[quote=flu][quote=spdrun]Think what a strong earthquake in the wrong place would do – make Sandy look like a summer rain shower.[/quote]
Sure, and tomorrow Jesus Christ could be coming and then it will be all over anyway and a lot of people screwed, so it won’t matter anymore. Or the martians from Mars could be coming, and it’s all over too. Or you could get hit by a bus tomorrow on the way to work, and it won’t matter either…
You’re arguing for the sake of arguing even when it’s completely ridiculous basis of arguing with far flung completely unknown things that *could* happen… Really now…[/quote]
There are many places in the world that were major cities (or empires) and are now just a pathetic shadow of what they once were. Nothing lasts forever.