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We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« on: August 31, 2011, 11:08:20 AM »
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/Totally-Psyched-for-the-Full-Rip-Nine.html

My county emergency response administrative team sent out an email link to this article.  It examines the impact of a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on the Pacific Northwest coast.  It has been 311 years since the last such quake, and apparently we are overdue. 
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2011, 02:10:59 PM »
If Ranier erupts, you will all be covered with mud.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 02:20:57 PM »
i await the asteroid that happens to intersect with the yellowstone caldera

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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2011, 02:46:23 PM »
I'm not going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest, thank you very much.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2011, 04:18:44 PM »
Me either.......................................................................my wife wants me to move from nice warm Texas to the frigid artic of the UP of MI.......chris3
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2011, 05:36:36 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on August 31, 2011, 11:08:20 AM
It has been 311 years since the last such quake, and apparently we are overdue. 

Punctuality ain't all it's cracked up to be.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2011, 05:48:02 PM »
Well, as the article makes clear, your chance of death is increased if you are on the coastal Pacific Northwest when the quake and tsunami hit.  In the Midwest, not so much.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2011, 10:15:59 PM »
Seems like every major human killer natural disaster is overdue.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #8 on: September 01, 2011, 05:56:56 AM »
I call DIBS on all your guns and cool stuff!
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2011, 08:45:16 AM »
If it's been 311 years since the last quake, can it still be blamed on climate change?

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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2011, 08:45:58 AM »
Quote from: Fly320s on September 01, 2011, 05:56:56 AM
I call DIBS on all your guns and cool stuff!
You beat me dammit!  :mad:

« Last Edit: September 01, 2011, 10:10:00 AM by 280plus »
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2011, 09:21:38 AM »
Quote from: charby on August 31, 2011, 10:15:59 PM
Seems like every major human killer natural disaster is overdue.

In more ways than one.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2011, 09:48:29 AM »
Just as long as it doesn't happen this weekend I'm cool!
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2011, 10:08:06 AM »
Does that mean all those hippies in the NW will finally get a bath when the NW falls into the sea?  chris3
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2011, 10:10:52 AM »
Truckloads of Drano to the NW,,, STAT!  :O
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2011, 05:23:23 PM »
Quote from: charby on August 31, 2011, 10:15:59 PM
Seems like every major human killer natural disaster is overdue.

Mathematical fallacy, probabilistic events (asteroid impacts, etc) can't be "overdue"...earthquakes are an exception though, due to continual buildup in strain...the longer the time between releases (for a given fault), the higher the energy of the release.  Um...
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #16 on: September 01, 2011, 06:30:41 PM »
Quote from: MillCreek on August 31, 2011, 11:08:20 AM
http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/nature/Totally-Psyched-for-the-Full-Rip-Nine.html

My county emergency response administrative team sent out an email link to this article.  It examines the impact of a 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami on the Pacific Northwest coast.  It has been 311 years since the last such quake, and apparently we are overdue. 

We have an emergency response administrative team?
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #17 on: September 01, 2011, 10:46:02 PM »
Quote from: Fly320s on September 01, 2011, 05:56:56 AM
I call DIBS on all your guns and cool stuff!

You can have my guns when you pry them from my cold, dead, wet, crushed by falling debris, drowned by tsunami fingers.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #18 on: September 01, 2011, 10:55:28 PM »
Neskowin South Beach, stumps of ancient trees exposed by shifting sands.  The trees were submerged when an earthquake dropped the coastline 1700-2000 years ago.  Pretty cool place.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #19 on: September 01, 2011, 11:56:20 PM »
Quote from: 41magsnub on September 01, 2011, 09:48:29 AM
Just as long as it doesn't happen this weekend I'm cool!

So long as we're out to sea on the charter boat when it happens we'll be just fine.  Just a slightly bigger swell than the rest of them.  Finding our trucks when we get back to what's left of the docks though will be another matter.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2011, 12:54:46 AM »
I can't wait.   Should make our new home in Las Vegas worth more.
Seeing as it could be ocean front property.  [popcorn]
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2011, 01:05:47 AM »
Quote from: InfidelSerf on September 02, 2011, 12:54:46 AM
I can't wait.   Should make our new home in Las Vegas worth more.
Seeing as it could be ocean front property.  [popcorn]

I think your geography is a bit off....the area in question is along the Juan de Fuca subduction zone, which ranges from far northern California to southern British Columbia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_Plate
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #22 on: September 02, 2011, 01:15:16 AM »
DOH  :facepalm: my bad I didn't even bother reading the link. 
So my reference is to the generally accepted idea that one day
southern California is going to break off.
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #23 on: September 02, 2011, 07:38:23 AM »
It almost did once but Superman saved the day. Then he turned time back and saved Lois Lane too. Superman is awesome. Way better than Batman, who has no super powers, just a bunch of widgets.  :P
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Re: We are all going to die in the coastal Pacific Northwest
« Reply #24 on: September 02, 2011, 08:14:06 AM »
Quote from: 280plus on September 02, 2011, 07:38:23 AM
It almost did once but Superman saved the day. Then he turned time back and saved Lois Lane too. Superman is awesome. Way better than Batman, who has no super powers, just a bunch of widgets.  :P

I've said this before, and I'll say it again, if you really think about, superman is not only a commie (I'll get into that later) but really, an a$$hole.   Let's examine:

We have superman, endowed by his Kryptonian biology and earth's "yellow" (actually white, but that's beside the point) sun with superpowers including: immortality, bulletproof, super speed, super strength, heat vision, cold breath, x-ray vision, and he can fly....basically the ultimate jock.

And his arch nemesis, lux luthor who is...wait for it....smart.  That's it, no superpowers, just smart.  So lex, in true capitalist fashion, decides to make a buck, of course, he's got a weird streak and flexible morals, so his ideas could best be categorized as schemes, at the beginning, but rather than simply instructing lex that it's far easier to make vast piles of money legally if you are beyond genius smart, superman basically foils his plans with ever increasing levels of jock-titude, teaching lex, instead, that super genetic freak jocks will always win (and get the girl) over lowly super smart nerds.  Needless to say, this causes some angst, and he strikes out at his tormentor, superjock, with increasingly outlandish plans, putting the rest of the world into a position as bystanders to "revenge of the nerds 16: nerd strikes back with doomsday weapons".

So it seems the moral of the story is "smart capitalists who thrive on personal responsibility and try to make things happen for themselves will always lose to genetically superior superjocks who want to save everybody, protect the world".   

Needless to say, thinking about that, one can't help but pity lex for not having a good Econ 101 teacher, and look at superman less like "hero of humanity" (odd, given that he is an alien) and more like the big angry guy in revenge of the nerds pummeling the smart kids because they convinced the other retarded jock worshipers to give him their lunch money.
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