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the four seasons of California
Sea Change Started conversation Feb 12, 2005
It's now mudslide season, and from the news every year of downward racing housing, I'd bet California domiciles excel at this kind of thing.
Geologists have supposed for about 20 years that the States coast is an agglomeration of supect terrains.
the four seasons of California
Tonsil Revenge (PG) Posted Feb 13, 2005
The indigenous peoples (original tenants) didn't suspect a thing. They knew. 
Did you hear about the fault line that runs through Manhattan Island?
the four seasons of California
Sea Change Posted Feb 20, 2005
Four years of Geology schooling, and if I ever came across this fact, it didn't stick. Has New York City ever had an earthquake? 
the four seasons of California
Sea Change Posted Apr 14, 2006
Wow, that's a gruesome article! I didn't know about the 5 quakes. Experience in California shows that brick buildings collapse in a 6 unless they are reinforced. UCLA aimed to look all east-coast-y and ivy league, so many of it's buildings *look* like they're made of brick, but it is all facings. I'll bet that's not true of NYC.
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