Bill Nye: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Is ‘Unusual’ for Atlantic Coast

RUSH EXCERPT:

NYE: “In my experience any time you get over 4, there’s a lot of — there’s a lot of earthquake scales and there’s an argument that the richter scale is old fashioned. Any time you get over 4 and stuff starts falling off the shelves — I would be surprised if things haven’t fallen off the shelves in New York. In general this is a local effect. The North America tectonic plate is huge. So it’s spreading out in the mid Atlantic and moving east to west, but out west where you have Yellowstone national park there’s volcanic activity and I bet you there will be some giant ripple that made its way across North America to shake New York. It just shows everybody the importance of being prepared. The old saying is earthquakes don’t hurt people. Buildings hurt people. You want things to be as secure as reasonable where you can still live your life. You know, you want cabinet doors that hold themselves shut during earthquakes. The other thing is just — everybody talks about this. Just have flashlights, food and water in case electricity goes out for a couple days. That’s very common. Power lines start falling over or get disturbed and safety systems shut things off and it takes a while for them to be turned back on.”