{"id":4729,"date":"2011-03-18T08:54:02","date_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=4729"},"modified":"2011-03-18T08:54:02","modified_gmt":"2011-03-18T15:54:02","slug":"okay-chicken-little-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/18\/okay-chicken-little-but\/","title":{"rendered":"Okay, Chicken Little. But …"},"content":{"rendered":"

It would take most readers of this blog about 10 seconds to spot 10 egregious problems with this so-called news item<\/a>. It’s unthinking, uncritical, hysterical newscasting at its worst.<\/p>\n

But once we’ve gotten that<\/i> out of the way … However irresponsible it may be to report without fact-checking that “supermoons” and fish kills mean an earthquake is going to hit the West Coast in the next week<\/i>, why not use this moment to our benefit?<\/p>\n

If we live on the West Coast we know we’re going<\/i> to get an earthquake — a giant one — sometime. Some people are betting on the San Andreas fault. I think the Cascadia subduction zone is more likely to deliver the next big whammy. It’s been 300+ years since the last one<\/a>. And when whammy time comes, it’s likely be huge<\/a> — something along the lines of Alaska 1964, or the recent monsters in Chile<\/a> and Japan.<\/p>\n

Geology, of course, doesn’t give a damn about tiny human timespans and if it could laugh, it would cackle in menacing supervillain fashion at our tiny pretentions and predictions. But we’re here. The rocks under us are grinding along in their own time. And it’s gonna happen. Maybe<\/i> even happen next week — though not because Jim Berkland says so.<\/p>\n

And don’t be smug, you guys smart enough not to live in earthquake zones. You’ve got your own crosses to bear.<\/p>\n

So yes, let’s use this moment while we’re thinking about supermoons and Fortean fishkills and the real or unreal signs of impending quakes<\/a> and timing of quakes<\/a> along the Ring of Fire. No matter where we are, how about making this weekend a time to look at our preps and do a little regularly scheduled buffing up?<\/p>\n

Me, I need to add a new bag of dog food to the emergency cache, check the status of my first aid supplies, and strap down that water heater …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It would take most readers of this blog about 10 seconds to spot 10 egregious problems with this so-called news item. It’s unthinking, uncritical, hysterical newscasting at its worst. But once we’ve gotten that out of the way … However irresponsible it may be to report without fact-checking that “supermoons” and fish kills mean an earthquake is going to hit the West Coast in the next week, why not use this moment to our benefit? If we live on the West Coast we know we’re going to get an earthquake — a giant one — sometime. Some people are betting…<\/p>\n

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