The Pacific Northwest is DOOMED!

[Monoriu]

It will be a shame to have all the death and human suffering, people from that area seem generally rather cool.
But on the plus side: no Starbucks

Starbucks are great 

[Caliga]

But on the plus side: no Starbucks

[dps]

29% of the population of Oregon is disabled?  That's kind of hard to believe.

I tried to find a source for that...this is probably where they googled it from:

http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/institute-on-development-and-disability/public-health-programs/oodh/upload/Needs-Assessment_final_AS_whj.pdf

The definition they're using seems so broad as to be meaningless.  In fact, it's so broad that I'm surprised they didn't come up with a figure in excess of 90%.

[DontSayBanana]

Not an exaggeration

Funny, because even one of the authors says the risk has been blown out of proportion by the media.  The probability is actually only 15% of an M8-M9 quake happening there within the next 50 years.  They're not happy with the alarmist tone of the New Yorker piece that spawned this: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3da1mh/we_are_earthquake_experts_ask_us_anything_about/ct37kge

Also, Fox News seems to be the one that's claimed it happens every 240 years- the historical data is nowhere near that regular, and I'm not sure where that number came from, because the mean interval between recorded seismic events is twice that- 480 years.

[lustindarkness]

But we still have hope!

[frunk]

Funny, because even one of the authors says the risk has been blown out of proportion by the media.  The probability is actually only 15% of an M8-M9 quake happening there within the next 50 years.  They're not happy with the alarmist tone of the New Yorker piece that spawned this: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3da1mh/we_are_earthquake_experts_ask_us_anything_about/ct37kge

Also, Fox News seems to be the one that's claimed it happens every 240 years- the historical data is nowhere near that regular, and I'm not sure where that number came from, because the mean interval between recorded seismic events is twice that- 480 years.

The data on frequency is mixed.  Off the Wiki:

Geological evidence indicates that great earthquakes (> magnitude 8.0) may have occurred sporadically at least seven times in the last 3,500 years, suggesting a return time of about 500 years.[14][15][16] Seafloor core evidence indicates that there have been forty-one subduction zone earthquakes on the Cascadia subduction zone in the past 10,000 years, suggesting a general average earthquake recurrence interval of only 243 years.

[jimmy olsen]

Not an exaggeration

Funny, because even one of the authors says the risk has been blown out of proportion by the media.  The probability is actually only 15% of an M8-M9 quake happening there within the next 50 years.  They're not happy with the alarmist tone of the New Yorker piece that spawned this: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3da1mh/we_are_earthquake_experts_ask_us_anything_about/ct37kge

Also, Fox News seems to be the one that's claimed it happens every 240 years- the historical data is nowhere near that regular, and I'm not sure where that number came from, because the mean interval between recorded seismic events is twice that- 480 years.

The New Yorker article is the one that claimed the 240 year interval.

The government never does any common sense preperation unless prompted by hysteria, so I have no problem with this.

[crazy canuck]

The last major subduction quake here occurred in 1700.  On average major quakes occur every 500 years. 

[jimmy olsen]

The last major subduction quake here occurred in 1700.  On average major quakes occur every 500 years.

Core samples from the sea floor say otherwise.

[crazy canuck]

When I hear a core sample say otherwise, I will listen to it.

I understand we are talking about major quakes?

[The Minsky Moment]

The last major subduction quake here occurred in 1700.  On average major quakes occur every 500 years.

That's not very reassuring.

[crazy canuck]

The last major subduction quake here occurred in 1700.  On average major quakes occur every 500 years.

That's not very reassuring.

Its better than Timmay's average which indicates one is long over due. 

[Razgovory]

Well, keep in mind that Seismology is Jesuit plot.

[jimmy olsen]

Well, keep in mind that Seismology is Jesuit plot.

Is that an actual conspiracy theory you're referencing, or did you just make it up?

[Razgovory]

Well shit, I broke Tim's brain.