Bay Area Braces for the Big One

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The article takes a rather more blase look at Ebola than current events may justify, but is informative nonetheless.

http://mashable.com/2014/10/17/25-years-loma-prieta-san-francisco/#

"Four urban faults appear to have accumulated enough seismic moment to produce major earthquakes," says the report. Three of those faults "are nearing or past their mean recurrence interval."

Translation: Be aware and have a plan, because unlike Ebola, this is for real. The Pacific is pulling away from North America at a rate of 2.5 inches per year, and it doesn't care about what we've built in the way.