Pacific Northwest Earthquake Story

[Smitty]

How is this just now a story?

They're saying its overdue and has happened regularly for a very long time. Just wondering why this is the first time it's been talked about.

[Political Hack]

theres a movie about earthquakes now so it's relevant. when an 8 or a 9 erupts on the west coast, it'll reshape the country. it's one of, if not the, most dangerous pending natural catastrophe our country faces and there are VERY little federal resources being used to address it.

Miami Cat 5
Memphis/St Louis earthquake, MS flows backwards, massive flooding in small towns everywhere.
CA 9 Earthquake
Pac NW 8/9 Earthquake

Those will reach in the trillions in federal assistance, not to mention the thousands it will kill.

[AROB44]

theres a movie about earthquakes now so it's relevant. when an 8 or a 9 erupts on the west coast, it'll reshape the country. it's one of, if not the, most dangerous pending natural catastrophe our country faces and there are VERY little federal resources being used to address it.

Miami Cat 5
Memphis/St Louis earthquake, MS flows backwards, massive flooding in small towns everywhere.
CA 9 Earthquake
Pac NW 8/9 Earthquake

Those will reach in the trillions in federal assistance, not to mention the thousands it will kill.

It also could have a catastrophic effect on the country's financial system.

[Political Hack]

It also could have a catastrophic effect on the country's financial system.

no doubt. And Alaska will go Darwin on us when the food shipments stop from the region. It will be cataclysmic and change everything. The entire west coast is relatively young from a historical standpoint. The entire country is really. It'll take time but in a few centuries the geography of this country will have been rearranged by Mother Nature. Cities like Miami, New Orleans, Memphis, St. Louis, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, LA, etc... could all be gone or substantially different.

[dawgs]

Technically those stories have been around up here for years. But prior to like the early 80s, scientists were unaware any movement was even happening, then mount st helen's blew up. And it wasn't until the early 90s that they began to find evidence of past earthquakes. Also, the way it's presented as overdue is a bit off, to technically be overdue, it has to be like 3 standard deviations past the average. Not even close to that yet (something like 800 years from reaching that mark). Also, the southern half of the fault snaps more often and would result in a relatively weaker earthquake felt in the the major metro areas since the part of the fault is along to relatively sparsely populated area north of the Bay Area and into southern Oregon.

Portland would definitely take it on the chin, but if the whole fault breaks, Seattle is the city that would really be fubar. Right on the water, built on a lot of landfill so the ground will basically liquefy, extremely hilly leading to more mudslides, etc. Portland is at least 60 or so miles inland and pretty flat outside the sw hills/forest hill park area on the west side of downtown. Pretty much all the bridges would be fubar though.

[FlabLoser]

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[FlabLoser]

Add the Yellowstone super volcano to the list. Volcano so big, it doesn't even have a mountain on top of it. I gather the mountain was blown away the last time it erupted. Could burry all the western half of the U.S. in ashes and change the climate.