Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'm a stone's throw east of a fault, at about 300' elevation, so I figure there is a good chance at that beach front property thing, even with a fair amount of Gore's global warming. According to my geology class at UC Davis some decade or two ago, the Pacific plate is heading North along Kalifornica, so in x billion years, LA will be beside SF, and the debate will be which is the City and which the suburb. (The San Andreas cuts offshore, tothe West of SF, but inland to the East of LA.) A few billion years later LA will be subducted into the Aleution trench ... but we can't wait that long to solve California's problems! Tom - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dante Stella" <dante@umich.edu> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 11:26 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Plate Tectonics and your Real Estate Agent > Yes, but at the same time, the oceans are rising and are set to swallow up everything on the East and West coasts. Since Detroit is the largest inland city with an elevation significantly above sea-level (130m mean, per my GPS) - and also with the greatest industrial (read: weapons-building) capacity, it will be the only place to be. > > Imagine the naval battles the Greater Detroit-Windsor Co-Prosperity Sphere will have with the Archduchy of Minneapolis and the Protectorate of Denver! It will make Pisa vs. Genoa look like a sandbox fight. Afterward, there will be the more leisurely expeditions to find the lost cities of Chicago, Cleveland and Indianapolis. > > : O > > On Friday, October 13, 2000, at 02:54 PM, John Collier wrote: > > > Public Service Announcement > > > > The Pacific plate is RISING over the continental plate of North America. > > California is not going to sink into the sea like a modern day Atlantis. I > > am not familiar with the exact drift directions but conceivably California > > may run right over Texas! > > > > JBC > > > >