Tornadoes

[Cynical Ninja]

Plus a lot of the San Andreas fault is frigging gorgeous every other part of the time. California is some of the most naturally spectacular land around, and they don't let a couple occasional earthquakes ruin that. To be honest, the building codes are so strict and quake-resistant, the death tolls from the worst California quakes are in the tens and twenties, when other countries like Mexico etc can suffer losses in the hundreds and thousands.

California hasn't even had “the big one” yet, nowhere near in fact. When it does we will see just how effective those “building codes” are against a quake 9+ on the Richter scale because that's what California is looking at one day, its as inevitable as day following night.

So enjoy that “gorgeous” land while you still can its going to be a major disaster area at some point.