http://www.metafilter.com/tags/sanandreas Posts tagged with 'sanandreas' at MetaFilter. Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:35:53 -0800 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:35:53 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/52512/Rocking%2Dand%2Drolling%2DCalifornia%2Dstyle <a href="http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa003&amp;articleID=00080565-8EA2-149A-8EA283414B7F0000">San Andreas primed to "explode."</a> Growing up in SoCal, we constantly practiced <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/earthquakes/archive/quakedrill.dtl">earthquake drills</a> in anticipation of the "<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7832219/">Big One</a>." Now, new evidence suggests that the Big One will be <a href="http://scrippsnews.ucsd.edu/article_detail.cfm?article_num=736">even worse</a> than we all feared. At the moment, everything <a href="http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/step/">looks calm</a> though. People say <a href="http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:4zR1Ag3KiUEJ:www.insidebayarea.com/livinghere/ci_3778853+High+costs%3F+Earthquakes%3F+This+area+is+still+fantastic&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1">we're crazy</a> for living in either San Francisco or Los Angeles, of course we think <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/18/60minutes/main1056304.shtml">living in New Orleans is crazy</a> too. But cities are <a href="http://www.alternet.org/katrina/35122/">rebuilt</a>. And no matter where you go, you really can't escape <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775896.html">natural disasters</a>. Besides, some of the biggest earthquakes in the United States were in <a href="http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/prepare/factsheets/NewMadrid/">Missouri</a>! In any case, Forbes compiled a list of the <a href="http://www.forbes.com/realestate/2005/08/30/safestplaces-insurance-realestate-cx_sc_0830home_ls.html">safest and least safest places to live</a> in the U.S. in regards to natural disasters. Apparently... we should all move to <a href="http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=all&q=hawaii+lava&m=tags">Hawaii</a>! tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.52512 Fri, 23 Jun 2006 18:35:53 -0800 bigone california earthquakes forbes geology losangeles naturaldisasters sanandreas sanfrancisco scripps seismology RockBandit