Watching programs on YouTube has become a daily routine with my iPhone, whenever I take a break from the business of the day. Some programs include farming, world travels and one that got my attention is called The Earth Master, a man who gives a daily report on earth quake activity around the world. Lately he has been seeing many tremors in northern California and Washington that he believes could be the start of a big quake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is 70 to 100 miles off the Pacific coast and runs from northern California up to British Columbia. The last major quake reported was in January of 1700 when many coastal communities in Japan where washed away by a tsunami originating from a magnitude 9 earth quake off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Not sure how magnitude 9 was recorded, since there was no USGS back in those days, but it was recorded in Japan as a major disaster. Experts claim another big quake is due in the next 50 years and could happen anytime. There is not much we can do, except prepare for a few weeks of no aid by the government by stocking up on water, food and other basic essentials, since many major highways and the rail line could suffer damage cutting off food and fuel deliveries, in addition to a loss of power. Those that survive coastal flooding will try to make it inland, mostly by foot, since many coastal mountain roads will be impassable from high water, rock slides or damaged bridges. Neighbors will depend on neighbors and some of us may have to open our doors to help others until outside aid arrives.
Sounds like it is not a matter of if it will happen, but a matter of when it will happen and are we prepared for it?
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