San Andreas Fault: When the Big One Hits

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Credits:
Host - Simon Whistler
Author - Morris M.
Producer - Jennifer Da Silva
Executive Producer - Shannon Harris
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Further reading:
Britannica: www.britannica.com/place/San-...
US Geological Survey: www.usgs.gov/natural-hazards/...
San Andreas Fault facts: www.livescience.com/45294-san...
Also: traveltips.usatoday.com/san-a...
Smithsonian: www.smithsonianmag.com/scienc...
Southern California Public Radio’s excellent, in-depth guide to surviving the Big One: the-big-one.scpr.org/stories/
CNN explainer: edition.cnn.com/2019/07/06/us...
1906 SF quake: www.history.com/topics/natura...
www.history.com/this-day-in-h...
Inequality in earthquakes: the-big-one.scpr.org/stories/...
Boil Water warnings: the-big-one.scpr.org/stories/...
Northridge quake: www.history.com/topics/natura...
Fort Tejon earthquake: www.cco.caltech.edu/~meltzner...
Cascadia quake: www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...

[@geographicstravel]

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[@higamerXD]

lol its not even a reupload its just removed and added back in

[@jennlynn8173]

Please check your Facebook messages Simon I would like to see what you can find out about Fernald Ohio. Thanks for your time!

[@jeffk464]

Hey jerk, I'm living in LA right now.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Any chance of a tornado video?

[@DivoGo]

It’s Fort Tejon (tee-hon)

[@TheMailmanOfSteel]

I don't know if I would call it "The Big One" so much as "The Nevada Oceanfront Beautification Project"

[@alcien5258]

That’s a myth an 8.3 isn’t capable

[@joshsmith3401]

Location location location

[@CanadianSnowflake]

This was so unexpectedly dark. Thank you.

[@deborahduger3860]

Is that supposed to be funny?

[@KernowMan68]

Lex Luthor had that idea...

[@guyonthecouch136]

I'm safe in Australia apart from the crocs, sharks, spiders, snakes, sunburn, 50 degrees C, poisonous plants, box jellyfish, Scott Morrison

[@terriquinlan7683]

Scomo is just a pollie. It's the bloody flies that have a chance of making me lose my shit.

[@terriquinlan7683]

@Matt allen How many antisocial urban terrorists from nz have I encountered? Welfare-gouging troublemakers. One freak from this country doesn't compare. And it ain't from a general feeling.

[@KCsCountdown]

Maybe so - but you have drop bears to worry about

[@terriquinlan7683]

@@KCsCountdown Well, drop bears are a threat only to overseas tourists.

[@yz4901983]

The last one is the most dangerous Scotty from marketing

[@PantheraOnca60]

My late father was a geophysict with the USGS for 36 years. He was no alarmist, but when I asked him just how bad the risk of a Big One hitting Los Angeles was, he replied, "I wouldn't live there."

[@defend4ever]

I feel people greatly underestimate the possible damage it might cause. Structurally and economically. Lots of old structures on and under the surface. Likely to be disastrous to many people financially. Both in the city and internationally.

[@irishbob26]

​@defend4ever I wonder if they knew then what they know now(they didn't have the detail we have now) would they have built it up so much?

[@budwhite9591]

8:00. Shoot to kill orders for looters. My how we have changed, for the better? Lol. Hopefully the next big one drops it in the ocean

[@pinecone189]

And then the tectonic plates clapped

[@JoshuaTootell]

People live in areas that get seasonal tornados and/or hurricanes, but earthquakes scared him? Earthquakes are a real threat, but get real.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

I live in Japan and everyone is encouraged to make an emergency bag.. I'd recommend it. Snacks, basic medical supplies, toilet paper, 2L water, battery pack.. Etc.

[@mikev2116]

Greetings from America, everybody needs a bugout bag, got mine =)

[@bobcharlotte8724]

@@mikev2116 Amen dude! Good to know you're ready to G-O if the situation calls for it.

[@JinxMarie1985]

Were you a victim of The 2011 earthquake and tsunami??

[@misspeacchy]

When we lived near the San Andreas fault we carried an emergency bag including several liters of water in our cars. We had an even larger bag at home.

[@bobcharlotte8724]

@@JinxMarie1985 No, luckily I wasn't. I was living in Kyoto at that time and didn't feel anything. But friends in Osaka, the next big city over, felt it quite a lot even though Kyoto is closer to where the 2011 quake was. I guess it means Kyoto has very stable bedrock under it.

[@nosonoliento]

"In a fact, the shattered city would become a silent wasteland abandoned by those with somewhere else to go, and haunted by those forced to remain." Da-um! that is grim. Also top notch writing.

[@frankalphonso268]

Absolutely brutal wording

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

Sounds like LA right now.

[@I_SuperHiro_I]

California has been like that for at least 25 years.

[@ObamanableSnowman]

Sounds like New Orleans after Katrina. But a lot of people stayed out of stubbornness and love for their town.

[@Speedwreck]

it already is a wasteland :)

[@timothycarlson9997]

A big quake will be the thing that makes LA affordable to live in again.

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

I don't want to live there anyway.

[@deltavee2]

But the cost of underwater real estate will skyrocket. ;- )

[@krane15]

You're right about that. BH will be a low rent district. But only for the next generation.

[@deltavee2]

@@krane15 Because the one after that will have grown gills?

[@geslinam9703]

I have no interest in even visiting California...except maybe to see the redwoods.

[@j-theorythequantummechanic6025]

"The Big One will never hit in my lifetime" -every Californian

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

We say it but in the backs of our minds we know for a fact what we want and what happens are two different things

[@ringofasho7721]

Also Californians: gender is fluid and speciest language harms animals

[@jr-xs9tf]

We agree! Love , Pompeii residents circa 79ad

[@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent]

@@ringofasho7721 No actually most of Californian's don't say that. Its actually a very minor group who just happens to be the loudest.. The majority of Californians are actualy moderate democrats and republicans.

