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NBR: Article - The Really Big One - PNW Earthquake in the next 50 years.
I saw this on PB and thought it was a really fascinating article. I know we don't typically do articles or current events, but it's been slow lately. The earth could be demolished in a million ways, but it's still fascinating the science behind it.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one
Here's the cliffs notes that the OP posted since it's a long article.
Cliff Notes: The Cascadia subduction zone is capable of an earthquake between 8.7 - 9.2. Basically the ocean plate is not moving underneath the continental plate, the continental plate is stuck so it's increasing the altitude along the west coast. That can't go on forever, it will basically unstick, there will be LARGE movement. They didn't know much about the seismic history of the area until the 80s and early 90s so the buildings aren't built to sustain this. They will all collapse and roughly 15 minutes later there will be a tsunami that's 20-100 feet high varying with the coastline. They estimate 13,000 people will die, 27,000 injured and those are winter estimates. If it happens in the summer, it will be many more than that. Hotels and business are not required to post evacuation routes, they are not required to train employees for evacuation. The tsunami zone will be uninhabitable for years. Surrounding areas will not have power for 3-6 months, no drinking water and sewage systems for 1-3 years, and 3+ years before they build new hospitals. FEMA estimates that everything west of I-5 "will be toast".
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one
Here's the cliffs notes that the OP posted since it's a long article.
Cliff Notes: The Cascadia subduction zone is capable of an earthquake between 8.7 - 9.2. Basically the ocean plate is not moving underneath the continental plate, the continental plate is stuck so it's increasing the altitude along the west coast. That can't go on forever, it will basically unstick, there will be LARGE movement. They didn't know much about the seismic history of the area until the 80s and early 90s so the buildings aren't built to sustain this. They will all collapse and roughly 15 minutes later there will be a tsunami that's 20-100 feet high varying with the coastline. They estimate 13,000 people will die, 27,000 injured and those are winter estimates. If it happens in the summer, it will be many more than that. Hotels and business are not required to post evacuation routes, they are not required to train employees for evacuation. The tsunami zone will be uninhabitable for years. Surrounding areas will not have power for 3-6 months, no drinking water and sewage systems for 1-3 years, and 3+ years before they build new hospitals. FEMA estimates that everything west of I-5 "will be toast".
116 books in 2016
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
Re: NBR: Article - The Really Big One - PNW Earthquake in the next 50 years.
But holy crap, if this happens I'm right in the middle of it.
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
my read shelf:
my read shelf:
Wes: 10/8/2012
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