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 Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:55 pm
*giggles* Well to put it that way. sweatdrop
I still like Arizona though. The geography's just so beautiful. heart
But it IS hot there. xp
Meri, where in California do you live?
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:56 pm
I like Oregon, its rainy. biggrin
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:57 pm
Load damn you LOAD!
*glares at tektek* stare
One place I don't want to live is South Carolina...ugh it's SO humid there! crying
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:57 pm
Here is the general way the San Andreas faultline works:
Two plates are passing eachother at a very slow speed, scraping against eachother. This causes intense heat and pressure. Believe it or not, rocks that are put under enough heat and pressure become elastic and have internal flow (this is how metamorpic rocks form).
As the two tectonic plates slide against eachother, the rocks bend. Just as if you were stretching a rubber band. The farther the plates slide, the more it "stretches", the more pressure builds up. Finally, just like a rubber band, if you pull it too far it will snap and the pressure will be released all in one instant. The plates slide, and thus the earth quakes.
In the case of the San Andreas, the entire fault line is more like several hundred rubber bands in a chain instead of one. First one snaps, and the pressure is released. Then another snaps, and another, and another. As some places in the fault line release pressure, other places regain pressure. It's a continuous cycle at the moment.
Earth quake prediciton is difficult, but relies on this fact. You can set odds for future Earth Quakes by knowing how long it was since the last earthquake. If there was a large earthquake in one area, it's very unlikely that another large earthquake will happen in that place soon, because all of the pressure there was just released. Places that have many small earthquakes over a short period of time are likely to get more small earthquakes soon.
If there is a place on the fault line that has not had any earthquakes in a very long time, it is more likely that a "big one" could happen at that spot, because it might be building up too much pressure. But there is no way to correctly and accurately predict an earthquake. This is practically impossible due to the physics of it all and current technology.
So, if an earthquake happens, don't blame your local Geologists. We're trying sad
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:59 pm
*feels very well informed* biggrin
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 3:59 pm
Hooray, I'm useful!
/end zoidberg joke
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:03 pm
Miriam The Bat Hooray, I'm useful! /end zoidberg joke
And yay for the local trying Geologists!
*is trying to upload pictures of the water stuffs*
I have none of the school though... I got the camera after we left school.
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:05 pm
*smacks tektek*
Yay Zoidburg! heart xd
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:08 pm
Hwa! *is Angelic and kneeling and backwards* blaugh
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:12 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:12 pm
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:44 pm
Dam, think I lost a letter in the bank. whee
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:49 pm
*opens her AEC thread* I need more stuff...
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 4:52 pm
I want to order a bunch more edits now sad
I hope Kimi finishes the futurama edits, so I can order them and order a pretty Fry/Leela wedding edit biggrin
*a little obsessed lately*
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Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 5:25 pm
Oh good, Miri is still on.
Are they okay? sweatdrop
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