WHAT DO THEY KNOW THAT WE DON'T? Feds Preparing for Massive Natural Disaster in Pacific Northwest

Director Blue ^ | June 2, 2016 | Michael Snyder

[SunLakesJeff]

Mommy whats a mud@#% ?

A brand new Mud Fawk
Means fecal matter is yours
Regardless of state


/T-Bone>

[bluejean]

“Could perhaps settle the refugees in coastal cities of the Northwest as a consolation prize?”

Excellent idea. I can see the happy libs welcoming the refugees with a joyous rendition of Kum-Bi-Yaaaaaaaagh as the Subduction Zone gives way. That’s a nice bedtime image.

[cherry]

my grandchildren live in Edmunds...don’t know what their elevation is....

[Elsie]

Also both these cities are on Puget Sound rather than directly on the Pacific Coast.

That MIGHT amplify waves.

Similar to the BAy of Fundy.

[Elsie]

So your altitude may not matter.

Bingo!

[Elsie]

It's logarithmic. the number published is only the exponent.

Emaxple: 3.7 earthquake is really 10^3.7

[Elsie]

It’s logarithmic.

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=richter+scale&view=detailv2&id=AEBC9086D82DD0CD8DB6742164A437AA880FF630&selectedindex=54&ccid=%2B1w%2B8tt9&simid=608030657032356852&thid=OIP.Mfb5c3ef2db7d4923b5a550d843a49fdco0&mode=overlay&first=1

[servantboy777]

for later

[Elsie]

10^8.0 = 100,000,000

10^9.2 = 1,584,893,192.4611134852021013733915

Almost 16 times greater.

[Elsie]

It looks like Edmonds is built mostly on a bluff above the waterline. It would depend on just where they live.

[combat_boots]

Time was, you couldn’t tell the difference between div arty and earthquakes on Ft. Lewis.

[Elsie]

Click for larger pix.

Then click pix again for even BIGGER one!

[sagar]

8.0 = 1.23E+21 Joules of Total Energy Released
9.2 = 7.78E+22 Joules of Total Energy Released

More than 60 times greater. ;)

[Elsie]

But the energy is never seen in a newspaper report.
AFAIK

BTW; enough data to last us a lifetime...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/

[4yearlurker]

Is it true that a tsunami wave can only be as tall as the water is deep?

[sagar]

“But the energy is never seen in a newspaper report.
AFAIK”

Energy released is far more relevant to an earthquake’s power than the unit-less value like 10^8. In Japan, they don’t even use the magnitude, but have their own shindo scale, which measures earthquake’s actual impact/effect.