[@voltrondefofunv5708]

@@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent probably shouldnt ask but the homeless issues whos fault is it really i blame both sides but people say it was just one side most of the folk who says that im sure dont live there but im just asking based on what u said do u live there? I come up with my own opinion and think for slef but i will ask an opinon

[@EllaGP22]

*Describes a devastating earthquake that would kill millions* Everyone: “wow that was bad, but it’s over now” Simon: *BUT I’M NOT DONE YET*

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

_"BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!"_ 😉

[@bobthestickman9563]

“THATS A LOT OF DAMAGE!!”

[@johnmartin122187]

And there's a decent chance that the next San Andreas big one could be all The Cascadia Subduction Zone needs to unleash it's hell on Earth.

[@PiousMoltar]

"In the case of the big one, tap water could remain undrinkable in SoCal for over a year and a half" Flint, Michigan: "Amateurs"

[@rusoviettovarich9221]

That's because the locals in good ole' Flint didn't pay their bills for years on years.

[@markwilson4934]

Rusoviet Tovarich ag yes victim blaming, so noble to think they dig up ALL of the old pipes with the pennies most pay for a gallon of water. How are the senators and congressmen surviving on their meager retirement funds...

[@rusoviettovarich9221]

@@markwilson4934 Mark that's exactly what that water mgr., said with a bit of seasoning, about the skinflints that got him fired. Here in SoCals the problem is both the potable but esp. the wastewater (sewage) pipes. Got plenty of money for junk science wind mills (that kill birds and raise temps on desert floor) and solar panels but who cares about safe water pipes or coal fired power plants huh?

[@67kingdedede]

@@rusoviettovarich9221 Windmills killing birds is merely Darwinism in action. We are the force of nature now. The birds will learn.

[@TheBeingReal]

Rusoviet Tovarich You really need to learn more about the whole situation. Not FOX ‘news’. It had zero to do with people not paying bills.

[@K1NKYG4M3R]

Given that this is 2020, I'm pretty sure this video is what is known as "tempting fate".

[@thedarkdragon1437]

I'll be honest, if USA gets hit by earthquake that's greater than magnitude 6(which was highest predicted 3 months ago. Sorry I don't have the link, but it was USGS website.), it would be...well... winning a bad lottery. You have higher chance of yellowstone causing alarm again than Big earthquake happening on northern faultlines. However, some asian, european and south-american faultlines do show promise of big quakes, even though it's low possibility. Then again, i'm not a scientist, and this is just my opinion based on current data. EDIT: Thanks to 2 guys pointing out a bit of a mistake. Magnitude 6 is a ballpark number and should be considered with wide range +/- error possibility, but stay under 8 or 9 regardless.

[@mike04574]

TheDark Dragon the Loma prieta earthquake happened 30 years and the northridge earthquake happened 25 years ago, both being over a magnitude 6.. how is it lower than Yellowstone erupting?

[@InquisMalleus]

@@thedarkdragon1437 Loma Prieta was a 6.9 and it didn't destroy all that much. Most deaths were from the collapse of a section of I-880. Damage was fairly limited besides that - I was there and saw it.

[@thedarkdragon1437]

@@InquisMalleus yes, but that quake was also large enough to stabilize the region for quite some time. that's what i was trying to say

[@thedarkdragon1437]

@@mike04574 But neither were 8 or 9. Indeed, i may have gotten magnitude wrong, but my point stands. big quakes destroying everything are not that common. anything near 6(give or take a few, the scale is logarithmic so i won't give exact range) would stabilize the fault long enough for the next quake to be relatively mild or mediocre at best.

[@audiooddities9982]

I was 13 when the Northridge quake hit,in Anaheim, my mom burst into my room shouting "Earthquake!" I looked up and the window above my bed was vibrating heavily.. I went back to sleep, lol...

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

Epic...😉

[@kwesikwansakennedy2196]

Absolute GOAT 🔥🔥 I remember when I was little some robbers spread a scam in my town about an incoming earthquake Mom rudely shook my brother and I awake at like 3 am, and we were told to sit in a clearing in front of our house to avoid damage by collapsing buildings or trees. My mom, and my sisters...as did a lot of people in my neighbourhood, left for a school park...to pray😆😆 My dad grabbed my brother and I in our living room and we binged on Encarta info on natural disasters on our computer instead...was the time of my life 😆😌 End result? There was no earthquake, and a lot of my neighbourhood homes were robbed/looted, but not ours😆 Ghana 2010😌

[@misspeacchy]

When we lived in the Mojave in SoCal driving on the south freeway we crossed the San Andreas. It was incredible to see layers of rock bent in curves.

[@mandiemoore3272]

I live in the Mojave, death valley before this. People don't really get that you can SEE a fault until they do.

[@mafty_]

KZbin at 1am: Wanna watch a video about a natural disaster that will literally end your life as you know it? Me, a californian with an earthquake hyperfixation: yes

[@small_SHOT]

ah yes

[@alannahailey4312]

I feel this as a Louisianan with a hurricane hyperfixation

[@gabrielc7861]

@@small_SHOT yes

[@ChristmasLore]

Why don't you move?🙃🍃

[@dermetaller15]

*laughs in european*

[@goldwing8569]

2020 be like: “hmmm yeah let’s schedule the BIG one for October”.

[@FussyPickles]

I just hope the rich people are okay

[@westonscheer1532]

I was thinking October 8th tbh

[@paulmontagner6360]

16th October 2021 be in a cave for protection

[@therealjaystone2344]

October should be the stock market crash

[@mikemaby5497]

@@therealjaystone2344 I prefer the "stick" market. .. At least it makes more sense. :)

[@ShepherdsCreek]

I grew up in Victoria, BC. I grew up hearing about "The Big One" that could hit at any moment. I've experienced plenty of earthquakes but thankfully none that were that damaging. The theory is that when the big earthquake does hit, it could entirely sink Vancouver Island. That's a scary thought but at the same time, this is nature. I live far away from there now but not because of that. There are risks everywhere you live.

