What does the “big one” look like?
Posted November 15, 2011 at 8:43 am by Ian Byington
The SJC Department of Emergency Management is hosting two lectures by Tim Walsh, State Geologist for WA State DNR. Topic will be “The Big One: Tusnami and Quake Impacts of a 9.0 Cascadia Quake.” Here’s more from Brendan Cowan, Director, San Juan County Department of Emergency Management:
Lectures will be on Wednesday November 16th at 7:00pm at the Friday Harbor Grange and on Thursday November 17th at 7:00pm at the Orcas Senior Center. Attendance is free. Early arrival is encouraged to ensure a seat.
Tim Walsh is a licensed engineering geologist and Geologic Hazards Program manager for the Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources of the Department of Natural Resources. He has practiced geology in Washington for more than 30 years and taught at South Puget Sound Community College for 25 years. Tim has done extensive geologic mapping in all parts of the state and has done tsunami hazard mapping, active fault characterization, landslide, and abandoned coal mine hazard assessments. He has also directed and participated in a broad range of geologic hazard assessments and maps for land use and emergency management planning. Tim received Bachelor’s and Masters degrees in geology from UCLA.
This map gives you an idea where the crack is, even though it leaves the islands off....
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