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Gwtheyrn t1_ja5yrs8 wrote

It's going to murder us all one day, but it will look gorgeous until then.

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ruckus666 t1_ja6lp0j wrote

And it will still look gorgeous while it's murdering us all! Ahh, the wonder and power of nature.

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starfyredragon t1_ja8gk0q wrote

Actually, with the prevailing easterlies, other than the people immediately around it, it's more likely to murder Idaho.

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ruckus666 t1_ja8ped6 wrote

>...other than the people immediately around it...

How immediately around it? Because there's a decent chunk of Washington between Mt. Tacoma and Idaho lol

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starfyredragon t1_jad6iso wrote

Basically those in the area of the immediate blast zone (the red area on the graph). Things will be high unpleasent for everyone else in its area of effect, but not murder-zone unpleasant. After the blast zone, the next biggest murder-doom is the smoke, which the prevailing easterlies will push over Idaho. The bigger concern for WA isn't if Rainer blows or its ash, it's if it triggers the fault lines.

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TryingToBeHere OP t1_jaaecnu wrote

Cascadia megathrust earthquake involving Juan De Fuca plate is a scarier disaster and a higher risk too I believe. There are cities on the coast like Long Beach, WA that will simply disappear. I5 will be out for weeks. They happen about every 300-500 years and it has been 323 years since the last one.

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Gwtheyrn t1_jaaoaf0 wrote

I live in Port Townsend, right on the fault. It is what it is.

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TryingToBeHere OP t1_jabgdzt wrote

There are definitely fault throughout the region but the main plate where the mega thrust earthquake would be is about 100 miles offshore I believe.

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TheEvergreenMonster t1_jabhww7 wrote

Just gonna drop this here because it’s a very well done (and terrifying) piece about this topic.

Also great photo, OP!

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