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A review by bherrera
Cascadia's Fault: The Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America by Simon Winchester, Jerry Thompson
5.0
Wow! This is a very scary and sobering book. Most think that the San Andreas fault and numerous other faults in California are the most dangerous. Well the Cascadia Subducton Zone tops them all. It is an 800 mile long subduction fault off the coast of Northern California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia.
When it rips, and it will, it will be exactly like the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, only on our coast. It will likely be a 9 or higher magnitude earthquake that will devastate the coasts of northern California, Oregon, Washington and parts of Canada. So not one city will be devastated like most earthquakes do, a whole coastline and many major cities will be crumpled. Portland, Seattle, Tacoma even Sacramento will feel it. The coastal towns will also get hit by a tsunami that could easily reach 30 to 40 feet higher than high tide. This would devastate the western united states. It would also make the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina look like a walk in the park. The sad thing is that the government has done very little to prepare for this until recently. Very good book on how the geologists came to the stunning conclusions that this is actually a very seismically active area and a dangerous one at that.
When it rips, and it will, it will be exactly like the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, only on our coast. It will likely be a 9 or higher magnitude earthquake that will devastate the coasts of northern California, Oregon, Washington and parts of Canada. So not one city will be devastated like most earthquakes do, a whole coastline and many major cities will be crumpled. Portland, Seattle, Tacoma even Sacramento will feel it. The coastal towns will also get hit by a tsunami that could easily reach 30 to 40 feet higher than high tide. This would devastate the western united states. It would also make the disaster that was Hurricane Katrina look like a walk in the park. The sad thing is that the government has done very little to prepare for this until recently. Very good book on how the geologists came to the stunning conclusions that this is actually a very seismically active area and a dangerous one at that.