A magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the Northwest coast could hit at any time along the Oregon Coast. How can we prepare for this impending and unpredictable disaster?
Three times in three years Jay Wilson has returned to Kadonowaki, Japan. Each time, the weeds are a little bit taller, the concrete foundations are a little more weathered.
On March 11, 2011, a tsunami scraped a vast swath of this town from the earth. Homes and businesses were reduced to rubble. A rebuilt paper mill is among the few structures resurrected here after the disaster.
As Wilson surveys the landscape, it’s hard to know whether he’s more rattled by this tsunami that has happened, or the tsunami that will happen — in Oregon.
Oregon faces the threat of an earthquake every bit as large as the one that struck Japan. Are there lessons we can learn from Japan’s experience? Can we prepare for something so destructive? [learn more]
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