I wonder why they keep writing articles about this like it was new news?? Although I guess that it is good to keep that information out there for the newcomers and ill-informed.
It really is a very cool “detective” story, with different researchers seeing different pieces of the puzzle, sharing them, and then “Oh!”
And one day it WILL happen again. (Some data shows that the cycle is past due for another “Big One”). Preparing for 3 weeks with your family hunkered down in your shambles of a home MIGHT buy enough time before help can arrive. 3 months of preps would be better.
If SeaTac and McChord are unusable, help is about a month away by sea and much depends on a usable port.
Trucks could get there sooner but most of the lead trucks would have to carry heavy equipment to clear the roads. And would take at least 1 if not two weeks.