So, what would be your reaction to The Big One hitting?
I live inland and my house is on wheels it would take a couple days to get water and electricity back.
but if the big one happens that fucks over the entire west coast bad, Seatle would be demolished because they would be hit too and their buildings are not up to code, much of oregon would be fucked too, and the Tsunami would hit Hawaii and the far east a whole lot of people would die.
In its after math the tech industry and the entertainment industry flee, Californias economy completely collapses and the political class that rules it will be obliterated. In the after math however we can plead act of god and either declare bankruptcy or get a federal bail out. The rebuilding would then take place the kind of excesses in politics that make california the mess it is will not be tolerated for at least a time.
For the rest of the country this means were taken out of the political picture for at least a decade.