[@ObamanableSnowman]

Yeah but not the level of odds of total destruction with no preparation like LA. Cascadia fault, volcanoes, tsunami all in one go. 8.0+ 30% chance in 50 years. At least Japan has preparation etc, and housing is already insanely expensive in LA

[@Yourstruly_ruby]

Can I just thank you for making this video even though it's been almost a year since you have made it? I just experienced an earthquake in southeastern Australia today and having had this knowledge about earthquakes really helped me!!

[@mehere8038]

the recommendations are just nuclear "duck and cover" repurposed though & earthquake experts say that's dumb. In most of Australia, the appropriate action is actually to leave the home. Depends on the situation, but Australian buildings will likely remain stable for enough time to get out, if leaving immediately, since they're built to a high building code, but not earthquake ones. That's for small buildings/ones you're near an exit anyway, skyscrapers are going to take longer to get out. They found in Japan a lot of people unnessesarily put themselves in danger by remaining inside the building when they had the chance to get out before it destabilised

[@Speedwreck]

what was the magnitude

[@brainzaps]

"the earthquake state" yeah, but no. We've rebranded in recent years to the "constant flames state"

[@SoloPilot6]

The Duraflame State

[@suesutherland9782]

What about the brown state?

[@katalyst_]

More like the guess ill go fuck myself state lol.

[@skippercalantian2952]

Shake n' bake

[@KimNguyen-mh6oe]

With all of what my friends from there tell me about it, I think a more fitting name would be "The meth state"

[@WhiteBloggerBlackSpecs]

Simon: "One November day..." 2020: "Looks like a spot just opened up!"

[@aaronnelson7702]

Them : "OMG world could end..." Me (lives in Yellowstone blast radius) : "Oh, boo hoo..."

[@characterblub]

😂😂😂

[@davidwhittington7638]

Living in the Mediterranean, we are use to earthquakes too. Having experienced a 5.6, and a 6.2, is worrying but fortunately not the end of the world. This is not glibness, this is a warning to others to prepare for disasters in small or big ways. Being a member of a local search and rescue team, after retiring from the military, gives me a better understanding of how fragile life is. Even for those not in earthquake areas, other disasters, such as fires etc. can be devastating and fatal. Just take heed of relevant information, have simple secured supplies around your property, and learn first aid. Simple information correctly handled and administered save's lives..

[@chriss377]

FEMA in the US has a list of preparation on their websites including storing water and food and bugout bags. Despite this being available on a Federal Government website the vast majority of the US has no plan at all.

[@davidwhittington7638]

@@chriss377 The internet and libraries have all the information anyone with the will to do so could find. The FEMA papers are good, but are lengthy in their interpretation and presentation. If you took out the waffle and extrapolated the appropriate information, as I have, the 400 plus paged document can be reduced to 50 pages. Sometimes governments over complicate information to discourage readers. It is also the case, many books on the subject to increase pages are inflated with stories and anomalies that are worthless. As to myself, I have reduced many documents in my time on various subjects, down to the bare bones. Reducing documents of hundreds of pages, down to double figures. The real issue are people, many are so engrossed in their own bubble, that they don't bother to find out. They would rather end up like the fat useless inbreeds, found in films like Wall-e and Idiocracy. These will be the first panicking nitwits to die in a disaster. But idiots in large groups should never be underestimated, for their size alone can be dangerous to those who bothered to prepare. Advertising any preps, for us mortals, is a dangerous act. Many in your circle of friends or neighbours, could become a threat when things go South. All we can do is perhaps, point people in the right direction and hope they take heed of warnings of coming events.

[@dekoldrick]

"The fault off the Pacific Northwest could be the big one to end all big ones" Yellow Stone National Park: Let me introduce myself.

[@davehallett3128]

Please allow me to introduce myself i m a man of wealth and taste

[@nigelrg1]

Absolutey, but it only happens every 200,000 years or so.

[@latin_girlbeeech2003]

Lol fr

[@jayb379]

Yellowstone would be a volcanic eruption, not an earthquake.

[@jandrews6254]

Jay B one could set off the other

[@PineappleStickers]

"500 active faults" sounds like something straight out of my Tinder bio

[@cosmicvagrant3980]

Ded!

[@aynhae378]

💀

[@Teeniebfable]

Pineapple Stickers you win for best comment! 👍🏻👍🏻

[@csc1641]

Good one. You win the internet for life.

[@Falcon7001]

We have a potential big one here in the Midwest, the New Madrid. I last erupted twice in 1811/1812 and was guessed to be around the 8 to 9 range. It changed the course of the Mississippi River, flattening what few builds there were. Huge sand blowout everywhere. It made church bells ring in New England. They estimate today that, if it happened now, it might wipe St Louis out and damage skyscrapers here in Chicago. The energy will propagate much further than California ones because the Midwest is sitting on bedrock which transmits and amplifies it.

[@Hanky_Bannist8r]

June 1992, The Landers quake. It was a 7.5 and I lived there to experience it. It was pretty wild and the water was definitely undrinkable for weeks. The Marine Corps from 29 Palms brought water buffalos to the public and Budweiser made canned waters. Highways were lifted up feet separated from each other, water and gas lines broken, buildings fell or split in half, and miles of dust taking hours to settle as aftershocks went on for weeks. For the entire community of 5 towns it was a camping trip from hell.

[@mandiemoore3272]

Thank you. And Northridge back to back. I was 12 living near palm springs right on the fault damn near

[@matthewfarr5742]

damn crazy, how long did it take for life to go a bit normal again in society?

[@DieFlabbergast]

"Well, I'm sorry San Andreas, but they're all saying it's your fault!"

[@vsand9798]

Holy dad joke, Batman!

[@MidnightDStroyer]

Those who die by earthquake, can it be said that they're victims of murder by de-fault? Of those who survive, how many of them will still blame it on "made-made global climate change?"

