Town Square: Pacific Northwest Earthquake Forum 

I was working on an old dock on the Southern edge of Lake Union in Seattle when a estimated 5 hit in 1964 . When it hit my first thought was the dock was collapsing ! I spun around to jump on one of the boats and froze when I saw the Space Needle swaying against the grey sky !

Picture-in-picture would be great when the speaker is referring to a slide.

About the Space Needle, there is a RU-vid video of KING5's 1965 video of news coverage of the 7.0 quake that hit Seattle at that time. Specifically, the effects of the quake on the Space Needle are graphically mentioned in this coverage and it sounded as though the structure survived the quake very well. As an engineering/architectural draftsman for 31 years (retired, now), I can speak to the structural design of the Space Needle. It was an excellent structural design that has withstood earthquakes and high winds for nearly 60 years without damage.

While catching up on old news I've gone back and looked over maps of the tsunami that hit Japan. Most of their nuclear power plants are on their *east coast and exposed to the Pacific,* where their meticulous historical records mention tsunamis as far back as *1,300* years. Why pick the east, to better protect them from China or Russia? Why run different procedures and hardware for each generator? The *hubris and complacency* just adds up when you consider the warnings from Indonesia. The same applies to the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The level of disconnect from reality is just staggering. Seattle has utility gas check valves, but California doesn't. San Francisco wants to ban gas appliances and replace them with what? How many buildings have mass dampeners or columns with attenuators...questions questions while time runs out.

So why is camera focused on speaker?

This is the second time that I have attempted to watch your program??? Someone needs to fire the camera person.

Are people allowed to go to town meetings whenever?

Yes I love this because its a real event my name is Chris Novak that's what I agree with could a 10.9 or higher chance. 12.0 in subduction. Zone in Chile. Not cascades. Do you agree with. Me

If the Cascadia Subduction Zone cuts loose with a level Nine off the southern tip of B.C. , what is the likelihood of an increase in vulcanism along the Cascade Mountain Chain of active volcanoes ???

Whats interesting, is if ya take time out of the equation. There is a 100% Chance of a Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake

As long as you’re talking about the population centers there’s a plan but here in podunk we are toast

What happens if the earthquake last 5 to 10 minutes?

Biggest spartan race say to your supper computer figure out british one's

shake and bake martini - STIRRED, not shaken

I will never ever sit inside a structure during an earthquake and anyone who does great. I will get out much faster. The biggest disaster in US history good luck to you!! I’ve got earthquake insurance.

Many of the statements made by Erin Wirth either minimize the potential of a CSZ earthquake, are cherry-picked for the least-likely outcome, or are simply inaccurate. For example, she stated that a rupture of the CSZ would be a 100-second event, which is completely inaccurate given the length of the fault zone and the speed of propagation of the P and S waves. In many cases, she picked the least-damaging, most-favorable aspects of such a rupture. Cherry-picking these factors presented an unrealistic outcome, mixing various chosen aspects which are highly unlikely or almost impossible to occur in the combinations she discussed. Minimizing the possible outcomes is not in the interest of public welfare and safety: tell the truth, no matter how unpalatable it might be politically, and stick to facts paleoseismologists have discovered.

I don't buy it