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ParticipantAssuming that the following bill will be passed:
No need to assume. … if you remember that old song from School House ROck (“I’m just a Bill”) you would know that since the president actually signed it, this bill is now a law.
ParticipantWhat about their chance to become homeless?
Personally, I’d rather be temporarily homeless than permanently dead. But that’s just me.
There was a study a couple of years ago by UCLA. They’ve concluded that a 7.0+ is likely to happen in the next 30 years somewhere along San Andreas Fault in Southern California.
I saw the same prediction of the big one within 30 years on a May 1977 episode of “In Search Of: Earthquakes” narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
Anyway, people are usually more afraid of the more rare threats (e.g. shark attacks, earthquakes, terrorist attacks) than the more common ones (car accidents, smoking, hit by a falling coconut) whereas the more common event usually tend to be far more damaging.
ParticipantWhat about their chance to become homeless?
Personally, I’d rather be temporarily homeless than permanently dead. But that’s just me.
There was a study a couple of years ago by UCLA. They’ve concluded that a 7.0+ is likely to happen in the next 30 years somewhere along San Andreas Fault in Southern California.
I saw the same prediction of the big one within 30 years on a May 1977 episode of “In Search Of: Earthquakes” narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
Anyway, people are usually more afraid of the more rare threats (e.g. shark attacks, earthquakes, terrorist attacks) than the more common ones (car accidents, smoking, hit by a falling coconut) whereas the more common event usually tend to be far more damaging.
ParticipantWhat about their chance to become homeless?
Personally, I’d rather be temporarily homeless than permanently dead. But that’s just me.
There was a study a couple of years ago by UCLA. They’ve concluded that a 7.0+ is likely to happen in the next 30 years somewhere along San Andreas Fault in Southern California.
I saw the same prediction of the big one within 30 years on a May 1977 episode of “In Search Of: Earthquakes” narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
Anyway, people are usually more afraid of the more rare threats (e.g. shark attacks, earthquakes, terrorist attacks) than the more common ones (car accidents, smoking, hit by a falling coconut) whereas the more common event usually tend to be far more damaging.
ParticipantWhat about their chance to become homeless?
Personally, I’d rather be temporarily homeless than permanently dead. But that’s just me.
There was a study a couple of years ago by UCLA. They’ve concluded that a 7.0+ is likely to happen in the next 30 years somewhere along San Andreas Fault in Southern California.
I saw the same prediction of the big one within 30 years on a May 1977 episode of “In Search Of: Earthquakes” narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
Anyway, people are usually more afraid of the more rare threats (e.g. shark attacks, earthquakes, terrorist attacks) than the more common ones (car accidents, smoking, hit by a falling coconut) whereas the more common event usually tend to be far more damaging.
ParticipantWhat about their chance to become homeless?
Personally, I’d rather be temporarily homeless than permanently dead. But that’s just me.
There was a study a couple of years ago by UCLA. They’ve concluded that a 7.0+ is likely to happen in the next 30 years somewhere along San Andreas Fault in Southern California.
I saw the same prediction of the big one within 30 years on a May 1977 episode of “In Search Of: Earthquakes” narrated by Leonard Nimoy.
Anyway, people are usually more afraid of the more rare threats (e.g. shark attacks, earthquakes, terrorist attacks) than the more common ones (car accidents, smoking, hit by a falling coconut) whereas the more common event usually tend to be far more damaging.
ParticipantI thought this sounded familiar.
Did you notice the date on the article was from August 2007 ?ParticipantI thought this sounded familiar.
Did you notice the date on the article was from August 2007 ?ParticipantI thought this sounded familiar.
Did you notice the date on the article was from August 2007 ?ParticipantI thought this sounded familiar.
Did you notice the date on the article was from August 2007 ?ParticipantI thought this sounded familiar.
Did you notice the date on the article was from August 2007 ?Participant[quote=BKinLA]Looks like it’s been downgraded to a 5.4 magnitude.
Of course, the 5.8 factor still applies to the impact on the So Cal housing market as a result of the tremor. “Honey, pack your bags. We’re going back to Kansas!”
[/quote]The odd thing is that they are about 3 times as likely to die in a tornado in Kansas than an earthquake in LA.
In the past 20 years about 50 people have died in tornados in the state of Kansas, population 2.7 Million. A rate of 18 per million people.
IN the past 20 years about 72 people have died as a result of earthquake in the Los Angeles Metro area, population 12.8 million. .
A rate of 5.6 per million people.Participant[quote=BKinLA]Looks like it’s been downgraded to a 5.4 magnitude.
Of course, the 5.8 factor still applies to the impact on the So Cal housing market as a result of the tremor. “Honey, pack your bags. We’re going back to Kansas!”
[/quote]The odd thing is that they are about 3 times as likely to die in a tornado in Kansas than an earthquake in LA.
In the past 20 years about 50 people have died in tornados in the state of Kansas, population 2.7 Million. A rate of 18 per million people.
IN the past 20 years about 72 people have died as a result of earthquake in the Los Angeles Metro area, population 12.8 million. .
A rate of 5.6 per million people.Participant[quote=BKinLA]Looks like it’s been downgraded to a 5.4 magnitude.
Of course, the 5.8 factor still applies to the impact on the So Cal housing market as a result of the tremor. “Honey, pack your bags. We’re going back to Kansas!”
[/quote]The odd thing is that they are about 3 times as likely to die in a tornado in Kansas than an earthquake in LA.
In the past 20 years about 50 people have died in tornados in the state of Kansas, population 2.7 Million. A rate of 18 per million people.
IN the past 20 years about 72 people have died as a result of earthquake in the Los Angeles Metro area, population 12.8 million. .
A rate of 5.6 per million people. -
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