Dang! This is the downside of the Pacific Northwest. It is probably (in my opinion atleast) the single MOST beautiful part of the North American continent.
It is also the deadliest. Active volcanoes, active earthquake zone and nearest to the Chicoms
Have thought of moving there many times. Probably still will. I can only hope that it is not a decision I regret
I agree, it is probably the most beautiful part of the USA. I hope I don’t see it’s destruction in my lifetime. Every part of the country has some sort of potential natural disaster, but it seems that a huge earthquake causes the most horrible devastation of all.
Too wet and cold.
Don’t do it. Don’t move here.
You’ll so regret it. The place, well, it is just a shade better than California in terms of the impact of government on your life.
Better to visit. Then it will remain ever beautiful to you.
“Have thought of moving there many times. Probably still will. I can only hope that it is not a decision I regret”
Do come up. I just would not move into a house in areas where you see tsunami evacuations signs, or in the valleys surrounding Mount Rainer which are in of mudflows if that ever goes. Or in Seattle.
There are still many areas in the Northwest that will come away with no to very little damage if the “Big One” 8+ ever did hit again.
http://www.nationalatlas.gov/articles/geology/a_volcanicrisk.html
Set up a nice ranch over on the Palouse, or Lake Chelan, or a nice house near Levenworth, and when the big one hits and Seattle is a pile of bricks you can watch all the action on TV from the Red side of the state.