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Finally. With tomorrow's massive earthquake drill planned for 10:00 a.m. (are you taking part in the Great Southern California ShakeOut?), the federal government along with tons of scientists and local agencies have put out this death-defying dramatic video on YouTube that will hopefully scare the bejesus out of Los Angeles area residents to actually prepare themselves. This is one of those scare tactics we'll gladly accept from big bro. Get thyself prepared.
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amazing video. scary... but well done.
"the federal government along with tons of scientists and local agencies have put out this death-defying dramatic video" but it was designed, directed, and animated by theo alexopoulos :-)
is this about an earthquake or a true story about our economy?
So wait. 1,500 buildings will collapse, but only 1,800 people will die? Something is dreadfully wrong with these numbers.
the numbers given are those projected by the scientists over at the us geological survey... keep in mind that although only 1,800 casualties are predicted, 53,300 is the number of injured.
And? 300,000 buildings are supposed to be damaged. That, plus 1500 collapsed buildings, plus infrastructure damage, plus people caught outside, would amount to a hell of a lot more than 1,800 deaths and 53,000 injuries. Either the projections on human damage are too low or the projections on structural damage are too high.
great now my palms are sweaty
can't they do something about this? like pour cement in the faults or SOMETHING?
i dunno saltmine, i understand what you're saying... all i know is that those are the numbers that the gov't crunched and that scientists have projected based on all the information they have. we should take it up with the usgs i suppose, haha. but i do know 300,000 buildings damaged would account for all those homes/structures that may only have cracks and other minor damage, etc...
Okay this really makes me want to get an emergency kit put together sooner rather than later.
Growing up in Southern California, one has a tendency to be kind of blasé about earthquakes, but they really are terrifying.