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A comment on Ask HN: What other low-probability high-impact events are we ignoring?.

Re:Ask HN: What other low-probability high-impact events are... by apowell on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @03:23PM (#1433592)
How about a major earthquake along the San Andreas fault in southern California? We've had a couple little shakes this week. There isn't much we can do to prevent it from occurring -- we can only reduce the impact. Build strong and keep emergency supplies on hand.
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Re:Ask HN: What other low-probability high-impact events are... by mechanical_fish on Tuesday June 15, 2010 @04:26PM (#1433781)
I'm upvoting this because (a) I know that a huge percentage of you live directly on top of the San Andreas fault; (b) I've seen the upcoming earthquake mentioned a few times on this thread, but always in a list with things like "the Singularity".

For god's sake. The difference between a major Northern California earthquake and the effing Singularity is that one of these has happened in the last century and is guaranteed to happen again.

Lay in an emergency supply of drinking water and strap your heavy shelves to the wall.

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