Topic: The Twitter Thread--A Thread of Great Consequence

[GodSlayer]

Because San Francisco has never been destroyed by an earthquake. In 1906.

keyword: 1906

tell me they have an earthquake season that ruins things every year, and I'll rethink the risk.

[Skulker]

Kinda quiet today. Wonder if people are having problems reconnecting after the server maintenance last night.

[Skulker]

Because San Francisco has never been destroyed by an earthquake. In 1906.

keyword: 1906

tell me they have an earthquake season that ruins things every year, and I'll rethink the risk.

Earthquake season in California runs 12 months a year every year so the risk is constant. The major fault line (the San Andres) that runs through the state is long overdue for a major slippage plus there are thousands of lesser fault lines throughout the state so maybe you should rethink the risk. 

[moj]

And you don't have to go back 100 years, 1989 San Fransisco had a large quake that did a lot of damage to the city. It's more terrifying that they don't come in predictive seasons. You never know when they will strike.

[MikeHz]

Also terrifying in that you can't see them coming, or get a forecast warning on the radio that "it looks like the possibly of an earthquake today."

[DK]

See, that's why I like living in Europe. We civilised nature a long time ago. Pretty much killed off any dangerous wildlife, for the most part the ground stays where it's supposed to and the weather doesn't tend to bizarre, sudden extremes.

Of course, thanks to climate change, that last one is changing. Yeah to droughts, flash floods and snow storms. 

[seaotter]

Because San Francisco has never been destroyed by an earthquake. In 1906.

sent by magic space elves

That's why they raised the gay shield.

[GodSlayer]

Also terrifying in that you can't see them coming, or get a forecast warning on the radio that "it looks like the possibly of an earthquake today."

what do you do when you get a forecast of a hurricane...move your house to a safe place? forecast doesn't seem to help. by contrast, a city that knows it has earthquakes can be and will be earthquake strengthened

(the majority of deaths in the Christchurch earthquake were due to a single office building having been poorly designed/delegated to people who couldn't do the job right). by contrast, ordinary houses built to code and inspected for safety can still be flattened by a tornado, you don't have the expectation of _standards befitting the risk_ like you do in an earthquake zone.

[Johnny Slick]

what do you do when you get a forecast of a hurricane...move your house to a safe place?

What the fuck. Seriously, what the fuck. Please put down the paint chips. They are not foodstuffs.

[stretcher]

Had the most vivid waking hallucination yet, I saw fire behind my bed and totally panicked for a second before it vanished. I was up for like 21 hours due to work and stuff, and got woken up after being asleep for only a few hours by a loud noise outside. I figure that's why.

[pandamonium]

what do you do when you get a forecast of a hurricane...move your house to a safe place?

What the fuck. Seriously, what the fuck. Please put down the paint chips. They are not foodstuffs.

No, really, what do you do? I need to know if I have to move my house to a safe place when CA gets its next hurricane.

We also get tornadoes.

[GodSlayer]

We also get tornadoes.

today i lerned

[pandamonium]

And fog. Oh god the fog.

[GodSlayer]

And fog. Oh god the fog.

at this time of year?

WE've been getting fog here, so thick it feels like you're biking into a gentle rain. ... but it's autumn

[pandamonium]

And fog. Oh god the fog.

at this time of year?

WE've been getting fog here, so thick it feels like you're biking into a gentle rain. ... but it's autumn

It's spring here; I live outside the actual Bay, but San Francisco is always full of fog. And it's Spring here, so, yeah, fog. It's worst at the end of winter/beginning of fall.