Hmm yeah.. they're both a disaster of about the same magnitude.

Although, if it happens anytime soon, given how fragile America is right now, it'll shatter the country I suspect. I mean, it would be hard to cope with that level of destruction and displacement of people at the best of times. The way things stand now, with the Spray-tan Don at the helm, I'd expect the rescue services and the economy to be very quickly overwhelmed, and Washington D.C to essentially abandon the West coast to their fate, with little or no help, the same as they did to Puerto Rico.

I'd imagine that wouldn't go down well, might be the final straw that breaks the camels back, or rather, the Union.