Large Earthquake to hit Southern California by september 2004

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i guess it didn't happen!...yet

[cardboardroom]

Something tells me that if an earthquake hit Disneyland with large enough magnitude to knock down a building or two, they wouldn't just rope off that area and keep everything else running.

Disneyland opened its gates the morning of the Northridge quake back in '94, so I don't see that they would close the park in an earthquake unless they really had to.

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I thought that the Northridge quake was too far away from Disneyland to do any damage to it. Does anybody remember how much damage Disneyland took from the Northridge earthquake?.....

[Tech_Disney]

well, of course they got it wrong. they're researchers from UCLA. If they had been from USC, they would have correctly predicted the exact second the earthquake would happen. none of this 6 month windows and still getting it wrong. If you're going to make a prediction this broad, you damn well better get it right.

[cardboardroom]

I thought that the Northridge quake was too far away from Disneyland to do any damage to it. Does anybody remember how much damage Disneyland took from the Northridge earthquake?.....

Too far away?! A huge section of Anaheim Stadium was damaged by that quake! My dad even has video of the damage from inside the stadium.

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Too far away?! A huge section of Anaheim Stadium was damaged by that quake! My dad even has video of the damage from inside the stadium.

Then it's a good thing I'm not a seismologist, because Southern California would be screwed......

[YellowMan]

Disneyland opened its gates the morning of the Northridge quake back in '94, so I don't see that they would close the park in an earthquake unless they really had to.

Yes, but the Northridge quake didn't knock down any buildings inside Disneyland. And as we were talking about whether the park would remain open if the castle or Matterhorn was knocked over, the Northridge quake isn't a very good example of what would happen if one of these was destroyed in a quake.

Like I said, something tells me that if a building was knocked down by a quake in Disneyland they wouldn't just rope off that area and keep the park running.

[Tech_Disney]

didn't they just rope off the area when the tree fell over in frontierland? didn't they just rope off fantasyland when there was a gas leak on opening day? didn't they just rope off the area when the playhouse disney sign caught on fire? something tells me they would rope off the area if a building fell over. it would make more sense to me to close the park if someone dies on a ride, but they just rope off the area.

[YellowMan]

But those things are not nearly of the same scale as an entire building collapsing. I don't know, an entire building collapsing (especially the size of the castle or the Matterhorn) seems a lot bigger to me than a tree falling over, a gas leak, or a minor fire. Not to mention the fact that an earthquake large enough to cause this kind of damage would not be centralized on these buildings alone, meaning that most likely damage would be caused to other buildings in the area (even if they didn't collapse yet). Personally, if an earthquake hit causing a Disneyland building to fall over, I think it would be quite foolish to simply rope off that area and continue normal operation everywhere else. The only safe thing to do would be to close the park until the entire park could be inspected before people are sent into buildings and rides that could potentially be damaged. Like I said already, if the quake was big enough to knock down a building or two in Disneyland, just because the rest are standing doesn't mean they're safe.

[dlfreak]

I thought that the Northridge quake was too far away from Disneyland to do any damage to it. Does anybody remember how much damage Disneyland took from the Northridge earthquake?.....

There was shaking all the way down in Mexico...



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Like I said, something tells me that if a building was knocked down by a quake in Disneyland they wouldn't just rope off that area and keep the park running.

I think they might though I'm just not sure

I think they'd do it with every intention if there was someway to completley hide the destroyed building. (Seeing a building collapsed from an earthquake wouldn't be the happiest and most reassuring sign to see at a theme park.)

I know this is morbid but wouldn't it be a sight to see if the castle actually collapsed?!