History of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT): Difference between revisions
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|An estimated 8.7 - 9.2 magnitude megathrust earthquake strikes the Pacific Northwest coast, producing a tsunami that washes up to the coast of Japan. Though local First Nations groups in area pass on knowledge of the event through oral tradition, it will be another 286 years before scientists grasp the implications of the quake. | |An estimated [[wikipedia:1700_Cascadia_earthquake|8.7 - 9.2 magnitude megathrust earthquake]] strikes the Pacific Northwest coast, producing a tsunami that washes up to the coast of Japan. Though local First Nations groups in area pass on knowledge of the event through oral tradition, it will be another 286 years before scientists grasp the implications of the quake. | ||
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|Geologist [[wikipedia:Brian_Atwater|Brian Atwater]] finds evidence of seismic activity from the Cascadia Subduction Zone. | |Geologist [[wikipedia:Brian_Atwater|Brian Atwater]] finds evidence of seismic activity from the Cascadia Subduction Zone. | ||
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|First Basic NET class. This pilot class is made up of over one hundred volunteers from three Portland neighborhoods. | |||
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