Preparedness Now (2008 version)

omg we watched this at school today and it totally freaked everyone out!

lol i watched it too yesterday

The San Andreas fault is not a single, continuous fault, but rather is actually a fault zone made up of many segments. Movement may occur along any of the many fault segments along the zone at anytime. The San Andreas fault system is more than 1300km (800 miles) long, and in some spots is as much as 16km (10 miles) deep.

Now Palm Springs and San Bernadino on the other hand will be fucked when the "Big One" happens since they are almost right on top of the SA Fault. Also in the northern segment of the SA, it cuts right thru the Bay Area including San Francisco so they'll be fucked too if the "Big One" from SA happens there ie Great 1906 San Fran Quake, but the southern segment is more likely to rupture within the next 30 years since it hasn't ruptured for over 300 years. Now the good news about Puente Hills is..

The "Big One" is most likely going to happen at least a 100 miles away from LA. The southern SA Fault passes thru mostly desert such as Palm Desert and the Mojave but Puente Hills passes right under the heart of the LA area and parts of Orange County which is a highly populated and developed area where a lot more debris will be falling on people. I know there are many other faults in the area but the size and geometry of this fault makes it perhaps the most dangerous in the area.

The Puente Hills Fault runs right under downtown LA. This fault can produce quakes of 7.2-7.5 although not as big as the "Big One" but its location under downtown and the LA basin area makes it much more dangerous. Worst case scenario: 7.5 quake centered under downtown. Experts are projecting that if this happens, there could be 3000-18000 deaths, over $250 billion in damage, 56000-268000 injured, 142000-735000 homeless households. This would be more catastrophic than the "Big One". Damn 500 cha

Pretty nice video. Great job.

ok i live in orange county and this damn video isnt doing anything for my nerves. Whoever made this probably knows they dont live anywhere near the san andreas fault so they can just scare people to death.....gosh

for sure...


but good motion graphics