| People who don't live in CA are often frightened of earthquakes way out of proportion to the actual danger. Here in San Diego you feel the ground shake a bit every now and then, but nobody ever gets hurt or has their house destroyed.
If you want to be afraid of something in SoCal, fear the wind-driven wildfires. We had huge fires in 2003 and again last year. Both times more than 2000 homes were destroyed here in San Diego county - more than 4000 gone in less than five years. All the earthquakes in the entire history of California combined never destroyed 4000 homes. |