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Old 11-11-2010, 07:40 PM
 
Location: San Diego
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Visit San diego in August and luv it there.What really impress me was when i visit Coronado Island.Do the island get earthquakes and wildfires like the city of San diego gets?
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Old 11-11-2010, 07:48 PM
 
Location: San Diego, CA
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San Diego rarely gets big earthquakes since we're so far from the largest and most active fault lines but they do happen. Also Coronado isn't really an island as it has always been connected to the main land by a muddy string of land which in the 50's the government raised by several feet using fill material dredged from the bay. Now there is a highway across it as an alternate to the Coronado bay bridge or the old ferry boat system. As for wild fires, no, there isn't enough undeveloped land left on Coronado because prime ocean front real estate tends to be the first stuff developed.
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Old 11-11-2010, 09:06 PM
 
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The major fault that is in San Diego would particularly affect Coronado if it were to be active.
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Old 11-12-2010, 05:33 AM
 
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I heard an urban legend that the military planted explosives along the strand to be detonated in time of war so the ships can get out quickly without transiting the bay.
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Old 11-12-2010, 03:33 PM
 
Location: Escondido, CA
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I heard an urban legend that the military planted explosives along the strand to be detonated in time of war so the ships can get out quickly without transiting the bay.
I don't think that's true. Most of San Diego Bay is too shallow, under 12 feet. Even if you blow up the strand, there's no way military cruisers can get through that.

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Coronado Island
Coronado Island is a small uninhabited island 20 miles west of Tijuana. You can see it from San Diego on clear days.
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