Growing up in the Midwest, we heard about the San Andreas Fault and California and its history of and potential for earthquakes. We were even aware of earthquakes in the Midwest. We felt one when we were in Indiana back in the 1980s. In addition we experienced an earthquake in Tokyo when we were picking up Michael at the end of his mission in Japan.
Not long after we moved from Ohio to the Seattle area, we heard news reports about the numerous faults that go through this area. Look at the map above. We're in the red zone - AND we have FIVE active volcanoes. FIVE!
Experts say it's only a matter of time before the BIG earthquakes hit or one of these volcanoes erupts.
After we'd been here a few months and had heard many news reports about earthquakes, Joe remarked that perhaps we should have done more homework on this aspect of life out here.
We are enjoying life in this beautiful part of the country.
Map from Smithsonian.com (click on view more photos) and Smithsonian, December 2001, page 21
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