California is NOT Prepared For The Big One

Experts say catastrophic fires and lack of water could 'cut lifelines' to megaquake survivors

By Afp and Mark Prigg
Daily Mail

July 13, 2016

Beyond the sunshine, the palm trees, and Hollywood, if there is one certainty in California, it’s that a massive earthquake will strike at some point.

But when the Big One hits, a recent report says, the western state is ill-prepared and local officials, as well as major businesses, need to face that reality to ‘prevent the inevitable disaster from becoming a catastrophe.’

Drafted by a group of business and policy leaders, the report identifies several key areas that need to be addressed before a quake as strong as a magnitude 8 happens, notably aging infrastructure, water supplies and the risk of catastrophic fires.

REEBOW TACTICAL GEAR 1... Check Amazon for Pricing. One of the biggest vulnerabilities, the report states, relates to the Cajon Pass, a narrow mountain pass where the mighty San Andreas Fault intersects with key lifelines, including freeways, railway lines, gas and petroleum pipelines as well as electric lines.

A major earthquake on the San Andreas, one of California’s most dangerous faults, would cut most lifelines in and out of southern California, preventing critical aid from reaching some 20 million people and hampering recovery efforts, experts say.

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It is commonly referred to as the ‘Big One’ a hypothetical earthquake of magnitude 8 or greater that is expected to happen along the San Andreas fault.

Such a quake is expected to produce devastation to human civilization within about 50-100 miles of the quake zone, especially in urban areas like Palm Springs, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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