[@christalbot7527]

Typical American, blame it on the Mexican

[@satsat247]

@@MidnightDStroyer no one, in terms of earthquake, no one

[@justsomemustachewithoutaguy-]

"CJ, do you wanna know why most of the buildings around this dump are so broken? Exactly now get in the car" if ya get the reference then you a busta, straight busta,

[@rohangounder7000]

I'm surprised this hasn't happened yet based on 2020's series of unfortunate events.....

[@grannieannie1371]

There's still a few months to go, lol

[@maryelizabeth6797]

The disaster could be the 2020 election. I don’t think it will matter who wins, there will be ill will and violents

[@mellynnn]

it’s not november yet👀

[@lexieminutcrittenden5864]

Bite your tongue!!!! Lol!

[@maybe-godzilla4149]

The big one hits in 200 years

[@dillyboyq]

I’ve recently found your channel, and I wanna let you know you do such an insanely amazing job at presenting information for us! Both you brains behind this I can’t thank enough! So so so much interesting information I’ve been gathering since I started watching you. Love it.

[@tiffsaver]

I lived and worked in LA for 40-years, and this is perhaps the finest single video I've seen on the potential problem yet... excellent. After living through all of California's major quakes and dealing with the aftermath, it will be as NOTHING when compared to "The Big One." Eventually, the mental stress of just worrying about it caused me to eventually leave the state. It may come tomorrow, it might not come in our lifetime, but it WILL come. Most damage will ultimately come the fires, however, not the physical collapses themselves, as evidenced in the Great San Francisco Quake. Either way, the combination of lethal factors will create a catastrophe on the level of a WWIII event. That said, the probability is much higher of smaller, more localized fault to cause early damage, as no less than 98 known faults lie directly under the major part of metropolitan Los Angeles, where the ones mentioned here will cause damage on a BIBLICAL scale. I actually met a man who owned a home where the mighty San Andreas passed directly below his house, with one part of it situated on one side of the fault line, and the other half on the other side. I actually laughed when I imagined that even if the smallest shift occurs, he'll actually be living in a DUPLEX!!

[@csc1641]

I would move too.

[@reedlawrencej]

How to survive the big one: Don't live there.

[@Sp00kq]

Don't live on the west coast in general. There's a smaller plate off the coast of Washington and Oregon that is overdue for a big earthquake. If that one slips all at once, it could make a quake most felt in western Washington. And it would fuck up Seattle. Oh and it would make a tsunami. Fun. And I live right near where it would be hardest felt. More fun

[@teriannebeauchamp254]

@PhoenixUltraMotive I too have lived most of my 50+ years in the greater Seattle area. We grew up knowing that if the Earthquakes didn't kill us being that it was way overdue that the Volcanos could explode and kill everyone. We saw a glimpse of that in 1980. Luckily that hit one of the least populated area of the state. Imagine its path of destruction and move it north to Mt. Rainier. Total destruction of the most heavily populated areas of the state. My attitude is sure it is going to happen but life has to be lived and you can only go day to day and think it didn't happen today, I will hope it doesn't happen tomorrow and meanwhile just live your life.

[@urielmartinez2161]

Thanks for the advice, but no.

[@krane15]

To be hones there's some type of disaster no matter where on earth you live. California does tend to have them all though.

[@christian6911]

I’ll take tornado alley over earthquake.

[@pennyhero]

One correction: The Camp Fire wildfire that destroyed the town of Paradise was in 2018, not 2008. It was recent and they are still dealing with it.

[@LionheartedDan]

Thanks for calling it. I noticed the same thing and wondered if anyone else listened enough to catch it.

[@pennyhero]

@Hououin Kyouma True. I live here and so do I. But that one had the record breaking death toll and massive destruction of residential areas and it's not hard to look up what year it was. There are a huge number of fires, yes, but that one was exceptionally bad and rises above the rest.

[@andromedatheharpy9087]

i love learning about the natural disasters that california deals with. while im legit worried about living here when it hits, i find it fascinating to learn about how these huge quakes happened and learning more about them! we've talked about them a lot in school, but its still fascinating to hear other people talk about it because everyone focuses on different parts of them and explains different incidents that we might not have heard about in a history class and i love it so much!

[@caroljo420]

For 60 years, I've lived about 3 miles west of the San Andreas fault, so I've been thru some crazy quakes. Now I live about 20 miles east of it, and I feel some of the smallest ones. I've been hearing my whole life that California is going to slide into the Pacific. It would take a lot more than an 8.3 to make that happen. By the way, California republicans want to change the name to Gavin Newsom's fault.

[@historymatters8991]

That sounds like a fantastic idea! 😂 Sums up what a lot of people think about California (not saying the people are bad but how California's going, it's economy's is sinking)

[@allisonhunter1063]

@@frizzz209227 Bro that terrifies me. Farmers are the backbone of the world and I genuinely hope lowlands and ag areas aren't as affected as big cities.

[@dazetupontu6767]

They should randomly make a massive earthquake on GTA San Andreas' online servers, see how people react...

[@Y0oisaac]

💀💀💀💀

[@rogerpereira5613]

YEAH living in Southern California, a big ass earthquake is just what 2020 needs

[@enyotheios2613]

Don't forget the one in 240 chance of a truck sized meteor hitting on November 2nd...

[@davehallett3128]

Another big ass is gonna win the election in november now that joe the yawn heard around the world biden has committed political suicide. The same way that walter mondale did

[@ferminpereira739]

Yes, 2020 is gonna be like hmmm... earthquake is scheduled for November

[@ferminpereira739]

@George Gee 😂😂

[@jamesd1106]

Just have a Real get out plan.. Carry a satellite phone an med-kit.. If you help, others will Help you..

[@wilkoenig6887]

Simon, thank you for such a pragmatic (and yes, subtlely dramatic) review of “our fault”. A few corrections: The Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system’s Berkeley Hills (East Bay) tunnel runs across the Hayward Fault, which runs along the expanse of the East Bay shoreline. Also, Memorial Stadium, which serves as the American College football stadium which is home to the UC Berkeley California Golden Bears is bisected by the Hayward Fault (and is one of the largest buildings now built atop seismic base isolators, alongside San Francisco International Airport’s International Terminal and its City Hall). The San Andreas Fault is actually a few miles off the San Francisco shoreline…

[@mtheory85]

"LA would be completely destroyed." Oh no!

