Earthquake Rocks Northern California
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I sure felt it. The house was shuddering and making all kinds of noises. I grew up with routine earthquake drills at school and learned about the San Andreas Fault and feared it. Only a few years ago, I heard about Cascadia Subduction Zone. Its existence was discovered in recent years. It last went off in the 1700s and is overdue to go off again. The last time it went off, coastal forests dropped into the ocean, and the topography along the northwest coast was altered. Ten hours later, a 600 mile wave hit the coast of Japan leveling houses, etc.
They predict that when Cascadia goes off again, it could be 9+ on the Richter scale for 5 minutes or more. Seattle and Portland will probably be destroyed. The resulting tsunami will hit the NW coast about 15 minutes later and will be 12-100 ft high. I don't think our house will be standing. If we manage to survive the earthquake, we will not be able to drive anywhere, as all the bridges will be down. We probably won't have electricity for 3 - 6 months and 1 - 3 years without drinking water. When Cascadia happens, FEMA plans state that emergency supplies will be flown to an airstrip about 9 miles inland from us. I thought that was weird, since we have an airport in town (9 miles away on the coast), until I remembered that the entire town will be wiped out by the earthquake and tsunami. There have been at least five tsunamis impacting the little town, with the biggest one so far in 1964 after the Alaska earthquake.
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From the New Yorker article: "osspac estimates that in the I-5 corridor it will take between one and three months after the earthquake to restore electricity, a month to a year to restore drinking water and sewer service, six months to a year to restore major highways, and eighteen months to restore health-care facilities. On the coast, those numbers go up. Whoever chooses or has no choice but to stay there will spend three to six months without electricity, one to three years without drinking water and sewage systems, and three or more years without hospitals. Those estimates do not apply to the tsunami-inundation zone, which will remain all but uninhabitable for years."
The author of the article won a Pulitzer for this article:
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So yes, the earthquake Monday was another wake up call for me to finish getting our emergency supplies together...food for 6 months...pump for the well, solar generator to run it.... The whole thing is rather ironic. We have done everything to have a comfortable life...20 KW generator so it's business as usual during power outages..a beautiful large travel trailer with all the amenities so we have all the comforts of home when we play at the lake..... and now I have to prepare for primitive, basic survival camping for 6 months. I hate Cascadia. And I can stash 6 months survival supplies only to have it wiped out by fire. I don't know if Cascadia or a fire will get to us first. Still every area has deadly potential threats (like tornados or hurricaines), and I choose to live here. There is no place else I want to live.
They predict that when Cascadia goes off again, it could be 9+ on the Richter scale for 5 minutes or more. Seattle and Portland will probably be destroyed. The resulting tsunami will hit the NW coast about 15 minutes later and will be 12-100 ft high. I don't think our house will be standing. If we manage to survive the earthquake, we will not be able to drive anywhere, as all the bridges will be down. We probably won't have electricity for 3 - 6 months and 1 - 3 years without drinking water. When Cascadia happens, FEMA plans state that emergency supplies will be flown to an airstrip about 9 miles inland from us. I thought that was weird, since we have an airport in town (9 miles away on the coast), until I remembered that the entire town will be wiped out by the earthquake and tsunami. There have been at least five tsunamis impacting the little town, with the biggest one so far in 1964 after the Alaska earthquake.
Remembering the Deadly 75-Foot Tidal Wave that Leveled Crescent City in 1964 - Active NorCal
When a 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit Alaska, it sent a 75-foot tsunami onto the small Northern California coastal town of Crescent City
activenorcal.com
From the New Yorker article: "osspac estimates that in the I-5 corridor it will take between one and three months after the earthquake to restore electricity, a month to a year to restore drinking water and sewer service, six months to a year to restore major highways, and eighteen months to restore health-care facilities. On the coast, those numbers go up. Whoever chooses or has no choice but to stay there will spend three to six months without electricity, one to three years without drinking water and sewage systems, and three or more years without hospitals. Those estimates do not apply to the tsunami-inundation zone, which will remain all but uninhabitable for years."
The author of the article won a Pulitzer for this article:
The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest
When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America’s worst natural disaster in recorded history.
So yes, the earthquake Monday was another wake up call for me to finish getting our emergency supplies together...food for 6 months...pump for the well, solar generator to run it.... The whole thing is rather ironic. We have done everything to have a comfortable life...20 KW generator so it's business as usual during power outages..a beautiful large travel trailer with all the amenities so we have all the comforts of home when we play at the lake..... and now I have to prepare for primitive, basic survival camping for 6 months. I hate Cascadia. And I can stash 6 months survival supplies only to have it wiped out by fire. I don't know if Cascadia or a fire will get to us first. Still every area has deadly potential threats (like tornados or hurricaines), and I choose to live here. There is no place else I want to live.
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