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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aris Dragonborn" data-source="post: 2159644" data-attributes="member: 18434">Tell me about it, buddy. I live on the Long Beach Peninsula, about a half-mile away from the ocean. Way back in 1985 (when I was 12) there was this big earthquake (either in Alaska or Japan; I can't quite remember). Anyway, they ended up evacuating everyone at about 5 PM, and weren't allowed to go back home until around 2 AM (and I STILL had to go to school the next day!). The wave was supposed to be about 50 feet high going 300 mph, but when it reached us it was more like 5 feet high going 3 mph. Someone said there was a trench about 10 miles or so off the coast, but I'm not sure about that one.Another scary thing: The Long Beach Peninsula is essentially a 28-mile long sandbar. If an earthquake happened nearby powerful enough to cause a tsunami, it would be a coin flip as to what would get us: The tsunami or liquefaction (where the LBP would turn into a 28-mile long pool of quicksand). After the recent tsunami disaster, they ran an article in the local paper about tsunamis, and how if a powerful earthquake occured in the Pacific, we would have about ten minutes -tops- to get to safety. Which in my case means the top of my apartment building. I'll take KMAG for $300, Alex.Did I  mention that I live close by a semi-active volcano (Mt. St. Helens, about 100 miles or so away) and three dormant volcanoes: Mt. Hood, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Ranier? Well, I do.JFYI, anyone here remember the background history of Shadowrun, specifically, the Great Ghost Dance, where Daniel Howling-Coyote caused those four volcanoes to erupt at the same time? Thanks a lot, Mr. Shadowrun designer. I haven't had nightmares like that since St. Helens blew in '80 (I was six, and yes, I am prone to nightmares. Even now).</blockquote>

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