Slog - Comments on We're All Gonna Die! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2 I love news about earthquakes, but man, this McClatchy wire story is getting stupid headlines. The Tacoma News Tribune blares, "Chances of destructive earthquake rise slightly." Actually, geologists have discovered a couple of new faults in our area--and that has led the U.S. Geological Survey to revise their estimates of the likelihood of a major earthquake in the state. The chances of an earthquake are exactly the same as they were this morning. It's just that we're now slightly better aware of them.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:09:02 -0800 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:51:15 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by elenchos What this means is that neglecting our infrastructure is slightly stupider than we thought it was.

]]> elenchos http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004155 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:19:22 -0800 Comment by skye the lovely emergency broadcast system for WA interrupted my stream from KUOW this morning, first saying it was a test then adding "if you are participating in the earthquake preparedness activity, duck under your table now" or something along those lines. haven't heard that one before.

]]> skye http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004159 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:20:40 -0800 Comment by PopTart "We're all gonna die"

Truer words, Annie, were never spoken.

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004174 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004174 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:41:31 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Personally, I'm far more concerned about the stochastic mud flow triggered by the quake ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004184 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004184 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:00:30 -0800 Comment by stan Perhaps you mean "pyroclastic"? Unless you're referring to the innate indeterminacy of lahars?

]]> stan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004312 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004312 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:02:09 -0800 Comment by Greg You wanna shit yourself? Read this:

"Scenario for a Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault"

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004314 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004314 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:06:24 -0800 Comment by Big Sven Our retarded friend @4 has a point. And not just the one on top of his head.

Lahars are the big danger around here. They don't even need an earthquake or volcanic eruption to peel off the flanks of Rainier. The whole valley leading into Commencement Bay has a lahar danger equivalent to a 100 year flood plane. They've just been really, really lucky that it hasn't happened in the 160 years of local recorded history.

Lake Washington, Renton, and Kent were an arm of Puget Sound until a lahar about 1100 years ago overtopped the White River valley and flowed down the Green River valley.

If you ever hear that the Pierce County lahar warning system has been activated, and you live less than 100 feet above any of the rivers that drain off Rainier, head for the motherfucking hills

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004330 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004330 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:32 -0800 Comment by PopTart @6 Gee, thanks for that happy bedtime reading. Despite its grim nature it is a very comprehensive, well researched, and well written paper. And I hope that there are people busily implementing the "call to action" tasks.

OK, one thing bothered me about the paper, besides the sheer terror of facing the reality that it could happen. Statistically, shouldn't at least one person in the "real people" scenarios have died? Like the woman on the West Seattle bridge, or maybe the chocolate lady? Or the guy in his new truck?

]]> PopTart http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004331 Life Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:06:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @7 - hey, it's not like we're looking at 500,000 dead people and 250,000 burn victims ...

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004358 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004358 Life Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:25:13 -0800 Comment by Big Sven WiS@9- which scenario has 500k dead?

]]> Big Sven http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004385 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004385 Life Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:24:29 -0800 Comment by Greg @8: Politicians will only take this seriously if we, the voters, force them to.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004416 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/were_all_gonna_die_2#c1004416 Life Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:51:15 -0800