Posted
11/22/2008 06:16:00 PM
by Douglas
News flash: a catastrophic earthquake would be
catastrophic. Film at 11.
People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said if earthquakes strike in what geologists define as the New Madrid Seismic Zone, they would cause "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States."
FEMA predicted a large earthquake would cause "widespread and catastrophic physical damage" across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee -- home to some 44 million people.
Yep, and if my aunt had a dong, she'd be my uncle. I guess the midwest is tired of the Gulf Coast stealing their thunder and collection of FEMA money. Yes, we all know the biggest earthquake was in
Missouri. But Missouri loves company, and California actually gives people a reason to live there. Don't forget about the subterranean earthquakes in
Miami.Labels: Earthquakes