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Old 07-26-2008, 02:11 PM
 
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Anything east of 1300 east is on bedrock, according to what I've been told - but I am not a geologist. Consult the USGS and U maps for damage area risks. I retrofitted my 1921 house as best as I could, adding clips to all the beams in the attic and using the brace the gas company recommended on my hot water heater (50 gal of clean water in a disaster).
And hopefully east of 1300 is high enough up the bench as to be above any Great Salt Lake Tidal Waves.....

Yet another reason to consider Cottonwood Heights, Olympus Cove, etc. over lowland areas....If that wave comes Daybreak could be be renamed "BeachBreak"....and your only hope might be to grab a surfboard and try to shoot the tube through Ophir Canyon....

As if there was not enough to worry about Yellowstone is supposed to be a "Supervolcano" again long overdue for a blow.... and if and when it does it has been said it could shift the earth's axis (or orbit...something like that) and obliterate all within several hundred miles or more around it.

Good Grief And A Half.....
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Old 07-26-2008, 04:00 PM
 
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And hopefully east of 1300 is high enough up the bench as to be above any Great Salt Lake Tidal Waves.....

Yet another reason to consider Cottonwood Heights, Olympus Cove, etc. over lowland areas....If that wave comes Daybreak could be be renamed "BeachBreak"....and your only hope might be to grab a surfboard and try to shoot the tube through Ophir Canyon....

As if there was not enough to worry about Yellowstone is supposed to be a "Supervolcano" again long overdue for a blow.... and if and when it does it has been said it could shift the earth's axis (or orbit...something like that) and obliterate all within several hundred miles or more around it.

Good Grief And A Half.....
You've been watching the same Discovery programs that I have! If Yellowstone ever blows, it's pretty much "life over" on Earth, I think. I'd rather worry about something survivable and that I can do something about (like live east of 1300 E).
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Old 07-27-2008, 01:21 AM
 
Location: East Millcreek
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Meh, it's not like someone in an area more prone to earthquake damage, is worrying any more about an earthquake than someone in a "safer" area is. In fact, either areas probably have no idea they are safer or more dangerous.
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Old 07-27-2008, 07:43 AM
 
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Meh, it's not like someone in an area more prone to earthquake damage, is worrying any more about an earthquake than someone in a "safer" area is. In fact, either areas probably have no idea they are safer or more dangerous.
Actually it has been shown over and over that homes on solid rock stand up much better than homes on soft earth. I don't see a disadvantage to stacking odds that way when buying if possible. It's not the only factor in where to buy a home for me, and perhaps I'll end up right on soft earth after all, but...all things being equal, it doesn't hurt!
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Old 07-27-2008, 12:55 PM
 
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Actually it has been shown over and over that homes on solid rock stand up much better than homes on soft earth. I don't see a disadvantage to stacking odds that way when buying if possible. It's not the only factor in where to buy a home for me, and perhaps I'll end up right on soft earth after all, but...all things being equal, it doesn't hurt!
AMen to that! And it was a factor when I bought my house, I just didn't look east of 1300 E to start with.
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Old 07-27-2008, 02:33 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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You've been watching the same Discovery programs that I have! If Yellowstone ever blows, it's pretty much "life over" on Earth, I think. I'd rather worry about something survivable and that I can do something about (like live east of 1300 E).
I'm feeling better & better about the fact that I'll be living on 2000 E! (even though it's a brick house built around 1950...

Actually, if the Yellowstone thing happens, I hope SLC is close enough to be blown to bits immediately. It would be worse to be on the other side of the country and have to live through the aftermath, and slow impending doom...
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Old 07-29-2008, 12:10 AM
 
Location: East Millcreek
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What I meant by my comment was the earthquake risk doesn't enter the minds of residents every day. It's more like a when you see it on the news, you worry about it a day or two, and then life goes on.
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Old 07-30-2008, 11:26 AM
 
Location: DEN-CO
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The month/year I moved to SLC there was a big article in the SL Magazine about how the big one is overdue. Thousands of small quakes happen in the state each year, yet I've never felt one. Now, that one outside Wendover Nevada, was felt by my dog. I live just above the 9th East fault line on a more rocky bottom, but he was going in circles and clawing at my carpet. I didn't know why until I got into the car that morning and heard about the quake.
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Old 08-01-2008, 05:23 AM
 
Location: Outside Newcastle
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If anyone was watching the news coverage of the 5.4 in Southern California a few things became evident. That was a somewhat moderate quate that might have killed hundreds in China or Bangladesh. But outside of that brick wall from a very old and vacant building collapsing and the exagerated shaking from a wobbling camera filming Judge Judy nothing really happened. If fact if you were driving you probably wouldn't have even felt it. That's what is supposed to happen when things are built to code and code is enforced.
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Old 08-02-2008, 02:24 PM
 
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HI,
I live in califonia about 1 hour from the actual quake site from the other day. I was at work. Some one said "earth quake" and we all stood
from our seats. I was debating to run outside or go under my desk. But we all just stood frozen. It lasted seconds, shook my desk a little then stopped. I was in the huge 74 & 93 quake in cali and I don't want to do that again, but like you ppl said why worry, there is nothing I can do about it.
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