aloofman75

They're also kind of picky about weather, drainage, and conditions for ripening compared to most fruits. Almost all of the American avocado crop comes from Southern California, so a bad weather year can screw up prices nationwide. And almost all the other avocados in American markets are from Mexico, so bad weather there can screw things up too.

I remember reading an article several years ago about increasing seismic activity in the Mojave Desert and Great Basin and whether the more fault tension has been building there rather than along the San Andreas. Has there been any more recent research on this possibility?

This is the article: https://www.wired.com/story/walker-lane-move-over-san-andreas-fault/