[HN Gopher] The Really Big One (2015)
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The Really Big One (2015)
Author : Tomte
Score : 26 points
Date : 2025-04-23 17:49 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| pvg wrote:
| https://archive.is/2roYZ
| psunavy03 wrote:
| https://pnsn.org/blog/2015/10/30/don-t-be-scared-be-prepared...
| LiquidPolymer wrote:
| This article keeps coming back up. I know so many people in
| Oregon who freaked out about this and started prepping go-bags
| and family emergency plans. Yet nobody really thinks about it
| much now. Such is human nature.
|
| A while back on this forum I explained how I have my truck camper
| fully fueled, stocked with water, foo, and propane. Its
| electrical system is solar charged but it also has a built-in
| generator. It's in this "ready mode" as an emergency shelter for
| my family. We don't get much warning with an earthquake.
|
| I was ridiculed by a few folks who seemed to suggest I was a
| paranoid prepper. But this article and its message have never
| left my mind.
| refulgentis wrote:
| The older I get, the more I get more interested in the tidal
| flows of information
|
| It's both misunderstood and understood.
|
| Ex. Given a 9 year old article, we jump from "so many people
| freaked out" to "nobody cares about it now." --- nobody cares
| is easy falsified --- but then we confirm it and attribute it
| to "human nature". (which much like astrology, people will fill
| in that gap with _any time they perceived others as not-caring
| about something they care about it_ )
|
| But, we also recognize _the article is reposted and on the
| front page again_ , indicating it is _novel_ to a large subset
| of people. Despite the fact it has been posted no less than _25
| times_.
| llsf wrote:
| You might consider adding a starlink mini in your emergency
| kit, if not already. As terrestrial communications would be
| affected in the area.
| perihelions wrote:
| https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9878160 (2015 -- 275
| comments)
| galago wrote:
| I was in a second floor bedroom in an old creaky wooden house for
| the "Spring Break Quake" in Salem, Oregon in 1993. The whole
| house rocked back and forth and I got out of bed to see if there
| had been an explosion. Its spooky how people expect things of
| relatively low probability to just be zero. I turned on a radio
| and the DJ had interrupted the song to explain that an earthquake
| had occurred. The Willamette valley has lots of brick buildings
| that aren't really prepared for what's going to happen.
|
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Scotts_Mills_earthquake
| djoldman wrote:
| Here's the FEMA estimate and plan:
|
| https://mil.wa.gov/asset/62bc6bf87b6dc
| anoldperson wrote:
| > Then it ticked past the sixty-second mark, making it longer
| than the others that week. The shaking intensified.
|
| That last sentence struck a chord. It's crazy being in the most
| violent event of your life, and then it gets more intense, like
| it dropped a gear and floored it.
|
| 10/10 would recommend experiencing a massive quake, if it were
| not for the small matter of widespread destruction in your city.
| Of course several months and 10000 aftershocks later, they're not
| as much fun.
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