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| [[File:Republic of Cascadia Flag.gif|thumb|This Republic of Cascadia flag is one of many.]] | | [[File:Republic of Cascadia Flag.gif|thumb|200px|This Republic of Cascadia flag is one of many.]] |
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| '''Cascadia''' is a proposed independent nation in the Pacific Northwest, usually composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, that would be formed by seceding from the United States (and Canada). | | '''Cascadia''' is a proposed independent nation in the Pacific Northwest, usually composed of Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia, that would be formed by seceding from the United States (and Canada). |
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| | | == [[Cascadia subduction zone|Cascadia Subduction Zone]] == |
| == Cascadia Subduction Zone == | | [[File:Cascadia map.jpg|right]] |
| [http://www.ccalmr.ogi.edu/tsunami The Cascadia Subduction Zone Quake] will generate two Tsunami waves, one propagating towards the coast, and the other towards the deep ocean [http://www.tsunami.org/ and Hawaii]. It will take only minutes to reach the coasts of Oregon, Washington, southern British Columbia, and northern California with wave heights reaching close to 12m (~36ft) in some scenarios.
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| James Roddey, a geologist known as Oregon’s “Prophet of Doom,” explains it it stark terms. [http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story_2nd.php?story_id=129970084826334600 The coming Cascadia event could tip the scales at a magnitude above 9.5] – larger than all 20th-century earthquakes combined, [http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11577-quake_up_call.html according to Roddey], and last up to five minutes ([http://blip.tv/play/AYKX1ygC Video]).
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| [http://www.wweek.com/portland/article-11577-quake_up_call.html Here's the scientific consensus on what will happen in Portland]: | |
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| "Several of the 10 bridges across the Willamette River will collapse—the Steel Bridge, Sellwood Bridge and Marquam Bridge, most likely—and the rest will be impassible. Big Pink and other office towers will sway so violently their granite and glass façades will shear off and crash into the street, piling rubble up 4 feet deep. The Multnomah County Courthouse will tumble. Underground gas, power and water lines will be pulverized. The soil beneath the Portland International Airport will temporarily turn to soup."
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| [http://www.quakekare.com/emergency-survival-kits-c-1.html?utm_source=msn&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=Red%20Cross%20earthquake%20kit&utm_content=text&utm_campaign=Branded%20Terms The Red Cross has Earth Quake Kits] and [http://www.humaninet.org/prepare.html Humaninet has some tips] that could save lives. | |
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| [http://gizmodo.com/#!5781077/the-apps-you-need-to-prepare-yourself-for-a-disaster Gizmodo lists emergency apps] such as [http://jive.me/ Pocket First Aid and CPR], [http://www.informedguides.com/ First Responder Info], [http://www.phoneflips.com/ Disaster Readyness], and [http://www.edgerift.com/products/emergencyradio/ Emergency Radio].
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| The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami 2011 Sendai earthquake and tsunami], with a magnitude of 8.9, made it the largest earthquake to hit Japan in recorded history and the sixth largest in the world since records began and may be a sister of the Earthquake and Tsunami that is likely to hit the Northwest in our lifetimes.
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| More information on the 2011 Sendai earthquake is available at [http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=f&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=earthquake Google News], [http://news.yahoo.com/topics/japan-earthquake-tsunami Yahoo], [http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/2/0/japan_quake_rattles_chip_industry/ Blog Runner], and [http://www.techmeme.com/search/query?q=earthquake&wm=false TechMeme].
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| [http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nhk-world-tv Ustream is carrying live TV feeds] from the Japan public broadcaster, [http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ NHK], while [http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/asia/live-blog-japan-earthquake Al Jazeera], [http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12307698 The BBC], [http://live.cnn.com/ CNN</a> and [http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/03/11/134452107/a-quick-glance-at-japans-earthquake-pacific-tsunami NPR] have live blogs. | |
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| [http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20042081-17.html C/Net has links for finding family and friends]. Here's a [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=134451374&live=1 diagram] and an [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/WikiProject_Japan OpenStreetMap of Japan].
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| [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe Japan's Kobe Port] was the country's busiest port until the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake Kobe Earthquake]. Kobe has since dropped to the fourth in Japan and forty-fifth busiest container port worldwide (as of 2008).
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| [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page OpenStreetMap] has [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami good map data of affected regions in Japan], and the [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team Humanitarian OSM Team] is on hand to help. [http://crisiswiki.org/Main_Page CrisisWiki] is an editable directory of resources related to disasters and crises around the world.
