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9.0 quake in BC would kill thousands and cost $128 billion, report foresees (www.nationalobserver.com)
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[–] jaselle@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

We're due for one soon, according to historical records.

[–] BlameThePeacock@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 months ago

Soon meaning sometime between now and a few hundred years from now.

[–] AGM@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

The report says that the last comparable earthquake in the region happened in 1700, and pegs the likelihood of such an extreme event between two to 10 per cent within the next 30 years.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

That's not really how it works, the things aren't on a clock.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well yeah, but that is one of the things that you can't do very much about, at least.

I'd put my focus on climate change, at least. There are hundreds of issues that can and will kill us that we caused ourselves.and can fix ourselves, and we're not fixing any of those, so why even bother with this one?

[–] liuther9@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, 7 years ago this day temp was -35 ish celsius. Now it is raining. We are fuked