January 18, 2024
Volume 54 - No. 3
Are Escondido & North County Prepared for a
MAJOR EARTHQUAKE? By Friedrich Gomez Is our beautiful city of Escondido fully and properly prepared (according to city and state guidelines) in case of a major, unexpected earthquake? And what about the rest of our North San Diego County region and sister cities, such as Valley Center, San Marcos, Vista, and Oceanside to enumerate just a few examples? Not to mention, the whole of our San Diego Metropolitan area?
Are we all as safe as we can be – as we should be? And are we asking our respective North County City Officials the lifesaving question: “Are we prepared for a full-blown major earthquake?” According to various U.S. earthquake geologists and other research experts: “Nearly 200 Southern California cities are unprepared for a major earthquake.” CALIFORNIA EXPERIENCES
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MORE THAN 100 EARTHQUAKES EACH & EVERY SINGLE DAY! One shocking and almost entirely unknown fact for just about every California resident is that we, in reality, are experiencing over 100 earthquakes – each and every single day! You may be thinking: “But surely, that seems impossible! Because ... well, because such a shocking fact as this would certainly be common knowledge because we would feel all these earthquakes!”
And yet, sadly, this is not common knowledge. And yes, you would be correct, we don’t feel these tiny, daily earth tremours. So, why worry? Right? Wrong. While it is true that most of these hundreds, perhaps thousands, of daily California earth tremours are too small in magnitude; and cause little or no damage; and even go completely unnoticed to most if
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