure the power of earthquakes).
And if a huge 8.0 earthquake hits the region, then even cities as far north as Minneapolis and Detroit and as far south as Dallas will be hit with damage. Some scary shaking will also hit the major east coast cities like New York, Boston and Washington. Chicago, St. Louis and Memphis are likely to suffer catastrophic damage. [Quora]
Also:
Facts about the New Madrid Seismic Zone | Missouri Department of Natural Resources
While not as well known for earthquakes as California or Alaska, the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), located in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Illinois, is the most active seismic area in the United States, east of the Rocky...
I spent four years fretting over son who went to college in California. He slept through the largest one in those four years, then moved to hurricane territory although they miraculously kept power at his house with the one that hit Orlando the worst while he was there.
This got me thinking. A major earthquake along the San Andreas is way overdue, and I’m sure everyone has heard of “The Big One”. The whole west coast falling into the ocean would be a pretty impactful event.How about another earthquake in the New Madrid Fault Zone?
Today, large cities dot the region with skyscrapers not retrofitted in any way to withstand large earthquakes magnified by liquefaction. Chicago is the biggest, and the most prone to liquefaction—the city was built on very flat, easily flooded wetlands. Chicago also has the largest collection of skyscrapers older than 75 years anywhere in the world outside New York City. Who knows what will happen when very strong liquefaction shaking hits these large, old structures covered in masonry. St. Louis and Memphis are other, much smaller cities that were built on wetlands and prone to liquefaction. There are also Nashville, Indianapolis, Kansas City and Cincinnati that are in the zone of shaking. All these cities are sitting ducks if a massive 7.5 moment magnitude earthquake hits the region (that’s about 50 times more powerful than a 6.0 earthquake due to the logarithmic nature of the scales that measure the power of earthquakes).
And if a huge 8.0 earthquake hits the region, then even cities as far north as Minneapolis and Detroit and as far south as Dallas will be hit with damage. Some scary shaking will also hit the major east coast cities like New York, Boston and Washington. Chicago, St. Louis and Memphis are likely to suffer catastrophic damage. [Quora]
Also:
Facts about the New Madrid Seismic Zone | Missouri Department of Natural Resources
While not as well known for earthquakes as California or Alaska, the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), located in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Illinois, is the most active seismic area in the United States, east of the Rocky...
Read the New York Times news section. It’s the best and you’ll learn a lot of interesting things not covered by the networks.
Earthquakes are overrated. Spent 30 years in CA. Through numerous quakes. Just like all 'unexpected' dangers, the ability to remain calm and calculated, greatly improves your survival rate. There are inherent dangers everywhere. Live life. Don't fear it.
Missed the whole “let’s not make this political” post in the beginning didn’t ya.
I didn’t say anything overtly political, though obviously our successful democracy is a political system. I think the topic of taking our modern world and high standard of living for granted transcends American politics.
