Got an alert today on Last Quake. Kamchatka got another one at 7.8 on the sphincter scale. Tsunami warning for Alaska and Hawaii.

 

I moved to MT, what earthquake……?

 

Coast and Willamette Valley are most likely screwed when the big one hits. I wonder how far East the carnage will travel? Somewhere between Camas and Montana is a big area.

 

I dreamed of double check valve assemblies.

 

Why? They're such a pain in the a**

 

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Picked up a 30 pack of Rainier on sale yesterday.

 

Get more if Walt is around.

 

Now here is a wise soul after my own heart! 😜

 

I might be far enough north, 17 miles from Canada, to avoid a lot of the carnage, depends on the wind direction. At least there’ll be a warning before Yellowstone goes wild. Cascadia is just going to happen. On the coast, the roads will be shot from the big shake and everyone will be on foot headed for the high ground where they can watch the wave come ashore. The Tsunami might turn out to be a good thing if it washes away a lot of damage.

 

When the kanuks invade your a-- is grass.

97 will be the new I5. If the 84 and 26 on/off ramps go down all the exits out of town will be surface streets.

 

No one survives yellowstone. Mass extinction, doesnt matter where you live.

 

Nick Zentner has some of the more entertaining explanations….here’s one.

 

Nick Zentner has some of the more entertaining explanations….here’s one.

Every time I drive to Portland I imagine what the landslide and Missoula floods must have looked like.

 

Waterbobber. That’s a good one, need to watch it again. Maybe later today. Thanks for posting.

 

FYI - Nick Zentner has many interesting talks/videos on NW geology, Tsunami, eruptions, and floods. Search for his name on YouTube. If you ever get the chance to see a talk in person from him it’s well worth it.

 

Mom's gonna fix it all soon... See you in ARIZONIA BAY... hehe... Learn to swim...

 

Or so I dreamed last night. The highways were all twisted up, bridges collapsed, total chaos. I was in my work truck on I 205 about to cross North over the Tualatin when it stuck.

If it happens, you heard it here, I'm psychic!

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More seriously, it got me to thinking.

Do you have provisions in mind should it happen?

I may be keeping a little more water in the truck, and a side-arm with me more consistently.

I have a sweet little off grid solar system I built from watching YT videos. No gas generator needed. Runs lights, computers, freezers--and AC on the hot days. Not enough sun to heat with, but there's wood. Freezers are full.

I think my biggest problem would be if I'm 25 miles hike away from home, including river crossings, while the zombies are out.

Cause the walls start shaking,the Earth was quaking.

 

You guys have me stressing again that I don’t have my machines earthquake-strapped a la California.

But seriously. Not an engineer here, but my big lathe weighs almost 5k pounds. It’s more or less next to a 2x4 framed wall. How the heck could I anchor 5k lbs to a 2x4 wall that keeps the damn thing from falling over in a BIG earthquake? Seems like any anchor would just rip out and really damage the (load bearing) wall in the process!

Suppose a guy could put a heavy steel plate across, what, 3 studs… have a forged lifting eye attached to the plate. Lathe strapped to that. Ugh. Not gonna happen.

 

You guys have me stressing again that I don’t have my machines earthquake-strapped a la California.

But seriously. Not an engineer here, but my big lathe weighs almost 5k pounds. It’s more or less next to a 2x4 framed wall. How the heck could I anchor 5k lbs to a 2x4 wall that keeps the damn thing from falling over in a BIG earthquake? Seems like any anchor would just rip out and really damage the (load bearing) wall in the process!

Suppose a guy could put a heavy steel plate across, what, 3 studs… have a forged lifting eye attached to the plate. Lathe strapped to that. Ugh. Not gonna happen.

It wouldn’t be too complicated to come up with something that can mitigate the shaking. But the structure of it might be “in your way“ to some extent.

 

We have a rider on our homeowner's insurance for earthquakes. Without that if your home was destroyed by an earthquake you would not be covered. The earthquake rider costs $479.00/year with a 15% deductible. Through State Farm.

 

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The new houses that get built in our neighborhood in Astoria are built on a bunch of piling driven into the earth 20 feet or so. Must be so there’s a better transfer of the shaking from the ground to the structure above. What engineers can dream up boggles the mind.

 

Yes indeed but do you really want to find out if it works?

 

WB. Yea but the shaking will be so bad the liquification is the least of their worries. The ground is mostly sand fill on top of whatever is below. Those piling will look cool sticking out of the ground with the house scattered in pieces all around them.

 

Well, if anything close to a 9.0 hits, it likely won’t matter. However, It likely would help during smaller shakes, as has already been proven in in California. If the piling is designed to sway a bit during a quake, energy is dissipated.

 

The big’n won’t be gentle. They (the experts) say the shaking will last four to five minutes. The land its self will move west. Anything that was standing straight up before the shaking, won’t be after.

 

 

 

Cool place……

 

when all the cascade volcanic faults go active. i will move east as fast as possible. choking on pumice clouds

 

Some perspective on big quakes. The 1906 San Francisco earthquake had 23” of movement along the fault, at least in some areas. Forgot where we were, but was showed a fence that had the 23” fooset from the quake.

 

Google pics of the Alaska 1964 quake for the flavor of a 9.0. There was a lot more than 23” of movement!

 

I will ride out the quake and evaluate my next move if I survive it. Same as anyone else.

Gotta prep for the afterwards part though. 😵‍💫🫨🤠

 

There’s a town in California that never stops moving, fault runs right through town. Saw a documentary on it years ago, interesting.