Could the ‘San Andreas’ movie become a reality?
The movie “San Andreas” hits theaters Friday. The action-packed flick shows the San Andreas fault triggering a magnitude 9.0 earthquake in California destroying everything in its wake.
The new Hollywood disaster movie has a few people here in our valley wondering if they need to be worried.
We asked earthquake expert David Oglesby if these disastrous events in the newly released “San Andreas” are something that could actually happen?
“The scope of the damage and the overall horror of the situation is of course far, far greater than anything you would expect to see from any possible earthquake in California,” Oglesby said.
While experts said the seismic events in the movie are over exaggerated, the movie is serving a purpose.
“It might alert the people of southern California and all other people in California to the possibility of a damaging earthquake that is inevitable. Large earthquakes in California are inevitable,” Oglesby said.
So we wanted to see how prepared some people were.
“We’re set up for about three weeks of supplies because if you lose your electricity, your water and everything else, it’s bad,” Michael Striggs said.
“So you think you’re prepared but when the big one hits, you’re probably going to wish you’ve done some other things,” Palm Desert resident Tony Farmer said.
“I would think I am ready, but honestly in an earthquake or any natural disaster are we really ready ? No,” Palm Desert resident Roxy Rey said.
If a big earthquake were to hit, experts said everyone should have supplies to last them at least three days if not more.
“Try to put together the food, some clothing, some emergency blankets, medicines and replenish them every once in a while because even canned food does go bad,” Oglesby said.
Because there is no scientific method for predicting when the big one will hit, it’s good to always be prepared.
You might also want to have two earthquake kits, one at home and one in your car. That’s just in case you happen to be trapped on a broken freeway away from your home when the earthquake hits.
