Life Cataclysm - Is it going to happen to you?

Frazod · 01-21-2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by lazepoo

True... I remember hearing something a few years ago about bringing more things like the bridges and public buildings into code for just those reasons but the funding wasn't there. I'll have to check the book out. Did it list any real-life studies on the subject? I remember seeing something on the last New Madrid quakes on Discovery or something, but I've never really read a lot on the subject specifically.

The book itself was about what happened to a handful of survivors and their struggles to survive - it was very reminiscent of The Stand, minus the supernatural aspects. But the quakes and what would happen was all based on prior quakes and the actual damage that occurred. Of course, 200 years ago the midwest was very sparsely populated. If those things happened today, it would be ugly.

View Poll Results: Odds of an American Cataclysm in Your Lifetime
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