
“Get yourself prepared and then you don’t have to worry about it. On the bright side, Madin said if you’re prepared for the Cascadia earthquake, you’re prepared for all sorts of less catastrophic disasters. Experts also advise having at least two weeks worth of supplies.
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Now you know how to do it and then go have fun because you don’t have to worry about the tsunami anymore,” Madin said.įor those outside of the inundation zone, you should have a plan for what to do when the earthquake hits, including family reunification. “Stretch your legs by walking the evacuation route. They show the best routes to high ground, assembly areas and more.

If you’re visiting the coast, pick up an evacuation map. Whether you’re in the inundation zone or the Willamette Valley, preparedness is key to survival, Madin said. “And anything they used to get from Portland, they won’t get anymore.” Preparedness is key “They’ll be the beachhead for recovery for the rest of the state,” Madin said. Ian Madin, senior scientist and earthquake hazard specialist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, talks about the Cascadia Subduction Zone (KOIN)Įast of the Cascades in places such as Bend, the damage will be light, but the social impact will be heavy. When one side of the planet is spreading, something has to collide on the other side. Volcanic eruptions form new ocean floor in those areas. According to Madin, subduction zones begin when the earth’s plates pull apart, usually in the ocean. It runs from Cape Mendocino, California, all the way up to Vancouver Island, Canada. The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a more than 600-mile fault located 70-100 miles off the West coast of North America. More than four years after a New Yorker article brought unprecedented attention to the Cascadia Subduction Zone, scientists and emergency management experts are still trying to figure out precisely when it will happen, how bad it will be, and what we can do about it. A large part of this change has been unleashed by a continual stream of technological innovations that impact our daily lives and even our personal as well as. (KOIN) - The Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, often referred to as “The Big One,” will “affect the entire Pacific Northwest in one afternoon, and it’s going to change our economy and our culture and our society profoundly.” So says Ian Madin, senior scientist and earthquake hazard specialist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI). A decade into the 21st century, the world of books, the world of the arts, the world of criticism have all been caught up in violent, unpredictable change.
