This is a fantastic, terrifying read.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...d-most-popular
This is a fantastic, terrifying read.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...d-most-popular
cincinnati chili (08-05-2015),Screwball (07-14-2015)
Interesting stuff. I've been to Vancouver, but I really need to check out more of the Pacific Northwest before it ceases to exist.
I survived Loma Prieta, I'll make it through this one
There's a fine line between educating and fear-mongering. This article, though insightful, borders a little too much on the latter rather than the former.
By the author's own admission, the 'big one' is statistically a heck of a lot more likely than the 'really big one,' but still spends most of the article acting like it's the 'really big one' that we should expect to see hit the Pacific Northwest.
I'll admit I'm already a little disgruntled simply because the mass media, even weather folks, have become too hyperbolic and sensational in simple weather coverage; however, this feels a little too much like that.
The odds are the next one won't be anything like what the author just described.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Yes, and it is crazy scary and also a giant crapshoot. My point is you can't worry about it on the individual level and yes it will cause deaths though the population on the coast from Seattle to San Francisco is very small in comparison to metropolitan areas. The land full areas with housing will experience more issues then the coastal regions initially, the coastal regions will be affected long term, so yes routes out and not building in bad areas areas should be considered.
I guess my point is this is part of the earths life and it's bigger than us, thus I can't wring my hands over it, and having already survived a pretty violent one in the epicenter I can only hope that it doesn't play out in the worst case scenario.
Fascinating article. Thanks for posting.
"One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues."
Sure, no reason to live any other way. I am a trillion times (number approximate) more likely to catch a bullet walking to my car in Baltimore after work than that fault snapping soon in the 9.0 range. Still, a fascinating article from a science and sleuthing standpoint, and from a public policy standpoint.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_845818.html
"High dwellings are the peace and harmony of our descendants," the stone slab reads. "Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_845818.html
Thanks - had forgotten reading about those after the 2011 tsunami.
Ties in with the interesting part of the article- the discovery of the fault and the 1700 quake which finally provided the genesis for the "orphan" tsunami recorded by the Japanese - one which they of course felt no shaking since it originated off the pacific northwest. Fascinating stuff.
No Goldfinger jokes? disappointing
Go Gators!
Massive earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis have occurred since the dawn of time on a pretty regular basis. The difference now is that there are many more people in their way than ever before.
The coastlines of the Americas are packed with people now.
Superstorm Sandy wasn't even a hurricane. But it hit one of the most heavily populated areas in the world. That put it at number 2, behind Katrina, as the costliest disaster in US history (excluding droughts).
We'll go down in history as the first society that wouldn't save itself because it wasn't cost effective ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Us "East Coaster" have Cumbre Vieja to worry about.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it."
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