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[[File:Republic of Cascadia Flag.gif|thumb|This Republic of Cascadia flag is one of many.]]
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[[File:Flag of Cascadia.svg|right|thumb|200px|Cascadian flag, designed in 1995 by Alexander Baretich]]


'''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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* Time System: [[Metric Time]]
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== [[Cascadia subduction zone|Cascadia Subduction Zone]] ==
== [http://portlandwiki.org/Cascadia_subduction_zone Cascadia Subduction Zone] ==
[[File:Cascadia map.jpg|right]]
 
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zone The Cascadia Subduction Zone] stretches from northern Vancouver Island to northern California. It is a very long sloping fault that separates the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_Plate Juan de Fuca plate] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Plate North America plates].
'''[[Cascadia subduction zone|Continue reading >>>]]'''
 
[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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== 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] and [http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/links/natwc.links.php Links]
* [http://ptwc.weather.gov/?region=2 Hawaii Tsunami Center] and [http://www.tsunami.org/ Museum]
* [http://www.jma.go.jp/en/tsunami/ Japan Meteorological Agency]
* [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]
* [http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/honshu20110311 PMEL Tsunami Research Program]
* [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/ USGS Earthquake Ctr]
* [http://www.oregongeology.org/tsuclearinghouse/default.htm Oregon Tsunami Clearinghouse]
* [http://www.nanoos.org/data/products/oregon_tsunami_evacuation_zones/index.php Oregon Tsunami Evacuation Zones]
* [http://www.oregon.gov/OMD/OEM/ Oregon Emergency Management]
* [http://oregonaresd1.org/links/ Oregon ARES/RACES]
* [http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/welcome.html U/W&#8217;s Live Seismographs]
* [http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/ Cascades Volcano Observatory]
* [http://www.pnsn.org/WEBICORDER/PNSN/welcome.html Live MT Saint Helens Seismograph]
* [http://www.pnsn.org/recenteqs/latest.htm U/W&#8217;s Recent Quakes]
* [http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/bdsn/quicklook.html Live California  Seismographs]
* [http://map.ngdc.noaa.gov/website/seg/hazards/viewer.htm World Quake Map]
* [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recent/helicorders/index.html Calif/Nev Life Seismo]
* [http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/waveforms/helicorder/index.html N. Calif Recorders]
* [http://www.usarray.org/ US Array]
* [http://www.oceanleadership.org/2011/special-photo-tour-horizontal-directional-drilling-progress-at-pacific-city-site/ Northwest Ocean Observatory]
* [http://www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth/index.html Savage Earth]
* [http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/blueplanet/blueplanet.html Discovery Planet]
* [http://vearthquake.calstatela.edu/edesktop/VirtApps/VirtualEarthQuake/VQuakeExecute.html Virtual Earth Quake]
* [http://www.isc.ac.uk/ International Seismological Centre]
* [http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/ USGS Global Quake Map]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/2011_Sendai_earthquake_and_tsunami OpenStreetMap: Sendai Quake]
* [http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Portland Portland Open Street Map]
* [http://nthmp.tsunami.gov/ Tsunami Hazard Ctr]
* [http://www.tsunami.noaa.gov/prepare.html Tsunami Mitigation]
* [http://news.google.com/news/section?pz=1&#038;cf=all&#038;ned=us&#038;hl=en&#038;q=topic:earthquake&#038;ict=clu_top/ Google Quake News]


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 07:50, 7 August 2014

This Republic of Cascadia flag is one of many.
File:Flag of Cascadia.svg
Cascadian flag, designed in 1995 by Alexander Baretich

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).

Water and Forests

According to Sightline Institute "Cascadia is defined by water and forests: it encompasses all of the watersheds whose rivers flow through the temperate rainforests on the northwest Pacific coast."[1]

Statistics of the Republic of Cascadia[2]:

  • Name: The Republic of Cascadia (long form), Cascadia (short form)
  • Capital: Cascadia
  • Area: 855,762 sq km
  • Population: 14,220,981 (2005 est)
  • GDP: US$323 billion (1996 est)
  • Language: Cascadese (a dialect of English)
  • Time System: Metric Time

Cascadia Subduction Zone

{{#section:Cascadia subduction zone|Cascadia subduction zone intro}} Continue reading >>>

External Links

References

  1. ↑ The Cascadia Scorecard
  2. ↑ Republic of Cascadia - Independence Now!
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