[shotgunred]

"The scariness boomlets go in cycles."

That kit is not my style but at least the people who order it are ahead of their neighbors.

 

[quake]

True. Whether it's 9/11, Katrina, or whatever, people get emotionally agitated. Then their emotions wear down, allowing them to slide back into their comfort zone (which we all have), and they go back to their regularly-scheduled programming.

 

[Deltic]

Here is the article that started all this. It says we could have up to a 9.2 magnitude earthquake with a huge tsunami in the Pacific north west. I was thinking about buying a new home. I might be looking at something a little farther away than I was planning.

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one

An Okie corral thread.
http://www.glocktalk.com/threads/th...ema-estimates-17-000-people-will-die.1589000/

BTW Morris your title is a bit cryptic.

 

[janice6]

I suppose a "kit" comprises a helmet and water wings.

oke:

 

[kirgi08]

Living near a fault line folk should already have that stuff x10.'08.

 

[LongGun1]

http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/ready-or-not-earthquake-kits-flying-off-the-shelves/

The more prepared the general population becomes ...

..the better it is for the whole!

 

[Deltic]

Anybody know of a case where an earthquake set off a volcano? We have a fairly big one.

 

[Koba]

it would only wipe out the greater Seattle area...it's not that big