Liberator TJ1984
09-16-2005, 08:32 AM
I'm just passin' this on :D
Cali. they are saying your Next :idea:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As many as 18,000 people dead. More than $250 billion in damages. Hundreds of thousands of people left homeless.
That's not the latest estimate of Hurricane Katrina's toll on the Gulf Coast. That's a worst-case scenario if a major earthquake were to hit Los Angeles.
The figures are hypothetical, from a model published in May by government researchers studying the Puente Hills fault under the city.
Scientists warn that there's little doubt a major quake will hit California in coming years or decades, though many scenarios are not as disastrous as Puente Hills.
As was the case with Katrina, experts say the federal government hasn't done enough to prepare.
Cali. they are saying your Next :idea:
WASHINGTON (AP) -- As many as 18,000 people dead. More than $250 billion in damages. Hundreds of thousands of people left homeless.
That's not the latest estimate of Hurricane Katrina's toll on the Gulf Coast. That's a worst-case scenario if a major earthquake were to hit Los Angeles.
The figures are hypothetical, from a model published in May by government researchers studying the Puente Hills fault under the city.
Scientists warn that there's little doubt a major quake will hit California in coming years or decades, though many scenarios are not as disastrous as Puente Hills.
As was the case with Katrina, experts say the federal government hasn't done enough to prepare.