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EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION CAUSING A MASS EXODUS FROM U.S. PACIFIC NORTHWEST

imagePORTLAND, Oregon (The Adobo Chronicles® )  – Off the coast of Oregon, a pair of tectonic plates are now grinding up against one another under the Pacific Ocean which will inevitably result in the worst natural disaster in the history of North America, writes journalist Kathryn Schulz in a terrifying new article published this week in the New Yorker, titled “The Really Big One.”

A massive earthquake will lay waste to thousands of homes and buildings, devastate the power grid and energy infrastructure, and even do things like causing the edge of the continent to drop by as much as 30 feet and liquefying solid ground.

A mega-tsunami that would arrive onshore across the Northwestern coast within 15 minutes of the earthquake’s strike, creating a “700-mile-long liquid wall” would render the region “unrecognizable.” It will result in the deaths of 13,000 people or more, as well as more than 1 million left homeless, and the need to provide food and water for more than 2 million for perhaps months to come.

It’s a scenario that renders the Hollywood film, ‘San Andreas,’ seem like a fairy tale.

As a result of this prediction, the Pacific Northwest has seen an overwhelming exodus of residents moving to the East Coast, Hawaii and Las Vegas where the sale of condominium units in high-rise buildings has skyrocketed.

Home prices in Seattle and Portland have dropped by almost 75% in just the last few days and the number of employees quitting their  jobs has reached several thousands.

Reacting to the panic situation, President Barack Obama appealed to all Americans to remain calm, noting that earthquake prediction in America is still in its infant stages, and that a mass exodus from the Pacific Northwest to other regions would only create more problems in states that are already dealing with issues of migration and overpopulation.

CALIFORNIANS RELIEVED: NO 8.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE ON THURSDAY

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SAN FRANCISCO, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – It was supposed to happen at 4 p.m. Pacific time on Thursday, May 28: an 8.8 magnitude earthquake in California, brought about by the alignment of the planets. The prediction came from Dutch Frank Hoogerbeets, the same man who predicted the recent devastating quake in Nepal.

By 3:59 p.m, many Californians had ducked under tables, filed into the streets and had abandoned high-rise office buildings and condominiums. Both the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Bridge in San Francisco were surprisingly empty, but churches of all denominations were standing room only.

Then 4 p.m. came and went, but the earth was still.

imageApparently, Hoogerbeets got it wrong. It was going to be a 9.0 magnitude shaker, and it would happen a day after – Friday, May 29 at 1000 Van Ness and other California movie theaters near you — right where the San Andreas fault runs through.

(Disclosure: The Adobo Chronicles did not receive any fee for promoting the movie ‘San Andreas,’ starring Wayne Johnson, in this news story.)

 

 

 

BAY AREA’S MAGNITUDE 6.0 EARTHQUAKE ONLY A TEST, TWO TESTS IN FACT

imageSan Jose, California (The Adobo Chronicles) – Thousands of Bay Area residents were awakened by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake at a little past 3 a.m. today. The quake was centered near American Canyon and was felt all the way from Napa Valley to South San Jose.

It turns out that the quake was a test. Only a test. It was a test of the structural integrity of the new span of the Bay Bridge which, months before it opened, was dodged with controversy and problems with faulty bolts. Many critics had questioned whether the  bridge would survive a strong earthquake. As of press time, it wasn’t clear who initiated the test.

But the other test was obviously initiated by the giant social media company based in Menlo Park – Facebook. It was a test of the new Emergency Facebook System designed to replace the aging Emergency Broadcast System. From all indications, the test was very successful, with Facebook friends alerting each other about the shaker, long before it was reported by radio and television stations.

Facebook is also reportedly working on a new app that would detect and measure the intensity of earthquakes. This may put personnel of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) out of their jobs and they’re shaking and very nervous.