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[bearclaw]

Nodachi said:
If you want to see just how active southern California is check out this link.

Uh, now that's kind of scary.

I actually live in a Northern BC (Canada) town in which the same fault line as the San Andres runs right through down town. It's well known to locals here about it too. IIRC, the estimate is that when the BIG ONE hits California, it will cause our end to become much more active. In the 30 years I've lived here, I've felt 3 minor tremors. Enough to wake me up at night but nothing major than to shake the pictures on the walls.

[NarfsCompIsBack]

Heh. Vancouver has been due for a big one for years now.

[TerranC]

Forget Tokyo, disregard California, don't worry about the Pacific Northwest, because this will be one heck of a catastrophe should it ever happen:

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/TECH/sc...29/tidal.wave/

[Kamog]

NarfsCompDied said:
Heh. Vancouver has been due for a big one for years now.

Yeah, I keep hearing that too and we're not ready for one. Fortunately, Vancouver is safe from tsunamis because the island will get hit and block them from reaching Vancouver.

[Starhawk]

Hey folks I hope not to sound to arrogant here as I am really not trying too and am not even trying to be offensive but anyway:

Ever notice scientists preach death and hellfire and destruction "within ten years" or so? They've always done this since the time of Darwin they seem to enjoy making simple minded or uninformed people terrified because without those terrified people their research money would dry up and there'd be a lot fewer "scientists" then there are.

Scienctists are the same folks that tell you one year X food will kill you and then the year after tell you X food is not actually that bad for you, but now Y food will kill you. Watch the news anyone? Scientists have changed their minds about things so dang often but it's always just a depressing thing.

Like for example they say that the US milk supply is tainted with rocket fuel, any proof? not really but it's massive speculation and they provided no further answers beyond "It's not quite something to panic about but you should worry." why? Because if your scared you'll keep paying attention to their research I mean for once I'd like to hear a scientist say "Hey folks everything is okay." but you never will

Science is the tool of the pessimistic sot in the wrong hands and with mass media the way it is these same "sots" get more attention then the "real" scientists who are trying to cure cancer or help mankind.

Bad news and scary news gets more attention then good news so until the end of the world we'll be seeing bad news with only a smigin of good news mixed in to throw you off lol.

[Kamog]

In the past few days I remember reading that cell phones might cause brain tumors or something, so kids shouldn't talk on cell phones.

[Will]

Those aren't scientists. There are some people who claim to be scientists that use scare tactics like that, but that claim is often just as dubious as the "sky is falling!" claims that they spout off. The majority of the media reports about health risks, disasters, etc. are the result of JOURNALISTS, not scientists, misconstruing data and results from scientific reports. Sometimes researchers go along with it for the extra exposure and cash, but you'll notice most of the time, media reports only on "published studies", and don't bother interviewing the researchers and scientists themselves. Usually because it doesn't make "good news", meaning something that will increase Ratings and thus advertising revenues.

[Starhawk]

Well I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that way about the media "Scientists" and their doomsday crap

[Renegade 13]

Kamog said:

Yeah, I keep hearing that too and we're not ready for one. Fortunately, Vancouver is safe from tsunamis because the island will get hit and block them from reaching Vancouver.

Yeah, I heard that too. And I've also heard it said that that's bull. I don't doubt that Vancouver would be affected, though maybe not as bad as it would be without the island being there.

[Nodachi]

Starhawk, don't blame the scientists. They are often taken out of context or misquoted. I'm sure there are just as many scientists discovering good things but unfortunately good news doesn't sell. So blame the media.