2007-08-30 06:47:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology
Hmm... lemme see. Sunshine and clear skies 300 days out of the year... mild weather... ocean front property... 8th richest economy on the PLANET... good university system... decent professional sports teams... movie stars... high tech industry.... ethnic diversity... liberal society... skiing in the morning and surfing at sunset... movies... plays/theatres... incredible fruit & vegetable selections all year round ...no tornados... no hurricanes... no crippling blizzards... no volcanos.
...in exchange, the ground shakes a little bit from time to time & Southern California is eventually going to end up in Northern California.
2007-08-30 07:01:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is NOT going to break off and fall into the sea. The San Andreas fault in southern California marks the boundary between the Pacific tectonic plate and the North American tectonic plate. The SAF is a "strike-slip" fault, meaning that the plates are SLIDING past each other. The part of California that exists on the Pacific plate (west of the SAF) is sliding ot the north, toward Alaska. Eventually (in millions of years) San Francisco will be a suburb of Anchorage!
I do agree with you though...what's the point of living in southern California? But then again, I live in Las Vegas!
2007-08-31 18:52:53 · answer #2 · answered by Wayner 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whats the point of living in Hawaii when volcanoes will erupt and melt your house down? What's the point of living in Japan when its slowly sinking into the ocean by the earthquakes? Whats the point of living anywhere when there are natural disasters?
Dont worry, it wont happen for another thousands of years. =]
2007-08-30 18:00:44 · answer #3 · answered by Someone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not going to happen for like thousands of years. I believe the San Andreas fault moves about 1 foot each year. So by the time So Cal rides northward into the ocean we'll all be long gone.
2007-08-30 13:57:28 · answer #4 · answered by fordy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because yearly hurricanes and tornadoes that make wide paths of destruction suck more than the once every few years earthquake that cracks a couple of brick walls.
2007-08-31 13:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by Ken P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yopu might as well ask What's the point of living, since you will die eventually. The answer is the same for both questions - It's what you do from now to then that matters.
2007-08-30 14:23:30 · answer #6 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
we live in cali because eventually the big EQ will come and everything east of the rockies will slip into the atlantic
2007-08-30 13:57:51 · answer #7 · answered by Piglet O 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's not gonna happen. What may happen (not just in California) is a mega tsunami, because of a volcano in La Palma. Don't worry about it and live your life =)
2007-08-30 17:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Disasters may happen anywhere and any time.We must be prepared to encounter the situations.No use of fearing for this.
2007-08-31 03:25:25 · answer #9 · answered by A.Ganapathy India 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eric C
You forgot ; high pollution, worst health system on the planet, Valley girls etc
2007-08-30 14:09:45 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