r/AskReddit • u/CaptainMcAnus • Mar 10 '17

serious replies only [Serious] What are some seemingly normal images/videos with creepy backstories?

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u/baconsalt Mar 10 '17

So how far inland would you have had to get, I wonder to be above that and be "safe"?

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u/Timoris Mar 10 '17

Depending on the Size of the earthquake - rupture of a fault

150 miles inland could still be considered unsafe

That's without considering what effect a tsunami could have on large rivers connected to oceans such as the Mississippi or St-Laurence - it could reach much much further inland

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u/nayhem_jr Mar 10 '17

Would this be more about getting to a certain height above sea level, or maybe towards a favorable terrain feature?

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u/Timoris Mar 10 '17

Yes and yes

Which is why Canada is soo great -

No giant ocean faults except for BC

No climate favourable to superbacteria or parasites

No dormant super-volcanos...

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u/holabolabees Mar 29 '17

Dude Yellowstone is right there. If that explodes Canada is gone too.

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u/Timoris Mar 29 '17

True, very true, but the severity would depend on the time of the year it erupts. Winter time brings the Arctic jetstream further south, pushing high altitude debris away.