the really big one

on july 20, 2015, the new yorker published an article, "the really big one", which explains the 1-in-10 chance that a shift of the cascadian subduction zone, which sits in the middle of the most volcanically and seismically volatile "ring of fire", will occur in the next fifty years, resulting in an estimated 13,000 deaths (more than six times than the number of casualties from hurricane katrina).

reading it sends chills down my spine ...

since then, the seattle times has been giving the topic a decent amount of coverage, leading to articles such as this one: seattle's old brick buildings could see huge damage in big earthquake it's sad to think of all the beautiful, historic buildings which have been and could potentially collapse. it makes me think about reconsidering a future move to the pnw.

on a related note, while our building has been retrofitted with parapets, somehow it still made its way into the article.