For the Left Coast Busnuts

[Brassman]

I just read the following today:
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

One quote about the effect in the Pacific Northwest of Cascadia fault rupture is "Our operating assumption is that everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast."

What would be toast would be roads, bridges, underground pipes, and electrical service. It would definitely be a good time to have a bus decked with solar panels, big water and fuel tanks, and a stocked pantry.

Not to be alarmist, but I live west of I-5 and think it's time for this old boy to buy solar panels for my skoolie '84 BB AA. It's already converted. 

[Dave5Cs]

Thank goodness I live in Roseville, CA and am 5 miles east on I-5,  Ocean front property, YESsssssss!...
Ya know they and everyone else who doesn't live here have been predicting these things since the beginning of time. We have been through 2 earthquakes in 62 years. I was on the beach by the river both times. My stomach felt funny and my watch stopped. We got home from water skiing and the news said we had an earthquake 5.1 and the big one in SF. That was all we felt and no damage anywhere. LOL
The big wave generally happens up in Crescent city which is probably in the middle of both of us.
Everyone think we have fires that eat all of California up every year too. We have a lot but not every year and no more than usual. Funny. Thanks for posting I always get a kick out of these.
Dave5Cs

[lvmci]

Hi Dave, do you think I  should put my Searchlight by the sea shore lot up for sale in the NY Times? Tom,lvmci...

[TomC]

I'll take the occasional earth quake, and fires. I'll leave hot humid summers, cold windy wintery storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, heavy rains, etc to the mid-west and east coasters, thank you. It was 81 degrees today with about 35% humidity and partly sunny. Now it is in the low 60's. How was it today where you live? I see-I rest my case. Good Luck, TomC

[HB of CJ]

We live in SW OR USA.  About 43N, 123W.  Kinda.  Well West of Interstate 5.  Also we go to and from the coast constantly.  Some earthquake experts predict a potential 100 foot high tsunami at Crescent City CA and maybe Brookings OR and possibly so on up the coast.  Yikes!  Our two main fears out here are wildfires (forest fires) and that aforementioned big potential Mega Thrust Subduction Earthquake.  Holly Molly!  HB

[Brassman]

All am saying is a relatively self-contained living unit on wheels makes sense. After all, the most seismically active area in North America is now Oklahoma, and they got tornadoes too. Yikes!

[scanzel]

California is a beautiful been there once. Right now my lawn is green, my inground pool has plenty of water and my well has not gone dry, no fires no mud slides and my house is not falling off the hill side. Maybe we do have alot of snow but we live with it just like the west coast with their issues.

[belfert]

There are a number of other areas in the Southwest with similar climate to southern California without all the issues.  No way could I put up with the traffic, high taxes, high cost of living, high housing costs, and other issues that come with living in southern California.  I was in Los Angeles for one day this past winter and yes, the weather was very nice.  On the other hand I noticed that everything is very crowded together and traffic was a nightmare even on side streets.  In commercial/industrial areas the buildings are practically on top of each other due to land costs.  Zoning codes here in Minnesota wouldn't allow most of what is normal in Los Angeles.

Someone I know is uprooting his family and moving to Phoenix soon.  He is moving for the weather as he and his wife hate winter.

[Dave5Cs]

Tom C. and Tom LV, I hear ya. It is like the sharks in Florida. They happen every year just like clock work when their food is in the water. Then the dumb people jump in and splash around. The shark see them and thinks, look something else to taste.
Enter the media and act like it has never happened before. Shark attacks a swimmer. Story at 11, 7, 5, 6, 8, 1 o'clock and as long as we can draw it out, LOL
And then there is a tremor in L.A. and the Media says gotta go new story, bricks fell off a building that was built in 17 06 by the Spanish in Los Angeles in an earthquake today. Oh what will they ever do. Those bricks don't exist anymore?? and On and On, LOl
And here is another reason we live here, 

[chessie4905]

   You sure that is the sun and not a forest fire?

[Geoff]

I was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area and went through the last big quake in the early eighties (Point 9?).  My house at that time sat on pier blocks and we felt nothing at home 30 miles from SF.  I never got earthquake insurance the whole time I lived there, now I live live in Arizona and we had a minor shake last year.  I would never move back to CA, and its not because I'm afraid of an earthquake.  Traffic, congestion of people and high home prices keep me away.

--Geoff
10 years in Prescott, AZ-- One of the top ten places to retire according to several magazines.