“When the next very big earthquake hits, the continent from California to Canada will drop by as much as 6 feet and rebound 30 to a 100 feet to the west—losing, within minutes, all the elevation and compression it has gained over centuries”https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/07/20/the-really-big-one …
“These lax safety policies guarantee that many people inside the inundation zone will not get out”pic.twitter.com/FVJN48h72s
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“The tsunami height will vary with the contours of the coast, from 20 feet to more than a 100 feet. It will not look like a Hokusai-style wave, rising up from the surface of the sea and breaking from above. It will look like the whole ocean, elevated, overtaking land.”
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“Whoever chooses or has no choice but to stay there will spend 3 to 6 months without electricity, 1 to 3 years without drinking water and sewage systems, and 3 or more years without hospitals”
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“Where we stumble is in conjuring up grim futures in a way that helps to avert them”pic.twitter.com/hzwOz11zMF
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