Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] looks like they finally have a shoot-to-kill order in N.O.

[Vern Green <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> 
> On a related subject, I have heard that Missouri lies on a major
> earthquake fault (the New Madrid Fault) that will cause some damage in
> Columbia, but will devestate St Louis.  (For example, I believe that the
> St Louis Arch was not built to be earthquake proof, so this is not going
> to be a permanent monument for ages to come.)  The only preparation I
> have made is that I have an additional earthquake premium added to my
> house insurance.
> 
It is a major fault, and a very active fault, just not as powerful as
the west coast ones. I remember when I was a kid we used to have
tremors growing up. Mind you, these tremors were nothing like the
house rattlers out in here California, they usually consisted of a
small rumble or a shake through the house.

It is said that a magnitude 4 earthquake in St. Louis would cause
millions perhaps billions in damage. A 4 is nothing in California
anymore even though we do still have building damage if a building is
on the epicenter.

Apparently in the 1800s there were some quakes that reached the
magnitude of 8. If those happened in St. Louis today, the death toll
and the damage would dwarf what they see in New Orleans right now. The
Northridge quake out here in California was between a 6 and a 7, the
Frisco quaker was nearly a 7. The last quake in turkey that claimed
17,000 lives was a 7.2.

So if an 8 ever hit in  St. Louis, I would predict little to be left
standing in the St. Louis area and thousands would be dead. It is not
a question of if it happens really, only a question of when.

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Thanks
F Vernon Green

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