RailRide posted:p51 posted:<snip>I live in an area that has the potential for a massive earthquake someday. The last happened in the 18th century and happens every few centuries or so and apparently nobody realized this until within my own lifetime. So now, we are bombarded with "It's going to happen any day now!" messages from people who apparently don't realize you can't predict earthquakes and none happen on a schedule.
Is that near the area that's supposed to get buried in mud the next time Mt Rainier decides to lose some weight?
Yes, an event which might not happen for thousands (or maybe even tens of thousands) of years. You don't suggest everyone evacuate the entire Pacific Northwest over a threat that people would see coming from a long way off (go look at how long people were warned before Mt St Helens blew in 1980, long before we have the technology to monitor such events now)?