[@GolfinGuitarist]

Anyways...

[@lauragriffin6512]

Too late

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - The earthquake state 5:10 - Chapter 2 - Burning down the house 9:00 - Chapter 3 - When the big one hit 11:35 - Mid roll ads 12:40 - Chapter 4 - Apocalypse california 16:25 - Chapter 5 - Survival

[@tavonfenwick-yb5xv]

Thank you

[@doggedout]

Today, Sept. 1, 2020: The "bubonic plague" and "the big one"... Truly Simon, you are god's own special ray of sunshine.

[@Erin-Thor]

🤣

[@ryanblack844]

Hey cuz!

[@Erin-Thor]

Ryan Black ?

[@garylagstrom3864]

I was there in San Francisco in July of 89 my first time visiting The City. It was hard to imagine anything happening to the most beautiful and breathtaking area in the entire country! I went back East for my sophomore year in undergraduate school and a girl I dated at the time ran into the college library were I was working and told me about the quake from watching the World Series! I couldn’t reach my friend who lived in Sacramento for like 2 weeks! Many mixed emotions as I watch this video and the profound sadness I felt about that marvelous city! But also encouraged by the bravery shown by all citizens to help out! God bless San Francisco!

[@tammieknuth6020]

So grateful for you on this!! One of the ones you did helped me at St. John's with everything going on years ago.

[@anarchyantz1564]

2020: Look world and tremble at me! 2021: *Rolls up tectonic plates, nods to Cascadia on the left, nods to San Andreas on the right, gives thumbs up to Yellowstone and says* Right, lets DO THIS! LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEROOOOOOY JEEEENKINS!

[@niagaradrones]

A virus and civil conflict wasn't enough guys, we have to press the hard reset button on America

[@mandipowell7797]

You do realize at minimum, Yellowstone produces "The year without a summer".

[@virginiawolfe2581]

I LOVE IT

[@--enyo--]

2022: Geomagnetic reversal

[@Farmsy__]

@@mandipowell7797 more likey a small volcanic winter around a decade or so.

[@jaxkovak]

"Thanks to Dollar Shave club" says the man with the full beard.

[@etonbachs4226]

He does have a bald head though. Gotta keep it clean somehow.

[@jaxkovak]

True enough, and its fun to watch videos in order and see it grow! If I were better at video editing I could put clips together for a time-lapse of beard growth!

[@JennRighter]

Says the man with a clean shaven head.

[@Sexyman202]

It could’ve been a Keeps ad

[@kansascityshuffle8526]

Where r/whoosh actually becomes a pun...

[@DarksladeDiaries]

Jeez, I can remember when we were all worried about "The Big One" back in the 60's. We even called the one in the 80's "The Very Large, but Not Quite Big One". Frankly, if you lived in California anytime after the early 60's which I did, you got pretty damned sick of hearing about how "The Big One" could hit at any time.

[@anthonydavid5121]

You are exactly right.

[@Avariel]

Worst case scenario is the multiple fires that spring up create a firestorm, sucking in winds to fuel themselves and igniting even more fires from the increase in intensity, if this happens on a particularly dry day the entire city could burn to the ground like in Hamburg during WW2.

[@barryon8706]

"Massive tsunami hits San Francisco: Poop Patrol given the day off."

[@GradyBroyles]

Hahaaha. That's hilarious. Oh wait 800k dead or displaced isn't funny.

[@1MoreTurn]

Barry On Them dead bodies gonna be leaking poop. Back to work!

[@frankroberts9320]

Followed by a massive toxic fish kill stretching from Alaska to Guatemala.

[@serephita]

unfortunately the tsunami would likely hit Japan again, much like last time :(

[@awclark3]

Actually, most of the people pooping on streets will washed out to sea. Maybe Nancy Pelosi will be home.

[@kurtlindner]

I can't stop hearing 'Business Blaze' Simon deliver all these lines.

[@frodopgriffyndor2269]

Couldn't you imagine Geographics Blaze'd? SIMON, GET DANNY ON IT!

[@brycecroker-holland1998]

I cant stop hearing today i found out simon

[@perryleduc1954]

i want all his channels to be blaze like

[@Major_plays]

Agreed i want this but done as a blaze script

[@katniptime4me]

Allegendly.

[@victoriapua4086]

I grew up close to LA and our school always prepared us for what to do when "the big one hits." I lived near Caltech so scientists would speak in our classes. Imagine having to hear about doomsday in elementary school? It was scary.

[@michaelashley9535]

And now young kids just shoot the schools up.

[@DeborahRosen99]

How many of your classmates, having gone through the same preparatory classes that you did, have a week's worth of food, water and medication tucked away for themselves and their families? I grew up in Orange County. Nobody there is ready. Almost nobody even thinks about it unless they have to, if it's pushed into their faces to think about.

[@sherylcascadden4988]

I've lived in southern California all my life. The 2971 quake in Sylmar was the first earthquake I remember. Our house was directly downstream of the Van Norman Dams, and the flood control channel ran directly behind our back fence. We were told to evacuate, and had relatives in Burbank we could move in with until the dam/reservoirs could be drained to a safe level. The 1994 Northridge earthquake occurred when I was visiting a friend just six miles from the epicenter. I wasn't leaving until the sun was up enough to see where we were going. Every place I've lived has had a hanging lamp. When in doubt, check the lamp: if it says like a pendulum, that was an earthquake. California is just lousy with swimming pools. There are companies that sell water filter/purifiers designed to make pool water potable. I have one. I have roughly 40 one gallon bottles of water stashed around my apartment. I have a propane backpacking stove, and an army surplus mini stove for heating MREs. I do not believe I am prepared for the "big one" but I think I am better prepared than any of my neighbors within a quarter mile of me.

