Quake fears as stress builds on San Andreas fault

Quake fears as stress builds on San Andreas fault :

"The southern end of the San Andreas fault near Los Angeles, which has not had a major rupture for more than 300 years, is under immense stress and there are fears it could produce a massive earthquake.

But exactly when that quake will take place cannot be predicted, a new study published in the British journal Nature says."

I have known about the San Andreas Fault all my life. It seems like forever that people have been talking about this fault and what might happen. So, we have the knowledge. It seems that even though there is this much stress, it does not mean there will be an earth quake . It would also appear we know a lot but not enough to be clear about what might occur when. In the light of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean area, I think we showed we could get enough information to alert people but we had no routine way of passing that information to key people who would act. Nature is mnature. We have to live with it but we are smart enough to be investigative and alert. We didn't react to the tsunami either because we went into disbelief. Our own shock. Fair enough, given we are human...but the cost? Too high. This San Andreas fault needs to be dealt with. It is obviously being monitored. We need a protocol in place which we will follow and which will get action inspite of our disbelief. We have the means to do that now. We need to look after ourselves.