{"id":21878,"date":"2015-07-18T12:46:18","date_gmt":"2015-07-18T19:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=21878"},"modified":"2015-07-18T12:46:18","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T19:46:18","slug":"earthquake-antidote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/18\/earthquake-antidote\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake antidote"},"content":{"rendered":"

Okay, not really an earthquake antidote. We’re quite a ways from those yet. <\/p>\n

But the other day (H\/T jed) I linked to a New Yorker<\/i> article about the inevitable Big One in the Pacific Northwest. It wasn’t a bad article, all in all. It got some important history right, gave a decent overview, and apparently woke up a few sleepyheads. <\/p>\n

But as a geologist says in this this Slate<\/i> followup<\/a>, the New Yorker piece was “a little Hollywood.” It quoted a FEMA official who said everything west of I-5 would be “toast,” for instance, which (if you don’t provide some reasonable balance) is irresponsible.<\/p>\n

If you live in the Pacific Northwest or have loved ones who do, the second article, linked in the above paragraph, is a good antidote to some of the hysteria provoked by the first. <\/p>\n

I also noticed that on the day I linked the scary earthquake article, one of you good people purchased the book Full-Rip 9.0: The Next Big Earthquake in the Pacific Northwest<\/i><\/a> via my Amazon links. I’ve read that. It’s a very good, very balanced, very serious look at the Northwest’s seismic future and how ready we are (or aren’t) for the threat. It’s also a rip-roaring story, beautifully written. I recommend it.<\/p>\n

Finally, speaking of Amazon links: thank you to the wonderful person who bought the mega-appliance. Between your purchase and a small upsurge in buying from my links, we’re now up to normal for mid-July. Amazon has some curious ups and downs. I try to get used to them, but I was a little worried there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Okay, not really an earthquake antidote. We’re quite a ways from those yet. But the other day (H\/T jed) I linked to a New Yorker article about the inevitable Big One in the Pacific Northwest. It wasn’t a bad article, all in all. It got some important history right, gave a decent overview, and apparently woke up a few sleepyheads. But as a geologist says in this this Slate followup, the New Yorker piece was “a little Hollywood.” It quoted a FEMA official who said everything west of I-5 would be “toast,” for instance, which (if you don’t provide some…<\/p>\n

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