> The Cascadia subduction zone (CSZ) has hosted giant earthquakes of moment magnitude >8.5 in the past and poses a major geohazard to populations of the Pacific Northwest.
Read that part just as the train announced ‘Now entering, Beacon Hill’ and it was a touch scary thinking about what would happen in that situation.
We moved to Portland that year and that article was on our mind a lot. I feel a bit more relaxed now that we moved out of the PNW (for a variety of reasons)
But honestly, I can’t help but think that the article was sponsored behind the scenes by someone who wanted to scare people away. Worked on us!
Read that part just as the train announced ‘Now entering, Beacon Hill’ and it was a touch scary thinking about what would happen in that situation.