Post by woodyz on May 22, 2015 16:40:11 GMT -7
Earthquake Strikes In America’s Heartland
www.offthegridnews.com/grid-threats/earthquake-strikes-in-americas-heartland/
A 2008 report from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated that a modern New Madrid earthquake would result in “the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States” and devastate Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Estimates of the damage from such a quake include:
• The death of 4,000 people in Memphis alone. It’s the nearest major city to the quake.
• Thousands of collapsed bridge.
• Damage to 715,000 buildings.
• Two million people left homeless.
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• Some 86,000 people injured.
www.offthegridnews.com/grid-threats/earthquake-strikes-in-americas-heartland/
A 2008 report from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) stated that a modern New Madrid earthquake would result in “the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States” and devastate Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Estimates of the damage from such a quake include:
• The death of 4,000 people in Memphis alone. It’s the nearest major city to the quake.
• Thousands of collapsed bridge.
• Damage to 715,000 buildings.
• Two million people left homeless.
•
• Some 86,000 people injured.
