Nozinger t1_j9pa3cz wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:38 PM

Reply to comment by Aldervale in Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China by Papppi-56

Because noone knew of the danger. European settlers arrived in the pacific northwest after the last quake. It has been quiet ever since there was no reason to think there would be any danger.
It took some dead forests, a native american story of disappearing land and tsunami records from japan to realize just how dangerous cascadia really is.

Aldervale t1_j9qvutp wrote on February 23, 2023 at 10:34 PM

Oh ya 100%. I didn't mean to imply that there was anything corrupt or malicious about the fact we didn't consider it until a couple of decades ago. Just that a lot of buildings in the PNW are not ready for an 8+ magnitude earthquake.