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| [http://topics.oregonlive.com/tag/oregon%20coast%20tsunami/index.html Oregonian stories] and twitter feeds include [http://twitter.com/search?q=ORTsunami ORTsunam], [http://twitter.com/arrl_emcomm ARRL Emergency].
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| [http://mashable.com/2011/03/11/follow-japan-earthquake-online/ Social media and the web have become the go-to for real-time information], says Mashable. Facebook sites that cover the quake include [https://www.facebook.com/JapanEarthquake JapanEarthquake], [https://www.facebook.com/solidaritytsunamimarch2011 Solidaritytsunamimarch2011], and the [http://www.facebook.com/US.NationalWeatherService.Honolulu.gov The US Weather Service].
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| [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703597804576194100479604290.html The Quake produced a flood of Tweets], [http://twitter.com/search/%23prayforjapan PrayforJapan], [http://twitter.com/search/%23tsunami#search?q=%23tsunami tsunami], [http://twitter.com/search/%23japon#search?q=%23japon japon] and [http://twitter.com/search/Text%20REDCROSS#search?q=Text%20REDCROSS Text REDCROSS].
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| == External Links == | | == External Links == |
| | * [http://freecascadia.org/ Free Cascadia] |
| | * [http://cascadiabioregionalism.org/ Cascadia Bioregionalism] |
| * [http://www.cascadia-institute.org/ Cascadia Institute] | | * [http://www.cascadia-institute.org/ Cascadia Institute] |
| * [http://www.sightline.org/ Sightline Institute] | | * [http://www.sightline.org/ Sightline Institute] |
| * [[wikipedia:Cascadia (independence movement)|Cascadia on Wikipedia]] | | * [[wikipedia:Cascadia (independence movement)|Cascadia on Wikipedia]] |
| * [http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/ Alaska Tsunami Ctr</a> and [http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/links/natwc.links.php Links]
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| * [http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=2 Hawaii Tsunami Center] and [http://www.tsunami.org/ Museum]
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| * [http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/ Japan Meteorological Agency]
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| * [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http://mapvisage.appspot.com/kml/noaajapantsunami&aq=&sll=51.493248,-0.137184&sspn=0.00863,0.022724&ie=UTF8&ll=-3.138472,-153.5&spn=175.642938,24.609375&t=h&z=1&iwloc=lyrftr:kml:cr_GYunXhWpPwwJCXIACmXLWWauXm05kA,gd7da511a3552f40e," target=new>Google Mapvisage]
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| * [http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/honshu20110311 PMEL Tsunami Research Program]
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| * [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ USGS Earthquake Ctr]
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| * [http://www.oregongeology.org/tsuclearinghouse/default.htm Oregon Tsunami Clearinghouse]
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| * [http://www.nanoos.org/data/products/oregon_tsunami_evacuation_zones/index.php Oregon Tsunami Evacuation Zones]
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| * [http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/ Oregon Emergency Management]
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| * [http://oregonaresd1.org/links/ Oregon ARES/RACES]
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| * [http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/welcome.html U/W’s Live Seismographs]
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| * [http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/ Cascades Volcano Observatory]
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| * [http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/welcome.html Live MT Saint Helens Seismograph]
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| * [http://www.pnsn.org/recenteqs/latest.htm U/W’s Recent Quakes]
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| * [http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/bdsn/quicklook.html Live California Seismographs]
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| * [http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/seg/hazards/viewer.htm World Quake Map]
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| * [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recent/helicorders/index.html Calif/Nev Life Seismo</a> <br /></strong></li>
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| * [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/waveforms/helicorder/index.html N. Calif Recorders]
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| * [http://www.usarray.org/ US Array]
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| * [http://www.oceanleadership.org/2011/special-photo-tour-horizontal-directional-drilling-progress-at-pacific-city-site/ Northwest Ocean Observatory]
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| * [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/index.html Savage Earth]
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| * [http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/blueplanet/blueplanet.html Discovery Planet]
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| * [http://vearthquake.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VirtualEarthQuake/VQuakeExecute.html Virtual Earth Quake]
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| * [http://www.isc.ac.uk/ International Seismological Centre]
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| * [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ USGS Global Quake Map]
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| * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami OpenStreetMap: Sendai Quake]
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| * [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Portland Portland Open Street Map]
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| * [http://nthmp.tsunami.gov/ Tsunami Hazard Ctr]
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| * [http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/prepare.html Tsunami Mitigation]
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| * [http://news.google.com/news/section?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=topic:earthquake&ict=clu_top/ Google Quake News]
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| == References == | | == References == |
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