Government Warns of "Catastrophic" U.S. Quake
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and Midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said if earthquakes strike in what geologists define as the New Madrid Seismic Zone, they would cause "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States."
FEMA predicted a large earthquake would cause "widespread and catastrophic physical damage" across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee -- home to some 44 million people.
Tennessee is likely to be hardest hit, according to the study that sought to gauge the impact of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in order to guide the government's response.
In Tennessee alone, it forecast hundreds of collapsed bridges, tens of thousands of severely damaged buildings and a half a million households without water.
Transportation systems and hospitals would be wrecked, and police and fire departments impaired, the study said.
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kraz's analysis:
It has always been said that a major catastrophic disaster on US soil would expose the weakness of our support systems.
It has always been said that a major catastrophic disaster on US soil would expose the weakness of our support systems.
"At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky... and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of the sky, with power and great glory."
- Matthew 24:30
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New Madrid fault
Submitted by MH691 on Thu, 07/22/2010 - 07:33.There are a lot of exercises with the civilian agencies and local government, not to mention FEMA and DHS who are very concerned over what will happen if this blows. Even the U.S Army Corps of Engineers is worried! If the New Madrid erupts as it did back int he 1800s America will find itself crippled beyond beilief! Multiple catastrophic problems will result from this event... you have to ask yourself when, and what will yoru response be? Can you grow your own food? You will more than likely be without power, AC, many of the foods you enjoy, let alone internet and TV. Multiple cell towers will be non-functional... the list goes on and on...