RE: My Faults: A Journey Along the Pacific and North American Plates, Part 1 of 3 (Alaska to Haida Gwaii)
It is an interesting subject to be fair and being on the west coast of the United States I can see where the interest stems from. I'm luck enough to come from a country that has never had any issues with earthquakes and hopefully never will. Our lovely Island just has to worry about Hurricanes and massive flooding, nothing serious.
I'm always open to learning about new things which is why steemit appeals to me so much as there are people here with knowledge that i don't have and would like to know. Not earthquakes nessessarily but any subject written in depth like this will always catch my interest. I know your not a professional but you have given a detailed analysis of the concept with your post. I've noticed a large amount of natural disasters in recent times and am just wondering if this is increasing or is it just a by product of the digital age that more of them are in our focus line with smart phones and international news???
Thanks for the comment. I think both are true; we're seeing more damage from disasters and it's also being reported more heavily. Partly, populations have grown and people are living in places (such as in floodplains and canyons) that are prone to regular flooding and fires, etc., which might have not been a big deal if they swept through a generation or two earlier when there weren't homes there.