[jdm61]

Actually, we haven't had an earthquake in the area since 1952. From whaty I heard,this one was about 250 miles out into the Gulf. No tsunami issues other than maybe a couple of slightly larger waves. The big killer tsunamis are almost always caused by undersea landslides caused by quakes. Unless there is a significant displacement of some dirt, the waves don't amount to much. The Indian Ocean tsunamis were really bad because the quake caused a large piece of the sea botom to collapse. Kinda adding insult to injury to the Gulf Coast......I have dodged 7 or 8(I think....I lost count) hurricanes and 3 or 4 tropical storms in the last 3 years since i moved into my house, which incidentally, sits about 7 feet above sea level on a good day. I need this like i need.........well, an earthquake.........lol. And by the way......California is ther sphincter of the US, but that is ok.......one day, most of it well slide off into the sea after a mega-quake and the resulting tsunamis will wipe out some of our larger economic competitors like Japan and China........muah, ha, ha, ha, ha