
Earthquake Storms
The Fascinating History and Volatile Future of the San Andreas Fault
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Narrated by:
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Malcolm Hillgartner
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By:
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John Dvorak
The lives of millions will be changed after it breaks, and yet so few people understand it, or even realize it runs through their backyard. Dvorak reveals the San Andreas Fault's fascinating history - and its volatile future.
It is a prominent geological feature that is almost impossible to see unless you know where to look. Hundreds of thousands of people drive across it every day. The San Andreas Fault is everywhere - and primed for a colossal quake. For decades scientists have warned that such a sudden shifting of the Earth's crust is inevitable. In fact, it is a geologicn ecessity.
The San Andreas Fault runs almost the entire length of California, from the redwood forest to the east edge of the Salton Sea. Along the way, it passes through two of the largest urban areas of the country - San Francisco and Los Angeles. Dozens of major highways and interstates cross it. Scores of housing developments have been planted over it. The words San Andreas are so familiar today that they have become synonymous with earthquake.
Yet few people understand the San Andreas or the network of subsidiary faults it has spawned. Some run through Hollywood, others through Beverly Hills and Santa Monica. The Hayward Fault slices the football stadium at the University of California in half. Even among scientists, few appreciate that the San Andreas Fault is a transient, evolving system that, as seen today, is younger than the Grand Canyon and key to our understanding of earthquakes worldwide.
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The author goes into great detail on the personalities of the early scientists studying the fault. I didn’t expect to be so entertained by these often highly unusual characters. But the book never gets bogged down with too many details or segues. It stays cohesive throughout.
As to the science, the author manages to keep it simple enough that those who are not familiar with earthquakes or California’s geography would have no trouble understanding. For those who are more familiar though, there is still plenty of interesting information and ample examples down to very detailed, local levels.
Great book and great narration.
Very interesting and informative
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Fascinating!
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The rest of the book goes over the science of earthquakes which is a relatively new science. I found it interesting how "settled science" was overturned again and again. Those who helped establish what we all now consider Earthquake 101 all had to overcome criticism and outright hostility from fellow scientists. The author helps you realize just how new our understanding of earthquakes really is. He further debunks the science of earthquake prediction.
It is vitally important that you begin listening to this book with an open mind and be willing to admit that what you thought was fact just might be wrong.
The final chapter was really fascinating to me because he goes over areas along the San Andreas where they are very overdue. I listened to this part just a few days before the Salton Sea area was hit by a massive swarm of quakes.
A great follow-up to this would be the lecture given by Nick Zentner entitled Great Earthquakes of the Pacific Northwest, you can find it on Youtube. He also puts to rest many false "facts" of earthquakes.
You can buy this book with confidence that you will NOT regret it.
Excellent history of the study of earthquakes
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Earthquake nerd heaven!
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