Landlocked said:
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Yeah, us southerners can handle hurricanes, tornados and the like, but when the ground starts shaking, that's another situation. No thanks.
I spent a couple years living in NW Tennessee not too far from the New Madrid fault area. We had a couple little tremblers while I was there, even had an earthquake rider on our insurance policy.
When The Big One hits that part of the Mississippi River Valley again, it's going to make the ones they get in California look like nothing. The ones that area got in 1811-12 not only made the Mississippi River flow backwards for a time, but changed the course of the river for good. Another one like that, and you could see both Memphis and St. Louis largely under water.