[Joey]

Here is the current plan developed by the WA National Guard if the Cascadia Subduction Zone gets walloped with a 9.0 quake. The damage description is sobering. http://www.jeffcoeoc.org/documents/HLS%20Region%202%20-%20Jeff%20Co.pdf

[treeswarper]

It is. That confirms what our emergency people say about East Lewis County. We will be on our own for some time after a big disaster. I see our area is blank in all the plans, except we have one old folks home and one airport. Well, kind of an airport. There are a few private airstrips scattered about, and lots of loggers and constructors with equipment.

[meandering Wa]

Joey you appear to do very interesting and vital work this is pretty overwhelming just to imagine, cannot fathom putting into effect.

[bobbi]

I'm dead in port angeles

[wolffie]

Full Rip 9.0 Fascinating account of how they've pieced some of the geological evidence together. They got some of their dendrochronology from trees being illegally poached from the bottom of Lake Washington (really). I'll not spoil it and tell you how, but they've determined the last big earthquake here to the day; I forget the exact date but it was in 1700 if I recall correctly. Dendrochronology only fixed the date down to 1700 +/- 20 years.

[bobbi]

good one! wolfie i do have awesome backpacking gear. do remember i'm 5 feet tall and my gear is for petite gals! MSR 1p hubba, 15˚ marmot helium sleeping bag, jetboil, sawyer filter, etc. are good for any size person! seriously, i'm hoping the BIG ONE will come after i am DEAD, DEAD! at 62 years young, it may be sooner than later back to earthquake .... yep, the olympic peninsula is screwed!

[Pyrites]

If Packwood and Lena Lakes are result of landslides from the Big One, what other new lakes can we expect. Oh and stay away from Ocean Shores.

[NacMacFeegle]

[mike]

[Schroder]

Midnight, January 27, 1700:

[cascadeclimber]

I actually feel much better having run though that PPT and seeing how much thought is going into the response plan. I just hope someone remembers to print a hard copy, since there won't be any power west of the Cascades for a long time

[mike]

Tsunami Model

[Joey]

Turns out that there is a national level training exercise that will happen on June 7-10 called "Cascadia Rising". The premise of the training is a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami on the cascadia subduction zone (CSZ). Washington State is the main focus of the training. Overview: http://nws.weather.gov/nthmp/2015annualmeeting/CascadiaRising.pdf Extensive description of the exercise scenario: https://huxley.wwu.edu/sites/huxley.wwu.edu/files/media/Cascadia_Rising_low_1.pdf

[treeswarper]

[Joey]

Here is the state’s *draft* after action report on the Cascadia Rising exercise. https://mappingsupport.com/p/cascadia_rising/CR16-State-AAR-Final-Draft-Oct-21-2016.pdf Snips from the executive summary: There is an urgent need for residents to prepare. Despite the ongoing public education efforts and community preparedness programs, our families, communities, schools, hospitals, and businesses are not prepared for the catastrophic disaster that a worst-case CSZ earthquake would cause. While the principal goal of initial response is to sustain the maximum number of survivors until a robust transportation capability is restored, the clock is ticking to a humanitarian disaster. Because of the severe damage to the power grid, transportation networks, and drinking water facilities, the first order damage from intense shaking, liquefaction, landslides, and large tsunami will lead to second and third order problems of food and water shortages, sanitation issues, heating issues, and other public health and healthcare related issues.