VashonBePrepared Celebrates 6th Anniversary with Community Summit
October 22, 2013VashonBePrepared Community Summit
Leaders from the Vashon community came together for the first VashonBePrepared Community Summit Saturday morning at Chautauqua School. Moderated by President Rick Wallace and Vice-President Bob Smueles, the group brainstormed for over 3 hours on current community need if a disaster were to befall us.
CREW Releases New Cascadia Earthquake and Tsunami Scenario-- 10-15% chance in 50 years that 10K Might Die in a $49 Billion 9.0 Cascadia MegaQuake
October 19, 2013
On January 26, 1700 an estimated M9 earthquake unzipped the 700+ mile Cascadia Subduction Zone fault from northern California, USA to southern British Columbia, Canada, much like recent events in 2011 in Japan and 2010 in Chile. The newly released “Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquakes: A Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake Scenario” examines how the Pacific Northwest may fare after the next great ‘megathrust’ earthquake and tsunami. “The new report conveys the most current scientific and emergency planning information accessible to a wide variety of audiences.” said Tamra Biasco of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, one of the lead authors.