I Fell Into A Burning Ring Of Fire

[freebeard]

http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/The-Quake-Connection-and-How-It-Could-Be-Signaling-a-Mega-Seism-20160417-0009.html

Japan, Ecuador, Philippines and Vanatu—hit by quakes this last week—are on the Ring of Fire. One expert believes a "mega" earthquake is in the making.

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So the Ring of Fire is jumpin' and jivin'. I'm not going to editorialize much, but I do wonder what's the best course of action. Try to get to the carport and into the car so when the trees come down there is two layers of protection?

One things for sure, I'll watch Suspiciou0bservers more closely. They are into predicting the timing (not location) of earthquakes based on solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other factors. As of this posting they predict another earthquake as given in the next 16 hours. ...unless the 6.0 in the South Sandwich Islands relieved some pressures.

Interesting times.

Edit: I finished watching

today's episode

. We were just missed by a CME 10-50 times bigger than the one that took out a lot of electrical equipment last year.

It's when the CME reaches Earth just as the [large, angry-looking massive] sunspot is Earth-facing that you want to hold onto your britches.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by freebeard

...I do wonder what's the best course of action. Try to get to the carport and into the car so when the trees come down there is two layers of protection?

Pacific Northwest? Within a few hundred feet of sea level? When the tsunami hits, trees are going to be the least of your worries.

[freebeard]

Yup, Cascadia Subduction zone. For sure the current activity tightens the ratchet.

Here's a wonderfully snarky rebuttal to the "everything West of I-5" fearmongering.

The New Yorker earthquake article unleashes tsunami of social media: 8 takeaways | OregonLive.com

In today's episode, S0 re-emphasized the moderation from the cross-fault in the South Pacific. He also announced a new big video this afternoon, "The #1 Risk to Earth", that came out of some recent conference.

edit: I've got the coast range to the West. The breach would be around about Mary's Peak. At one time the Willamette flowed southward to the Pacific through there.

After the trees , I have concern about bridges, dams and electricity. That and drowning in hoarder's soup.

[spacemanspif]

Safest place to be during an earthquake is an open field. If a tsunami is your fear, best to head inland and up in elevation. Grab a topo map to hypothesize where flood waters will flow. If you worry about natural disasters that are completely unpredictable, you must have a very stress free life. Most people worry about their Twitter status and will be tweeting away as the flood waters rise.

I don't believe solar flares cause earthquakes, I believe pressure of continental drift does. If it weren't for buildings and overpasses an earthquake would cause almost no issues on land other than small landscape modifications. Earthquakes that cause tsunamis are more problematic.

[Fat Charlie]

Blame fracking.

[freebeard]

It turns out sunspots have a correlate in earthspots. Solar activities don't cause the earthquakes, they trigger them. ...it says here.

https://www.topoquest.com/map.php?lat=45.56372&lon=-123.92066&datum=nad27&zoom=4&map=auto&coord=d&mode =zoomin&size=s

There is this massive knob just NW of downtown Garibaldi, OR. I can't find the elevation but it's shown in this map. If I really thought things were imminent, I should rent an apartment in the back streets of Garibaldi, with a mountain bike outside the door. When the sirens go off I just beat cleats up the hill. If it doesn't break to one side or the other, whichever way it comes in, then it's downright Biblical. Otherwise it would be a great view.

[freebeard]

Cascadia extends south into Northern California. Then it's San Andreas' fault. [pun intended]

The Canary Islands are more likely to fall into the ocean than California.

[MobilOne]

I think that the Fat Lady and the Canary will both sing.

[oil pan 4]

One of a laundry list of reasons why I don't live on the west coast.

[jamesqf]

Originally Posted by freebeard

The Canary Islands are more likely to fall into the ocean than California.

Well, parts of California fall into the ocean on a fairly regular basis, see e.g. Devil's Slide or Malibu beach houses. But it's a big place, and lots of it is several thousand feet above sea level.