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Everyone in the Midwest Okay? Earthquake this AM
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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 698982" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>The last New Madrid quake was 200 years ago. My guess as to why no one takes action is because the fault may shift next week or not for the next 500 years. There is no way to know...any more than if the super volcano under Yellowstone is going to blow...and it could. That would be much worse than an earthquake caused by the NM fault. The North West is a powder keg. Who ever thought Mt. St. Helens would erupt in 1980? I understand that Mt. Lassen erupted last in 1915 and is still active. Mt. Hood, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Rainier - all those mountains are volcanos and they aren't dead. </p><p></p><p>Is it risky to put nuclear plants near a fault? Sure. It was risky to build one in Japan - a country known to be unstable and subject to severe storms and tsunamis. I'm sure a cost/benefit analysis was done at the time and the risk was deemed acceptable. Was it? Probably not. New Orleans is sinking under water - as is Venice, Italy. Look how big the population is in Southern California - where quakes aren't even unusual. We humans don't always put things in the most logical places.</p><p></p><p>The way I see it, you can worry about stuff that may never happen, or you can live your life and not make yourself a wreck over something you can't prevent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 698982, member: 17309"] The last New Madrid quake was 200 years ago. My guess as to why no one takes action is because the fault may shift next week or not for the next 500 years. There is no way to know...any more than if the super volcano under Yellowstone is going to blow...and it could. That would be much worse than an earthquake caused by the NM fault. The North West is a powder keg. Who ever thought Mt. St. Helens would erupt in 1980? I understand that Mt. Lassen erupted last in 1915 and is still active. Mt. Hood, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Rainier - all those mountains are volcanos and they aren't dead. Is it risky to put nuclear plants near a fault? Sure. It was risky to build one in Japan - a country known to be unstable and subject to severe storms and tsunamis. I'm sure a cost/benefit analysis was done at the time and the risk was deemed acceptable. Was it? Probably not. New Orleans is sinking under water - as is Venice, Italy. Look how big the population is in Southern California - where quakes aren't even unusual. We humans don't always put things in the most logical places. The way I see it, you can worry about stuff that may never happen, or you can live your life and not make yourself a wreck over something you can't prevent. [/QUOTE]
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