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'This Was a Warning'

A seismologist on the importance of bracing for the Big One.

By Jamie Reno | Newsweek Web Exclusive
Jul 30, 2008 | Updated: 11:47  a.m. ET Jul 30, 2008

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  • Posted By: edweirdness @ 07/30/2008 1:50:12 PM

    Does this mean that tax payers will have to pick up the costs when the big one finally hits? If that's the case, why isn't California's government implementing policies to minimize the cost to America's tax payers?

    • Posted By: summer4077 @ 08/01/2008 3:07:40 PM

      Did you see the news release that the Governator wants to let go of all temporary and part-time State employees, and slash full-time employees' wages to the federal minimum wage? That's over 200,000 employees that will go from making a decent living to making next to nothing. Crazy.

      • Posted By: Dragonheartxp @ 08/01/2008 7:57:07 PM

        Maybe the state workers will FINALLY know what it's like to be at the bottom haveing to scratch and scrape for a change.....they have gotten too comfy over the years.
        GOOD GOING ARNOLD!!

  • Posted By: Dragonheartxp @ 08/01/2008 7:54:21 PM

    I have been watching the USGS site for the last 3 years and late last year the strenght of the quakes got stronger. I tried to warn my co-workers that they should be prepared for an event in March of this year and what did it get me??? I got layed off.....he was too strange.....guess who had the last laugh.
    You can bet there's going to be another event and it's going to be a real strong shake....count on it.

  • Posted By: whyshouldi @ 07/30/2008 2:02:47 PM

    This is so stupid! every time we have a earth quake they say the same dumb thing...... its a warning the big one is coming.....Blah Blah Blah

    • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/01/2008 12:28:35 PM

      This is how BIG money is transferred..To look at when the next BIG one will hit..Scientists love it when things like this happens...It encourages governments to send money their way for more research, just to tell us "the big one is coming!"

  • Posted By: observer101 @ 08/01/2008 12:13:00 PM

    Because ed, when the BIG ONE hits the libs and dems can blame it on the Bush admin, and claim he caused it by going to war with Iraq...It all makes sense now.

  • Posted By: RHD7 @ 07/30/2008 5:24:59 PM

    Like in SD and didn't feel a thing...

  • Posted By: idonow @ 07/30/2008 4:00:39 PM

    i am preparing by buying land in barstow,future ocean front property buy now while it's cheap!!

  • Posted By: MontanBrandDevelopment @ 07/30/2008 3:04:55 PM

    With all the "Blah Blah Blah" it would take a special kind of stupid not to be prepared for when it WILL eventually happen. I'll bet Whyshouldi is a special kind of ....

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