Another big quake on our faultline
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Another big quake on our faultline
7.7 in Canada
We've now seen BIG quakes to the north and south... we are WAY overdue
Go stock up on supplies and maybe take that vase off the top shelf
M7.7 - 139km S of Masset, Canada 2012-10-28 03:04:10 UTC
We've now seen BIG quakes to the north and south... we are WAY overdue
Go stock up on supplies and maybe take that vase off the top shelf
M7.7 - 139km S of Masset, Canada 2012-10-28 03:04:10 UTC
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Unless you plan on eating bullets, making a bullet tent and sleeping under a bullet blanket... no
I think you'll find many things higher priority than firearms in a natural disaster
That said, I've lost count of how many rounds I have stored at the house
I think you'll find many things higher priority than firearms in a natural disaster
That said, I've lost count of how many rounds I have stored at the house
Well the way our country is working, and think REAL serious here, the only way bullets would actually help is if there is a country-wide huge disaster that depletes our use of national guard/martial law.
At the moment when there are disasters, there is help from other parts of the country...
Now I could be wrong, and help will not arrive soon enough... thinking something like Hurricane Catrina and the amount of looting when there isn't any law enforcement around the area.
Bottom line is that it doesn't hurt to be prepared with a few weapons and ammo. It doesn't hurt just to have some, but the chances of you needing to use them to defend yourself from people going nuts are pretty minuscule, but again it doesn't hurt to have them justttt incase after the earthquake zombies start to rise from some bad infection going around.
At the moment when there are disasters, there is help from other parts of the country...
Now I could be wrong, and help will not arrive soon enough... thinking something like Hurricane Catrina and the amount of looting when there isn't any law enforcement around the area.
Bottom line is that it doesn't hurt to be prepared with a few weapons and ammo. It doesn't hurt just to have some, but the chances of you needing to use them to defend yourself from people going nuts are pretty minuscule, but again it doesn't hurt to have them justttt incase after the earthquake zombies start to rise from some bad infection going around.
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Cheap and effective. First thing to do, fill the bathtub with water. 80-100 gallons of drinkable water. Might not taste good if you are nasty.
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My "go" gun is a .22 because I can carry so much ammo for it.
However right now it is in pieces and I lost all the tiny little e-clips that hold it together.
However right now it is in pieces and I lost all the tiny little e-clips that hold it together.
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Article says that while there is no real correlation of one quake to another, that doesn't mean it can't or doesn't happen. I had noticed the trend over the years that there would be quakes in relatively close proximity time wise to each other on the same plate, chances are they had nothing to do with each other. The reality is, regardless of what is going on somewhere else, it could happen and there's pretty much no way to predict it. In fact, other large quakes should actually reduce the amount of stress in nearby areas.
Note too: that scientist in Italy was jailed for 3 years for "predicting" a big quake that never happened.
I am low on most ammo right now too, with the exception of .45 
In my other town (Red Bluff), even CVS carries ammo though
Note too: that scientist in Italy was jailed for 3 years for "predicting" a big quake that never happened.
There is no known mechanism that can cause one large earthquake to remotely trigger another large earthquake in a different part of the world. If we look at global earthquake statistics, the number and magnitudes of earthquakes in 2010 were not significantly different from other years. The largest magnitude earthquake was the magnitude-8.8 that occurred in Chile. Looking at statistics, we see earthquakes of this size occurring on average about once every 10 years. We will see about one to two magnitude-8.0 earthquakes per year on average.
What was unusual in 2010 was the amount of news coverage about earthquakes. Two factors are at work. The first is that the global communications system has been rapidly improving over the last few decades, making it easier to get information in the form of news and video to the public. The second factor was that while the number of earthquakes around the world was not unusual, the human loss and the devastation caused by the Haitian earthquake was quite unusual. This led to a large amount of coverage by the news media worldwide, which can lead to the perception that there were more earthquakes.
However, there is possible triggering along the same fault or along faults that are in the same region of a major earthquake. There is evidence, in some cases, that once a large earthquake occurs on one section of a fault, within a few years a large earthquake does occur on the adjacent section of the fault. Some examples are in Indonesia, which since the beginning of 2000 has had a series of 22 magnitude-7.0–7.9 events, two magnitude-8.0–8.9 events, and one magnitude-9.5 in 2004. Another example is found in Turkey ( Remotely triggered earthquakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). And a third example occurred in southern California with the 1992 magnitude-6.1 Joshua Tree earthquake (April 23), followed by both the magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake (June 28) and, 3 hours later, the magnitude-6.5 Big Bear Earthquake, and, finally, in 1999 by the magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine earthquake. While these correlations are very intriguing, the physical mechanism is not well understood at this time.
What was unusual in 2010 was the amount of news coverage about earthquakes. Two factors are at work. The first is that the global communications system has been rapidly improving over the last few decades, making it easier to get information in the form of news and video to the public. The second factor was that while the number of earthquakes around the world was not unusual, the human loss and the devastation caused by the Haitian earthquake was quite unusual. This led to a large amount of coverage by the news media worldwide, which can lead to the perception that there were more earthquakes.
However, there is possible triggering along the same fault or along faults that are in the same region of a major earthquake. There is evidence, in some cases, that once a large earthquake occurs on one section of a fault, within a few years a large earthquake does occur on the adjacent section of the fault. Some examples are in Indonesia, which since the beginning of 2000 has had a series of 22 magnitude-7.0–7.9 events, two magnitude-8.0–8.9 events, and one magnitude-9.5 in 2004. Another example is found in Turkey ( Remotely triggered earthquakes - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ). And a third example occurred in southern California with the 1992 magnitude-6.1 Joshua Tree earthquake (April 23), followed by both the magnitude-7.3 Landers earthquake (June 28) and, 3 hours later, the magnitude-6.5 Big Bear Earthquake, and, finally, in 1999 by the magnitude-7.1 Hector Mine earthquake. While these correlations are very intriguing, the physical mechanism is not well understood at this time.
In my other town (Red Bluff), even CVS carries ammo though
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