What this means is that neglecting our infrastructure is slightly stupider than we thought it was.
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.
"We're all gonna die"
Truer words, Annie, were never spoken.
Personally, I'm far more concerned about the stochastic mud flow triggered by the quake ...
Perhaps you mean "pyroclastic"? Unless you're referring to the innate indeterminacy of lahars?
You wanna shit yourself? Read this:
"Scenario for a Magnitude 6.7 Earthquake on the Seattle Fault"
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
@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?
@7 - hey, it's not like we're looking at 500,000 dead people and 250,000 burn victims ...
WiS@9- which scenario has 500k dead?
@8: Politicians will only take this seriously if we, the voters, force them to.
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