What Kind of Natural Disasters Occur Where You Live? And How Have You Prepared for Them? (lemmy.world)

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[-] poopsmith@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

Here in Seattle, the main scary natural disasters are earthquakes. We haven't had a major one since 2001 or so, but supposedly there's a massive one coming relatively soon.

[-] ofcourse@lemmy.ml 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The 2001 Nisqually earthquake was also a different mechanism event than the one that can cause a really large earthquake (intraslab vs subduction). The last major subduction earthquake in the region was centuries ago and these earthquakes can exceed Mw9.0. Luckily they are not very frequent but there are indications that Seattle’s due for one.

[-] Sea_pop@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

We also have to worry about Volcanos, mainly Mount Rainier. That fucker is likely going to wipe out Orting, Puyallup and Eastern Tacoma/Fife. I5 is going to be impacted in a few spots. The entire region will be reeling from that explosion for weeks, if not months.

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