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

We have only 950 years to prepare!!!

[@miketurner8025]

best nickname for california is "shake n bake"

[@dani7283]

🤣 really tho!

[@ytjazz1011]

mike turner well seeing as 2020 has had covid killed countless people why not add extra destruction along with the current wildfires

[@Steven_Segura]

November*

[@isaacdejesus4936]

Shake n bake Ricky bobby!!

[@cosmicrophoneticino]

The Quack-er State

[@shaddowsdieout]

Simon doing his civil duty by informing us of our very near demise.

[@Wraith-Knight]

or just making money from utube

[@yatox8]

Ah yes, admirable way to produce fecal matter in my pantaloons.

[@illylilly8491]

I love all of your videos. They are very detailed and informative. You should do one on the New Madrid Fault.

[@acthesunshine4310]

I teach 19th century literature so I LOVED your analogy of the Victorian train! Well done! ❤️

[@99999janice]

I’m a Northern Californian and was in San Francisco in 1989 for our earthquake. You are pretty on point with everything. Thanks

[@jennysjourney02]

I remember it too. There's lots of little ones that happen often in the area. I remember the one out of Napa a few years ago, it was the first time I ever heard an earthquake.

[@joeboyer7180]

I was four miles from the epicenter..

[@scottslotterbeck3796]

That one I gelt in Sacramento 120 miles away. We had no damage.

[@Chuckmo3D]

"Everything the residents of LA hold dear will have been destroyed." How does an earthquake destroy cocaine?

[@DxBlack]

And streets filled with shit?

[@Liam-th4qo]

Could cause you to spill it. Never ideal to sniff from a carpet.

[@UltimateForceMarketing]

Hopefully the heads of Antifa and Top Class of Democratic leaders will have been coincidentally setting up huge anti republican party and Trump deplorables destruction setup?? One could only wish!!

[@BaronSaturday66]

If your blow is thrown off the table by the earthquake, it could be bad.

[@frankboff1260]

Spills it out of the packet? Drops it into a giant crevasse?

[@resurgence7253]

The Alpine Fault here in New Zealand has a 75% chance of rupturing within the next 50 years, triggering a magnitude 8-ish quake. I have secured my furniture to the wall and put bottled water in my room, but paused this video to move it under my desk. Your parting comment about being grateful for being alive /before/ the disaster was impactful - thank you. We're woefully under-prepared for it as a nation and this perspective was nice.

[@namrepmek]

I could listen to Simon forever. Just the best narration. 👍

[@notshylo]

Meanwhile, the Cascadia subduction zone can produce an earthquake that would make the San Andreas look like a toddler shaking a kiddie table. Plus a tsunami. I’d be more worried if I lived in Seattle.

[@katiearcher4475]

And barely any of their buildings are built to be earthquake resistant. All that pretty brick?? Collapsing.

[@stormtrooper7177]

@@katiearcher4475 Yeah, that's Washington for you. The real question is will they be able to actually respond to the earthquake and tsunami and get basic infrastructure back up.

[@frankrojas304]

People don't realize that Seattle doesn't face the ocean directly, it's has a sound. Any tsunami would be extremely small in comparison to a city that is actually facing the ocean.

[@revans087]

Seattle also has that volcano

[@GardenDude1]

Imagine the Cascadia subduction quake triggers a tsunami and San Andy and together they shake enough to light off the Yellowstone firecracker.

[@CarolineLurks]

I'm glad I live far away from that... I'm sound and safe here, living 30 feet under sealevel in the Netherlands >

[@omama58]

😂🤣😂✌️🇱🇺🌍

[@scottjohnson9912]

HAAAAAAAAAA Haaaaaaaaaaa Haaaaaa good one

[@iliasbj5510]

@@scottjohnson9912 no, the big one

[@scottanderson691]

Well, at least you got "sound" right. Although in your case I don't think you'll be deep enough. Maybe more of a bight...

[@Raykibb1]

Know the feeling sitting in New Orleans jealous of the Netherlands’ drainage and levee system.

[@richosthoff7212]

"Learn to swim, see you down in Arizona Bay!" --TOOL

[@bulldog62js]

I'm prayin for tidal waaaaves

[@Sarah-bw8tm]

As a resident of the Pacific Rim in general (Oregon), emergency kits for any geological activity are necessary. I keep emergency equipment, freeze dried food, clean water, and ways to purify water in my home and in my car. Being a backpacker means that I’m also using this equipment/replenishing it pretty frequently to make sure it’s in good working order.

[@jimmywolfe4724]

The "two trains" analogy was a fantastic explanation of what's up.

[@mkendrick94]

It’s how my wife (a phd candidate in seismology) describes it

[@husstleedaillyy9971]

“of what’s up” ? 🤣

[@notquiteordinary]

Not really

[@randybrock2610]

Do trains get wider when hauling heavy loads? Causing them to bulge and make contact with an oncoming train? Would a mechanical Engineer explain traction loss or just the engines bogging down due too excessive load?

[@emmablake1300]

"Crap his pantaloons in fright" Ahhhh the most english thing ive ever heard.

[@Dunning.Kruger]

You managed to capitalize Crap... but not "English".

[@eduplessis9482]

Pantaloon, 1600s from the French pantalon, which came from the Italian pantalone... so not so English, really

[@bobdobalina8910]

Narrator - "The "MAXIMUM magnitude that could be released would be a 8.3 if the entire fault went all at once......" Mother Nature - "HOLD MY ORGANC BEER........." *You hear all about California's San Andreas Fault line......... but the one you should really be concerned with is the Cascadia Fault Line/Zone.

[@ImpmanPDX]

It always catches me off guard when I hear someone use the full, formal name of my hometown: San Buenaventura. We all just call it Ventura for brevity's sake :)

[@katieandkevinsears7724]

You should do an episode about the New Madrid fault zone along the Mississippi River. That upcoming quake will be more devastating than California.

[@enyotheios2613]

Not sure if more devastating, but likely just as much so. It did make portions of the Mississippi run backwards at the time, and permanently altered the landscape. I have a lot of family in that area.

