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Originally Posted by dave90210
Nope I moved here in January and this is the warmest winter I've ever experienced I've been to Florida in the winter and it gets much colder than than this. This amazing weather Reminds me of Hawaii!
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Welcome to LA. Enjoy the unusually warm weather while it lasts. Last year, the westside was as low as the mid 30s.
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Originally Posted by winter_
is that theory true about california breaking off from the san andreas fault? in other words do they think it is highly plausible given a strong enough earthquake? that has to be bullshit.
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That hypothesis is completely wrong. There have been two massive earthquakes in Asia within the last decade. In 2004, a 9.1 magnitude earthquake hit the island of Sumatra in Indonesia and in 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit the island country of Japan. Both of these earthquakes are among the largest ever recorded, yet neither Sumatra or Japan have fallen into the ocean.
California is positioned above two moving crusts of the earth, which grind against each other and are miles deep. The crusts are separated by the San Andreas fault. To the west is the Pacific Plate and to the east is the North American Plate. The west side of California and the Pacific Ocean are both on top of the Pacific Plate and shift with the plate, as it moves roughly 2 inches per year. While it's conceivable that California could end up below sea level due to this movement of the earth's crust, it would take millions of years, not a massive earthquake.