Disaster 6.4 Earthquake Hits SoCal

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Strongest earthquake in 20 years rattles Southern California

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The strongest earthquake in 20 years shook a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing injuries and...
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Strongest earthquake in 20 years rattles Southern California
By JOHN ANTCZAK and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ2 hours ago













A strong earthquake rattled a large swath of Southern California and parts of Nevada on Thursday, rattling nerves on the July 4th holiday and causing some damage in a town near the epicenter amid a swarm of aftershocks. (July 4)
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Didn't a few years ago some hurricanes hit the southeast and the left wing were making fun of the people dying and who lost property because they voted Trump or voted right wing or something? Something-something nature is attacking you and you deserve it or whatnot?
WELL IT'S TIME TO SHAKE AND DIE BITCHES.
I'm actually upset it wasn't stronger.
 
Poiseon said:
Shame the Earthquake wasn't focused on just the city. The rest of the entire state fucking hates LA. All the exceptional politicians, voters, and illegals congregate in the coastal cities. The majority in LA.



1) Everyone in my town was preparing for the fireworks festivals. Tons of trucks with big flags in the back. Lot of people fired off rifles and shotguns in respect.

2) LA isn't in the Mojave, dumbfuck. It's hundreds of miles away.



The reason that housing prices are so expensive in California is due too extremely strict building codes. LA in particular has very few skyscrapers just because of this reason. though they're building what they call 'earthquake proof ones' as a test of sorts.
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I hope LA will eventually unfuck itself. I always wanted to visit Cali.
 
CheezzyMach said:
I hope LA will eventually unfuck itself. I always wanted to visit Cali.
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Out of all the US cities I’ve visited, LA is the only one I’ve actively disliked. It was hot, gross and had no character. Even SF, despite its flaws, is still worth visiting - the scenery is great, and there’s iconic stuff like the winding road and the trolley cars that are neat to see in person. But LA has fucking *nothing* to see that isn’t vapid Hollywood bullshit.
 
Now I am in the mood to watch that schlocky Earthquake movie from the 70s.
 
Anonymous For This said:
California has done quite a bit of work through the CEA to try and prepare for it. I worry far less about the "big one" in California in comparison to the "big one" ripping open the New Madrid. There was a paper done (I believe it was University of Kentucky?) a few years back that spooked a lot of insurance companies along the fault line into raising earthquake deductibles or selling their books to third party insurance companies.

What makes that faultline so bad is that the soil out east is looser than the soil along the San Andreas. This allows the earthquake to impact a far larger area: which has done the square root of fuck all to prepare for the quake or update building codes to make structures more resilient.
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Poiseon said:
The reason that housing prices are so expensive in California is due too extremely strict building codes. LA in particular has very few skyscrapers just because of this reason. though they're building what they call 'earthquake proof ones' as a test of sorts.
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Yeah, California is (unfortunately) the gold standard when it comes to anti-seismic structural design and building regulations. My own country bases its regulations on the California Building Code. Other than *maybe* the Japanese, nobody is better prepared for a large scale event like the commiefornians, they aren't going to get wiped by mother nature any time soon.
 
Wraith said:
Didn't a few years ago some hurricanes hit the southeast and the left wing were making fun of the people dying and who lost property because they voted Trump or voted right wing or something? Something-something nature is attacking you and you deserve it or whatnot?
WELL IT'S TIME TO SHAKE AND DIE BITCHES.
I'm actually upset it wasn't stronger.
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It reminds me of Hurricane Harvey who hit South Texas, the left wing was rejoicing to the news....until they learned that hurricane had hit Houston who voted Hillary. Rush Limbaugh said it was better than a Hillary presidency. https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/...e-harvey-is-better-than-a-hillary-presidency/
 
Good.

Maybe the next one will cause the whole state to break off and sink into the sea....much like a shittier version of Atlantis.
 
6.4 ain't shit, even depending on the epicenter might even be less shit, california must have some earthquake resistant ordinances from being on the belt of fire
 
Deven said:
6.4? Is that a lot? I hope it's a lot.
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This is quite useful for visualizing the numbers, though tsunamis generated by earthquakes tend to push up the damage.
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For perspective, this is Trona, CA, about 11 miles from the epicenter. Before the earthquake. It's known as the Detroit of the desert.

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Bonus: they can't even tear down the abandoned houses because they're full of asbestos, which was considered safe and healthy back when they were built.

Most of the fires are courtesy of extra busy meth heads.

I've been there a few times. It's even more horrifying in real life. Also, the local tap water is full of epsom salts. You'll shit for dadays if you drink it.
 
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Syaoran Li said:
Between the fault lines and the fact that the Los Angeles metropolitan area is close enough to the chaparral that wildfires are a major problem while simultaneously deep enough in the desert that there isn't enough fresh water to supply the city's needs that it begs the question as to how the fuck Los Angeles became the second-biggest city in the United States and when the hell is the inevitable collapse of the city gonna happen?
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"Nice water, Sacramento area. Mind if we build a canal to bring the Delta water southward?"
And then they just kept putting toes in the tent.
 
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