An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
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Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#2https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megathrust_earthquake
An absolutely nuts quote from the article -- "the northwest edge of the continent [...] will drop by as much as six feet and rebound thirty to a hundred feet to the west"
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#3> Kenneth Murphy, who directs FEMA’s Region X, the division responsible for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, says, “Our operating assumption is that everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast.”
I remember when this article came out, my mom called me and said "you'll be okay, you're east of I-5, right?"
"Yeah mom."
About 6 blocks east. Plenty of cushion.
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#4The article is from 2015
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#5The article is from 2015
Only 293 years left :(
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#6Don't get too comfortable if you're on the East Coast. Whatever survives sea level rise due to global heating, will be wiped out by the megatsunami caused by the ensuing landslide when La Palma erupts.
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#7Don't get too comfortable if you're on the East Coast. Whatever survives sea level rise due to global heating, will be wiped out by the megatsunami caused by the ensuing landslide when La Palma erupts.
Isn't that theory from some total nutjob?
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#8> Kenneth Murphy, who directs FEMA’s Region X, the division responsible for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, says, “Our operating assumption is that everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast.” I remember when this article came out, my mom called me and said "you'll be okay, you're east of I-5, right?" "Yeah mom." About 6 blocks east. Plenty of cushion.
Ha… it’s not like the earthquake will stop at I-5 like it’s a magic shield. If the quake knocks out utilities and services everywhere west of the cascades, this I-5 ‘line’ is meaningless.
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#9Don't get too comfortable if you're on the East Coast. Whatever survives sea level rise due to global heating, will be wiped out by the megatsunami caused by the ensuing landslide when La Palma erupts.
Isn't that theory from some total nutjob?
No, but the consensus is that the intial modelling wasn’t accurate enough in several areas, which when updated leads to a much lower risk: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja_tsunami_hazard
Re: An earthquake could destroy a sizable portion of the coastal Northwest (2015)
#10> Kenneth Murphy, who directs FEMA’s Region X, the division responsible for Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Alaska, says, “Our operating assumption is that everything west of Interstate 5 will be toast.” I remember when this article came out, my mom called me and said "you'll be okay, you're east of I-5, right?" "Yeah mom." About 6 blocks east. Plenty of cushion.
Ha… it’s not like the earthquake will stop at I-5 like it’s a magic shield. If the quake knocks out utilities and services everywhere west of the cascades, this I-5 ‘line’ is meaningless.
Yes, but it won't be toast... it will be the hash and eggs that go with the toast!