2006-08-04 14:28:45 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
after reading a book called 8.4 i would say my fear is an earthquake larger than 8 on the ricter scale on the new madrid fault system....in that book it pretty much devestated 2/3 of the country
The 8.4 in the title refers to 8.4 on the richter scale. Yes, a very large earthquake. The story centers around a big earthquake, followed, by an even bigger one, then the scientific community gathering together to try to figure out how to prevent another one. This is because the earthquakes are taking place on the New Madrid Seismic Zone in the United States. This is a real earthquake zone in the lower Mississippi Valley, underlying Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennesee, and other states to a lesser extent. Studies show that past earthquakes in the area come in clusters. The first one is 7.1, then the 8.4. Scientists fear another one is coming. The area is already devastated and states have declared martial law. Looting is rampant.
2006-08-04 14:49:52 · answer #1 · answered by storm_magus3 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
...excluding my own demise by more mundane causes...
In order of fear:
1. Nuclear war
2. Biological warfare superbug
3. Natural biological superbug
4. Technological singularity
5. Global climate change
6. Running out of oil before alternatives are up to spead
7. Volcanic winter
8. Asteroid impact event
9. Alien invasion
2006-08-04 21:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't plan to ever set foot in San Francisco area. Major Earthquake scare the heck out of me.
2006-08-04 21:34:18 · answer #3 · answered by barefootboy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
After last year, and since I live only 2 blocks from the ocean, I would have to say hurricanes.
2006-08-04 21:34:21 · answer #4 · answered by Christina D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man...because it's in the world's nature to produce natural disasters.....and it's scary than with like 6 billion people in this world, they constantly cause destruction to eachother.....who knows who to trust? it's scary that it can be in our nature to kill eachother.
2006-08-04 21:35:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flavor Flav.
2006-08-04 21:32:01 · answer #6 · answered by hippiegirl672003 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had been thru several Hurricanes, and yes there scare me, I have lots of animals, and I have to take care of them when they are so scared
2006-08-04 21:34:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural. Cannot be stopped with or without a treaty.
2006-08-04 21:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by Marshal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nuclear weapons from foreign countries. the worst destruction that God could allow without the premature end of mankind.
2006-08-04 21:36:19 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The election ; and re-election, of George W. Bush.
2006-08-04 21:33:41 · answer #10 · answered by grumpyfiend 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