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>As for earthquakes, one big enough to cause
catastrophic damage to San
>Onofre can occur at any time. I really think that's a simple "given" to most > rational people. That it can,
indeed happen. Again, the question
>they've got you asking really has only to do with the rate of occurrence, so > that's exactly and only, what the so-called geologist for the CCC was > supposed to give us: A prediction. That what good science gives society. > Numbers. So we can decide what gambles we want to take. San Onofre is > only built to a 7.0, and I wouldn't want to gamble on that, either. But > actually, the idea of building a nuclear power plant in an earthquake >zone OR a tsunami zone (coastal area) is ludicrous! Or an asteroid zone. If I understand this correctly, it is
possible that an enormous
earthquake, asteroid, or tsunami might some day hit the
southern California coast. In the case of a
tsunami, the population
living between the ocean and the
coastal mountain range
(~10 million people) could drown or be
otherwise killed in
the catastrophe. But, the really serious
consequence of such an event
would be the destuction of the San Onofre
Nuclear Power Plant
with possible release of radioactivity.
Stop the world. I want to
get
off!
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