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                              Ignorance is Bliss

So I'm catching up on The Transylvania Times [1] (I'm a bit behind, and
they're piling up) when I come across this rather distrubing headline:
“Wednesday Morning Earthquake Felt In Transylvania [2].”

Wait … what?

Yes Virgina, an earthquake in the southeast United States [3].

I know eathquakes happen along the Pacific Coast [4] (like California, the
land of Shake and Bake). I also know they happened in Missouri [5] (although
rare, when it happens, it happens). But in the East? The East is supposed to
be stable. Rock solid (ahem). Not shifting underneath our very feet. I am
disquieted by this news.

As I fall deeper into this whole “East Coast Earthquake Zone,” it appears to
be all too true. There's a fault line that runs from Alabama northeast to
Newfoundland, Canada, and it runs about six miles east of Brevard [6].

I … I don't know how I feel about this. I admit, I have an irrational fear of
earthquakes. I don't know why, I just do. Hurricanes? Please … don't bother
me unless it's a category 4. An earthquake? Even a relatively minor 2 on the
Richter scale (and this one was a 4.4)? Aieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Run away!

And the kicker in all this? This fault line has a name. It's name is the
Brevard Fault [7]! No, really [8].

Now I really have no idea how I feel about this.

[1] https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/
[2] https://www.transylvaniatimes.com/story/2018/12/13/news/wednesday-morning-earthquake-felt-in-transylvania-brevard-nc/38938.html
[3] https://www.knoxnews.com/story/weather/2018/12/12/earthquake-east-tennessee-knoxville-area-4-4-magnitude-quake-felt-far-atlanta/2286871002/
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Fire
[5] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone
[6] http://brevardnc.org/
[7] http://brevardnc.com/insider/the-brevard-fault-a-geological-treat/
[8] http://atlantasupperwestside.com/Site/BrevardFaultZone.html

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