Myths & truths: your city/town/village

[shootingstar]

Earthquake warning for our area feels like a myth-truth ....like telling someone to pay attention to the fire alarm.

But I think it's real. It wouldn't be surprising alot of structural engineers in our area would agree that we're not prepared for this big one.

Any more myth-truths about your corner of the world?

[Trek420]

the Hayward fault has a MAJOR eruption every 140 years. The last one was ... uhm, er, uh 141 years ago. If you live in the Bay Area make sure you are prepared to be on your own at least 72 hours

http://www.kqed.org/quest/blog/2008/...dictable-peril

http://72hours.org/

[Pax]

The perception of Central IL is that it's a backwater "fly-over" area with nothing to offer culturally. This is a huge misconception, our town is home to a major university, wonderful ethnic restaurants, museums, local coffee shops, a vibrant live music scene, a facility dedicated to the performing arts, and an art museum that is currently showing Warhol and Audubon exhibits.

[TsPoet]

Where I live has over 85% of the worlds high-level radioactive waste. You'd think with that truth, I could find some great myths, but I haven't been so lucky.
Wikipedia isn't allowed at work because it is considered to be wrong about the science that it describes. But, what I've read of it's write-up about here is pretty good.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanford_Site

Note - the US Gov't named the reactors with random letters (vs. A, B, C,...) to fool potential spies. Yeah, that'll do it.

and here's the gov's site on the local.
http://www.hanford.gov/doe/history/?history=archaeology

[Tuckervill]

People in Arkansas do wear shoes, and don't marry their cousins.

Karen

[Biciclista]

It doesn't really rain in Seattle. .. well, not very much anyway.

[wackyjacky1]

Truth: Texas really is better than everywhere else.

(I have a friend from Arkansas who jokes that while everyone thinks their state is the best, Texas is the only state where the people actually believe it.)