KiriM

KiriM , 22 days ago (edited 22 days ago)

If you actually read the article you would know that this is not a prediction of any kind. It is about a paper that was recently published which further clarifies something that was already well understood, that the Pacific northwest is just as likely to see extremely large magnitude earthquakes as any of the other large subduction zones. The PNW isn’t alone in being woefully under prepared for large earthquakes, California and parts of the Midwest (New Madrid) are also burying their heads in the sand on this issue. The facts of the matter aside, dumping some myopic shitpost about your holiday plans on a subject that involves the lives of millions makes you come off as a complete psycho.

Edit: Who exactly jokes about natural disasters which are quite literally waiting to happen? Doesn’t seem particularly funny to me 🤷

Edit2: You know, I actually hadn’t considered the possibility that this was a joke, mostly because it just isn’t a funny thing to laugh about. Especially in a science based community. But in hindsight I do stand by the comment. This kind of joking about earthquakes like they are an impossibility actually does contribute to the flippant attitudes politicians and the public have to these things. It’s not unfunny because I enjoy being the fun police, it’s unfunny because it’s a statistical certainty that an event like this WILL happen somewhere eventually and if they aren’t taken more seriously they will kill a lot of people. So it isn’t necessarily the earthquake that ultimately lead to those deaths, it’s attitudes like this where we crack questionable one liners about it instead of taking actual steps to mitigate risk.

KiriM , 2 months ago

Is it against the rules to nitpick bad science here? Because if it isn’t then this is absolutely not how continental drift works, there is no ocean of magma under the earth’s crust. The asthenosphere contains small amounts of magma that lead to a “fluid like” behaviour over long time scales. But even if I’m being generous and assuming the creator is referring to the asthenosphere then the upper layer should probably be labeled as the lithosphere and not the crust since the latter refers to the chemical boundary with the mantle and not the brittle mechanical regime that sits above the asthenosphere. Meme is still cool though, thanks for listening to my TED talk 🫠

KiriM , 10 months ago

While not being directly related it might be worth noting that a former employee of lmg has now come forward on twitter to describe in gory detail the kind of treatment she received while working there. The culture there sounds utterly disgusting and based on their history it is all extremely believable. Link to the post

KiriM , 10 months ago

I think this reddit post has all of it.