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ucsd_ucla_dad · 04-12-2008, 12:39 AM

Poetsheart:
I've experienced a bunch of earthquakes but no bad ones. Many of them are hard to tell for certain whether they're quakes or not because they're barely felt or heard. Others leave little doubt. I've lived in California for over 30 years now and have yet to have anything knocked off a shelf or anything. The most active fault line is the San Andreas and other faults close to it. That doesn't run through San Diego however. It's way east of here in the desert then runs up through LA and then up through the Bay area so they usually have worst quakes. IMO the risk associated with quakes is generally far less than living in areas with tornados (which are virtually non-existent here), hurricanes, snow, ice, and severe thunderstorms (also rare here). Quakes certainly can show you the power of mother nature though and like many natural events, it's only a matter of time before it strikes someplace.

Clint Eastwood lives in Carmel - used to be the mayor. It's a pretty expensive area to live. Monterey has a CalState U. The weather there is typical Northern California coastal with a fair amount of low hanging clouds and cold air right on the coast but it's particularly beautiful when it's sunny out. This weather changes just a couple miles straight inland where the low-hanging clouds suddenly disappear and it's brighter and warmer. This is all caused by the influence of the cold ocean water. The ocean is interesting in that area since a lot of the coast is protected by bays and thus has fairly calm water. There are a fair amount of seals, sea otters, and the like. Scuba diving in the kelp forests is interesting but the water's always cold so it means a full wet suit with hood, gloves, booties which is a bit of a pain (but not as painful as the cold water).

I think you should come visit.

04-12-2008, 12:39 AM	#31
ucsd_ucla_dad Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego area Threads: 27 Posts: 1,724	Poetsheart: I've experienced a bunch of earthquakes but no bad ones. Many of them are hard to tell for certain whether they're quakes or not because they're barely felt or heard. Others leave little doubt. I've lived in California for over 30 years now and have yet to have anything knocked off a shelf or anything. The most active fault line is the San Andreas and other faults close to it. That doesn't run through San Diego however. It's way east of here in the desert then runs up through LA and then up through the Bay area so they usually have worst quakes. IMO the risk associated with quakes is generally far less than living in areas with tornados (which are virtually non-existent here), hurricanes, snow, ice, and severe thunderstorms (also rare here). Quakes certainly can show you the power of mother nature though and like many natural events, it's only a matter of time before it strikes someplace. Clint Eastwood lives in Carmel - used to be the mayor. It's a pretty expensive area to live. Monterey has a CalState U. The weather there is typical Northern California coastal with a fair amount of low hanging clouds and cold air right on the coast but it's particularly beautiful when it's sunny out. This weather changes just a couple miles straight inland where the low-hanging clouds suddenly disappear and it's brighter and warmer. This is all caused by the influence of the cold ocean water. The ocean is interesting in that area since a lot of the coast is protected by bays and thus has fairly calm water. There are a fair amount of seals, sea otters, and the like. Scuba diving in the kelp forests is interesting but the water's always cold so it means a full wet suit with hood, gloves, booties which is a bit of a pain (but not as painful as the cold water). I think you should come visit. Last edited by ucsd_ucla_dad : 04-12-2008 at 12:46 AM.