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Originally Posted by Busy Bee
Earthquakes? Oh my! They seriously thought that name was a good idea?
Where are the New Orleans Hurricanes? Oklahoma City Bombers? Topeka Tornadoes? Montgomery Race Riots? Or internationally, how about the Dublin Famine or the Kuala Lumpur Tsunami?
Chicago Fire seems OK to me because its an obvious play on words citing a historical event with absolutely 0% chance of happening again. But San Jose Earthquakes? Good grief.
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Our earthquakes here are not the great disasters you compare them to. While common enough to feel one a couple times/year or so, it's extremely rare for them to have caused loss of life. Stuff falling off of shelves and an occasional broken window, is standard fare. We have strict building codes--which incidently, is why the massive Chile quake had a relatively small loss of life--most of the 700 were from the tsunami that people weren't informed of. Anyway, our earthquakes here are more a badge of honor: You feel them, you tough it out, you clean up broken stuff afterwards. They are not the large scale tragedies that you compare them to. While I don't have stats handy(I've lived here for nearly a half century), I'd be very surprised if as many as a dozen people total, passed away due to a San Jose earthquake over the past 100 years. Even then, it's usually an elderly person with coronary issues, having a heart-attack.
Furthermore, the name has been around for a while: The original
San Jose Earthquakes played from 1974-1988.
I'm excited about the stadium, btw. It looks great! Also, the figure of 18,000--while not anywhere yet near the scale of world-wide "futball"--is impressive nonetheless for the US. Hopefully, it can be expanded someday, when the need arises.
On edit: Given the history of this area along with our strong Latino cultural influences...a common nick-name(although just a direct transalation)--the formidable sounding :
Los Terremotos de San José