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As a native Californian this provokes a bit of a chuckle. Try a six plus sometime! But seriously, I hope everything is fine.

__loam 3y ago
Buildings a quite a bit older on the east coast and building codes are obviously more lax so we should probably have some empathy here haha.
- gosub100 3y ago
  Plus the main aqua duct that supplies several million people is old and fragile. A simple earthquake could possibly turn into a Flint, Michigan level disaster.
ancientworldnow 3y ago
The geology of the east coast makes earthquakes about ten times more intense (according to usgs) so this is similar to a west coast high five.
- wilg 3y ago
  What does "intense" mean?
  - nashashmi 3y ago
    The shockwaves travel further. The 2011 earthquake was in Virginia and everyone felt it on the eastern seaboard. It was only 2.4 M too. Still.
    - areyousure 3y ago
      In case anyone was curious, the 2011 Virginia earthquake was magnitude 5.8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
      - nashashmi 3y ago
        Yes. Thanks for the correction. I didn’t know
- dredmorbius 3y ago
  Do you have a link to share on that? I'm aware that Atlantic and mid-American quakes are felt over a much wider area than Left-coast temblors, because of the more-intact, less-fractured, largely limestone and granitic foundation bedrock (as opposed to a largely fractured sedimentary basement along the Pacific seaboard). But is the actual shaking intensity greater? AFAIU that's mostly affected by factors such as ground liquifaction, total ground water, and the like, which tend to be fairly strongly localised in effect. E.g., you can find seismic hazard maps of the SF Bay Area which show high-risk regions, largely on fill, reclaimed marsh, and sand dunes (e.g., the Marina, Financial District, SOMA, Sunset and Richmond districts of San Francisco), as opposed to bedrock (Twin Peaks, Potrero Hill). The former all amplify ground movement, the latter tend to shake far less. River bottom land and estuaries on the East Coast would similarly show higher seismic motion, but I'm not sure this carries over for the region as a whole.
dev_tty01 3y ago
As an easterner who lived in California for many years, the breathless news coverage of a tiny thunderstorm in CA which had a bit of lightning provoked a bit of a chuckle. The report was accompanied with statistics about how rarely lightning injured people and there was no real cause for concern.
- georgeecollins 3y ago
  Totally! The company I work for in Los Angeles gave a people a work from home day because it was raining. You can't be expected to drive to work in the rain? Not after COVID apparently.
- swasheck 3y ago
  in fairness, the wildfire risk in CA is pretty high so lightning could be a legitimate big concern
scrumper 3y ago
Ha, I'm glad you capitalized on what was a great opportunity for a bit of inter-coastal banter. I'm only sorry my response was delayed. Perhaps we can reconcile our feelings at a holistic soul-healing retreat :)

__loam 3y ago

Buildings a quite a bit older on the east coast and building codes are obviously more lax so we should probably have some empathy here haha.

gosub100 3y ago
Plus the main aqua duct that supplies several million people is old and fragile. A simple earthquake could possibly turn into a Flint, Michigan level disaster.

ancientworldnow 3y ago

The geology of the east coast makes earthquakes about ten times more intense (according to usgs) so this is similar to a west coast high five.

wilg 3y ago
What does "intense" mean?
- nashashmi 3y ago
  The shockwaves travel further. The 2011 earthquake was in Virginia and everyone felt it on the eastern seaboard. It was only 2.4 M too. Still.
  - areyousure 3y ago
    In case anyone was curious, the 2011 Virginia earthquake was magnitude 5.8: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake
    - nashashmi 3y ago
      Yes. Thanks for the correction. I didn’t know
dredmorbius 3y ago
Do you have a link to share on that? I'm aware that Atlantic and mid-American quakes are felt over a much wider area than Left-coast temblors, because of the more-intact, less-fractured, largely limestone and granitic foundation bedrock (as opposed to a largely fractured sedimentary basement along the Pacific seaboard). But is the actual shaking intensity greater? AFAIU that's mostly affected by factors such as ground liquifaction, total ground water, and the like, which tend to be fairly strongly localised in effect. E.g., you can find seismic hazard maps of the SF Bay Area which show high-risk regions, largely on fill, reclaimed marsh, and sand dunes (e.g., the Marina, Financial District, SOMA, Sunset and Richmond districts of San Francisco), as opposed to bedrock (Twin Peaks, Potrero Hill). The former all amplify ground movement, the latter tend to shake far less. River bottom land and estuaries on the East Coast would similarly show higher seismic motion, but I'm not sure this carries over for the region as a whole.

dev_tty01 3y ago

As an easterner who lived in California for many years, the breathless news coverage of a tiny thunderstorm in CA which had a bit of lightning provoked a bit of a chuckle. The report was accompanied with statistics about how rarely lightning injured people and there was no real cause for concern.

georgeecollins 3y ago
Totally! The company I work for in Los Angeles gave a people a work from home day because it was raining. You can't be expected to drive to work in the rain? Not after COVID apparently.
swasheck 3y ago
in fairness, the wildfire risk in CA is pretty high so lightning could be a legitimate big concern

scrumper 3y ago

Ha, I'm glad you capitalized on what was a great opportunity for a bit of inter-coastal banter. I'm only sorry my response was delayed. Perhaps we can reconcile our feelings at a holistic soul-healing retreat :)