[@Thumbsupurbum]

@@enyotheios2613 It'll be worse, because that area has no earthquake proofing. And I doubt many residents of Mississippi have earthquake insurance.

[@mmw55122]

Actually, if New Madrid went the east coast would feel it and the entire middle third of the US would be destroyed partially or completely. Since much of the US fuel supply comes from that area, the entire country would be hit hard economically if not physically. (The disaster-planning studies were done decades ago.)

[@ihatesweetgumtrees]

"Old enough to remember Hurricane Katrina" damn.

[@kauigg]

Just went to La and haven’t seen the fault line in a while until yesterday so I had to see some more and learn about it more

[@janellehoney-badger6525]

I find plate tectonics fascinating. Not because of the destruction but the massive forces acting on such a huge scale! I would love to study this, but there’s not a lot of movement in Australia.

[@SmashGhost]

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is the real big one.

[@DianaDeLuna]

Truth.

[@etcowwith-et3350]

One will kick off the other. Oh darn.

[@jaquigreenlees]

@@etcowwith-et3350 A full circle of them. Absolute worst case, one sets off the other right around the "Ring of Fire" setting off tectonic quakes and triggering the volcanoes along the fault lines. The series of tsunami hitting the antarctic ice sheet breaking more ice off so the 1/2 mile high wall of ice drops down to only 100 feet above the water, raising sea levels, lightening the weight on the antarctic continent so it lifts slightly, changing the pressures on the tectonic plates globally and triggering more quakes. absolute worst, extinction level event for 90+% of life.

[@carljohnson7168]

@@jaquigreenlees don't forget if yellowstone gets eruoted. That's worse case scenario. It might not but it's kinda close so..

[@jaquigreenlees]

@@carljohnson7168 In the scenario I posted, every volcano would erupt, including all 7 supervolcanos.

[@stinepetersen861]

Seriously Simon, you and all your channels pretty much saved my sanity during lock down. I found your channels after my workplace closed down in March. Today was my first day back to (almost) normal

[@KarlstadDrums]

This channel is the best! You just got interesting video after interesting video! Been bingeing these! Keep it up!

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Drops the concept of L.A. disappearing up the fundiment of The San Andreas Fault. Seamlessly segues into a pitch for Dollar Shave Club. Smooth, Simon, very smooth.

[@dkix89]

California: God's Etch-a-Sketch. - Robin Williams

[@sharonperry9548]

Why is this so funny 😂😂😂

[@metgath]

@@sharonperry9548 Because it's Robin Williams. I grew up there. One day I was working and an earthquake hit. The customers thought it was hilarious how bored I sounded when I said, "Earthquake, everyone to the parking lot."

[@HarmonicResearch]

In a Japan earthquake, the students that hid under their desk, were crushed. The students that lied down on the floor beside their desk, had more space and did not get crushed.

[@carolynbrown8209]

😪

[@JinxMarie1985]

So sad. Very tragic

[@z50king29]

I live in socal and have family who live within miles of the San Andreas. Thanks for this video

[@emigrator08]

I went to university at UC Berkeley and the fault line runs straight through the 50 yard line on the football field where I attended many games. We would joke about the line opening and swallowing all the players while we watched.

[@ralphharding859]

When the San Andreas fault finally lets go, I wonder if some survivor will echo what may be the dumbest movie line ever. "Now we rebuild."

[@Killer_Turnip]

You're right. It's in like every disaster movie 😅

[@elizabethjansen2684]

No doubt 🙄

[@helenclarke4735]

Should be "Now we leave"

[@michaellocklear4163]

Ü

[@jesserothhammer7378]

Simon: "but that's not what makes San Andreas so noteworthy." It's GTA. I know it

[@haribo836]

Groundbreaking game.

[@ladymaiden2308]

Love it.

[@Beryllahawk]

I did live through Katrina and even imagining people surviving and enduring the awful aftermath of this kind of thing is heart breaking. There are places in my city that STILL are not the same because of that event, and I'm in a place about a hundred miles inland... Horrible to think that this event isn't a "maybe" thing. It's WHEN, not if... I don't think you could pay me enough money to live anywhere on the West Coast honestly...

[@alfredfishFeet6132]

The shaking is going to be bad but I’m just grateful i don’t live in LA or a crowded city in CA

[@joeystrittmatter6890]

Got to love flipping from this 2 business Blaze Simon serious as all hell to seeing Simon release his inner anger

[@Theomite]

Shouldn't we start moving the museums, archives, zoos, and libraries further inland by now?

[@jandrews6254]

Theomite you should immediately stop using single use plastic bags, stop drinking bottled water, turn off your ac and forego meat! Sit under a tree in the lotus position and chant ohm

[@hodarov1564]

@@jandrews6254 ...

[@birdiec]

Middle classers with logic: yeah seems reasonable to plan ahead. Rich people: well yes but actually no

[@declanclaus6681]

everything

[@brightonbabe2139]

Theomite and stop building hospitals on or near fault lines.

[@Arthion]

As amusing as it may be to worry about the San Andreas 'Big One' the very idea of the Cascadia Subduction Zone's 'Big One' is far more terrifying. 9.0+ including tsunami potential.

[@Dragrath1]

Especially since a Cascadia big one typically causes the San Andreas big one since the two faults are connected. Its the disaster analog of a buy one get one free deal... A deal you really hope doesn't occur in our lifetimes.

[@jaynelson9543]

Dragrath1 unless you chilling on the east coast

[@Dragrath1]

@@jaynelson9543 Even if the event doesn't affect the east coast directly you will still have to worry about the indirect consequences namely economic and political fallout...That on its own would be a mess.

[@GradyBroyles]

@@Dragrath1 "typically?" what? What does that even mean? Also read up on the actual geology of the San Andreas fault at USGS. The San Andreas slips a little pretty much every day.

[@desireeespinosa3954]

Agreed... but I love living on The Lost Coast... er, for now?

