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1 Disaster Preparedness in the Pacific Northwest
King5 news clips, pictures, etc.

2 “Shockwave” documentary: What caught your attention the most?
Multiple waves, for 12 hours More waves=more debris for future waves If earthquake is local, you have only 15 minutes Bridges may be impassable for evacuation Support from sea—ports may be damaged Support from over the Cascades—landslides

3 How to Prepare for Earthquakes/Tsunami
(2 min)

4 Cascadia Rising Drill (6.5 min)

5 Earthquake Simulator min)

6 3 Big Earthquake Threats
(6 min) First, there’s the Cascadia Subduction Zone running roughly parallel to the Pacific Coast from northern California past the northern tip of Canada’s Vancouver Island Second, the Seattle Fault, which runs east to west just south of downtown Seattle. It ends up near the Cascade Mountains and west onto the Olympic Peninsula. Third, the South Whidbey Island Fault running from northwest to southeast of the southern tip of the island.

7 Puget Sound Earthquakes since 1970

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9 Cascadia Subduction Zone

10 Seattle Fault

11 Seattle Fault Zone

12 South Whidbey Island Fault

13 Shopping for your Disaster Kit
(2.5 min)

14 Water Purification; Cell Phone Charger
(2 min)

15 The Great Shakeout Drill
(3 min)

16 Key Peninsula residents develop action plan (and neighborhood)
(3 min)

17 Quileute tribe, La Push moving
(2 min)


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