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[[File:calfornia is gone 737.jpg|frame|[[Tool|Learn to swim; see you down in Arizona Bay...]]]]▼
{{quote|''I remember the great quake of '85... when all the people in California surfed to Denver...''
|[[Robin Williams]] as a far-future version of himself, on ''Throbbing Python of Love''}}
▲[[File:calfornia is gone 737.jpg|frame|[[Tool|Learn to swim; see you down in Arizona Bay...]]]]
The [[wikipedia:San Andreas Fault Line|San Andreas Fault Line]] runs across much of California, as do other smaller fault lines, and consequently, earthquakes are common in the region.
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== [[Music]] ==
* In the [[Tool]] song "Ænema", the singer is ''praying'' for this to happen to Los Angeles, since the only way to fix it is to "flush it all away". It's inspired by the [[Bill Hicks]] "Arizona Bay" routine, which is directly referenced in the chorus. The album artwork features "before" and "after" maps that show most of California gone. (The "after" map is used as the image for this page.)
* Discussed in the [[Warren Zevon]] song "Desperadoes Under the Eaves":
{{quote|''And if California falls into the ocean
''Like the mystics and statistics say it will
''I predict this hotel will be standing
''Until I pay my bill. }}
* ''[[The Decemberists]]''' 'Calamity Song' mentions "California succumbed to the fault line."
* The song "Ocean Front Property" by [[George Strait]], although it's more of a "It will never happen!" than suggesting that it will.
{{quote|''{{'}}Cause I don't love you, and now if you'll buy that
''I got some ocean front property in Arizona.
''From my front porch you can see the sea. }}
* Mentioned in the [[Steely Dan]] song "My Old School", with the line "California tumbles into the sea."
* The subject of the calypso-flavored 1969 novelty hit "Day After Day (It's Slippin' Away)" by Shango:
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* "California Jam" by [[Klaatu]] is a [[Beach Boys]] pastiche that contrasts the sun & surf lifestyle with the future, when "the San Andreas misfortune" will make California "a place in our memory".
== [[Recorded and Stand-Up Comedy]] ==
* The [[Bill Hicks]] routine [https://youtu.be/IU1SPAliETk?t=147 "Arizona Bay"] (NSFW) talks about Los Angeles falling into the ocean after an earthquake. This would make Arizona the new coastline, hence the name.
{{quote|''Ahhh, it's gone, it's gone, it's gone... All the shitty shows are gone, all the idiots screaming in the fucking wind are dead, I love it... leaving nothing but a cool, beautiful serenity called Arizona Bay. That's right, when L.A. falls in the fucking ocean and is flushed away, all it will leave is Arizona Bay.''}}
* Similarly, an early [[Robin Williams]] routine -- which can be heard on his ''Throbbing Python of Love'' album -- features [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqjVIY9JhCg an old man from the distant future year of 2018], who mentions the during his ramblings "...the Great Quake, when we all surfed to Colorado."
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* This was the conclusion of [[Dexters Lab|Dexter's]] California vacation. California had a big earthquake as they were leaving, and it went out to sea (neatly along the state line) as California Island
== Other Media ==
* The famed early 20th century psychic [[Edgar Cayce]] predicted that California would be destroyed by earthquakes and consumed by the Pacific, and many major cities such as [[Los Angeles]] and [[San Francisco]] would disappear.
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