[@jackfanning7952]

Let's talk about the 5,000,000,000,000 lb. gorilla sitting within a stone's throw of the San Andreas Fault - 72 casks, each one loaded with more piping hot radioactive fuel than contained in Chernobyl. The 5/8 inch thick casks (the cheapest on the market) are 1 ft. above sea level, 108 feet from the shoreline of what was called Earthquake Bay, before the real estate guys decided the name San Onofre would increase real estate values. 72 boiling hot radioactive geysers might make life impossible on the West Coast. for a couple of hundred thousand years. The City of Angels would quite literally become very descriptive of the aftermath.

[@kb80550]

Love your sense of humor, oh yeah, and your knowledge.

[@noewil8392]

2020 is humming the Jaws theme under its breath.

[@linda10989]

Or putting it on the To Do list

[@AceMBP]

Fauci in Italian = Jaws

[@NarwahlGaming]

The two note theme plays. You look around, certain it couldn't be real. You spot a kid with a cello sitting in the corner. He nods, silently, at you.

[@mmoren3]

Internet: If only 2020 could get even worse... San Andreas Fault: Suck, it will! Cascadia Subduction Zone: (evil laugh)

[@williamjeffersonclinton69]

Funny thing, usually when the Cascadia Subduction goes so does San Andreas.

[@MrLifeissomething]

@@williamjeffersonclinton69 As a seattlite thats the only thing that makes me smile about it.

[@williamjeffersonclinton69]

@@MrLifeissomething haha, Washington, Oregon and California would be f*cked, hmmm maybe I shouldn't be poking San Andreas with a stick down here but depth charge cascadia.

[@thevalorousdong7675]

*laughs in Mt. Saint Helens

[@GradyBroyles]

The Hayward Fault: Yall are cute, hold my beer

[@DanielWSonntag]

Well that's just great. Glad I had a chance to live in Palm Springs for a few years though.

[@sydonthenet6631]

Great video, as usual, I love your explanation, keep it up...

[@discodubber85]

I love how he gives these doomsday projections with such a dry, deadpan delivery... On one hand, it’s entertaining, educational, and even amusing. On the other, it’s like “Yep! We’re all screwed.” Lol

[@goldenhate6649]

Idk, a flattening of california seems pretty good for the US right now…

[@drgunnwilliams8239]

Who is WE CA. man? All the liberal WOKE ID 10 ts? Bye bye cry BABY & good riddance!

[@ljyf535]

Oh look, an earthquake kit magically ended up in my Amazon cart...

[@SteenyBean]

😂 funny not funny

[@skeletony2812]

Northern California: I wish the lower half would just fall in the ocean Geo graphics: Boy do I have good news for you

[@FlyingTigress]

A video about the 1964 Alaska quake would be interesting - since it was mentioned in this one.

[@jon-michaelharris5840]

As a native Floridian, at least I know when a hurricane is coming.

[@MartinsGarage97]

Except, the tsunami it causes would be devastating over the world. Heck, I am in Oregon so its either the san Andreas or the big island of Hawaii that going to get us with a massive tsunami.

[@joebradford7308]

I'm sorry. For what? For you having to love in such bassackwards state like fuckin Florida!! Yikes! Too many horror stories, and FUCK THE STAND YOUR GROUND LAW!! Florida needs to check up on that shit n do something about it! Sorry. Not your fault

[@dansands8140]

@@joebradford7308 Yet Florida's population is skyrocketing while California loses population. Weird. Almost like Florida is great.

[@ilarious5729]

@@joebradford7308 no not their fault, it's californias fault didn't Simon explain this clearly enough...?

[@joeyr7294]

I'm from NC and I felt the same way, but we had a small earthquake like 2 weeks ago...I've lived here 30 years and it's a first for me!

[@realCliffordJones]

14:07 - The Camp Fire was more recent. Not 2008, but 2018.

[@nitsujsetaps85]

I was about to type this myself.

[@martinwhalley3286]

Yep, and the Rim Fire took out a chunk of Yosemite I believe 2015. The Carr fire burnt a quarter of Redding, Ca. On up the mountain to Lewiston and 3 miles from my girls cabin in Douglas City.

[@martinwhalley3286]

@@nitsujsetaps85 i give you a like for the sentiment. Whirling Dervishes these fingers of mine

[@nicmoore7973]

I just said the same thing.. Lol

[@Ggggggyhg]

I love the serious nature of the video…then randomly he goes into a shaving razor speal lol

[@vr6swp]

An episode of In Search Of about the San Andreas (dating back to the mid 1970's) put the potential death toll as high as 30-50,000 depending on exact location and even what time of day the quake hit

[@half421965]

So, let’s recap. Asteroid hits Yellowstone right before the election, setting off the super volcano, which in turn sets off all of the fault lines along the west coast while the shake sets loose the mainland of Hawaii, unleashing the worst tsunami ever....fun times!

[@auzziecrunt8538]

The end of the world. Yes😂😂

[@The13lackMamba]

@@auzziecrunt8538 Nah just the US ;)

[@katniptime4me]

Yup.

[@somebody2468]

Please don't jinx it.

[@lisamendez4309]

And then no sun for years, famine and extinction.

[@PetrolMuzungu]

"Hey, where do you want to be when the Big One hits?" "At Coachella, drunk and high!" Worse ways to go

[@gapratt4955]

Bring plenty of water!

[@61rampy65]

@@gapratt4955 Beer and whiskey both contain water!

[@angelswrldd3335]

i live in coachella 😞

[@gapratt4955]

@@angelswrldd3335 Gotta ask, which make a bigger mess of getting around, Date festival or Music festival. Bet it is a bit warm about now in that neck of the woods.

[@angelswrldd3335]

@@gapratt4955 before covid the music festival was wayyyyy worse, so much traffic everywhere u wouldn’t believe it

[@kweenalize5455]

When I was younger I'd always hear people say California is going to fall off the earth but there was never any explaination as to why. Your videos are so interesting. Thank you 😊💜