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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

That the drivers in Southern California suck.

A couple of days ago we had a storm come through the area and the aftermath left over 150 vehicles in about 57 seperate accidents on a 13 mile stretch of the I-10 freeway. Around 70 people were hurt in this mess, fortunately of those, only one was hurt seriously.

But all this just goes to show that the yuppies out here can't drive well in any sort of weather other than 80 degree sunshine. And the worst of these are those who drive along in their over-priced sport utility vehicles thinking they are immune from bad weather and just about everything else as long as they are fast and big.

Anyhow, the rest of you better watch out if we get out of the state and it ever snows where we are driving.

Check out the article here. Huge Pileup on I-10.

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[This message was edited by Jay on May 01, 1999.]

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

Well.

I say we trigger the fault lines, let the whole thing slide into the ocean, and buy waterfront property in Nevada.
Who's with me?

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Posted by Jeff Raven (Member # 20) on :

*brings in his batch of homemade TNT*

Heck yeah!

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Posted by deadcujo (Member # 13) on :

Whoa, there was a storm? I need to get out more :P

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Getting rid of Star Trek soundstages and Hollywood in the mean time?

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Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

Sorry to dissapoint, but even if the San Andeas fault gives it's all, we have a few million years to wait.

Here are the facts: "When will California fall into the sea?"

I have been swimming against the current regarding that topic for years. California will not slide into the ocean when "the BIG ONE" hits. Rather, the part west of the San Andreas fault will slip a few inches northeast. Period. Full stop. End of story.

--Baloo

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I just hope that no one in heaven wears stupid T-Shirts that say �I Survived the End of the World and all I got was this crummy T-shirt!�

Posted by Baloo (Member # 5) on :

By the way, the above rant does in no way contradict the verdict that SoCal drivers don't know what they're doing. I agree fully with that part, having seen and survived driving in southern California.

--Baloo

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I just hope that no one in heaven wears stupid T-Shirts that say �I Survived the End of the World and all I got was this crummy T-shirt!�

Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Then you'll be thankful you've never seen the likes of traffic in Taiwan. California's traffic is near perfection compared to Taiwan's, and I am in no way exaggerating.

Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :

I once heard a theory that it was possible that when a "big one" happened, if it happened offshore, that the crust could split open, allowing seawater to come into contact with the superheated magma below the ground.

Result: Biggest steam explosion in history. Theoretically enough to obliterate western CA entirely.

Not that I advocate such a thing, mind you.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Erm... Somehow, I doubt that there would be enough heat to vaporize a significant portion of the Pacific Ocean...

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

"Some say the end is near
Some say we'll see armageddon soon
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this
three-ring circus side-show of freaks here
in this hopeless hole we call L.A.
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any time, any day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona Bay

Some say a comet will fall from the sky,
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves
Followed by fault lines that cannot sit still
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipsticks

One great big festering neon distraction
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.
Learn to swim..."

[I love the classics.]

Posted by Curry Monster (Member # 12) on :

Don't worry. When California goes under, you can all move to ....Mexico?

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Tool?

If so, it's a bit...shall we say...kinder then the version I've heard.

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Posted by Xentrick (Member # 64) on :

Sol, yes on both counts.