Re: Awfully quiet in here...

On Fri, 08 Nov 2024 09:58:22 -0800, Robert Woodward
<robertaw@drizzle.com> wrote:

In article <vglgaq$o84$1@reader1.panix.com>,
jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) wrote:
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In article <lsesij93jemheqibovvadf4n9n33u3aj9i@4ax.com>,
Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

On 7 Nov 2024 23:45:56 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
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Paul S Person  <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:

Seattle doesn't want you. We are actually considering reviving the
Lesser Seattle movement of the past.
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Remember, it always rains in Seattle.

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Might be a nice place for a Worldcon, though.

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Unless we are under a Heat Dome and the power fails.
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Or we get another dose of Freezing Rain. One lasting more than one
day.
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Small tornadoes are rare, but not unknown. Maybe once a decade or two.

 
Or Mt Rainier erupts, sending a lahar downhill.

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That will wipe out Tacoma; but downtown Seattle is probably outside the
danger zone (the airport and adjacent hotels are up on a plateau and
should be above all of that).

And, IIRC, the Duwamish valley, which might be considered part of
Seattle.

But, yes, the lahar probably wouldn't reach downtown. The accompanying
earthquake(s), though, surely will.

And then there's the ash ... I wasn't here for Mt St Helens but we
apparently got an inch or two of it. Cars didn't start -- their
radiators were clogged, IIRC.

All that and the general pandemonium (we panic every Winter when it
snows because it doesn't snow that often, what do you think a volcanic
eruption will do to us?) would probably shut down/cancel any
conventions.

The major airport (Sea-Tac) might survive, but that doesn't mean it
will be useable for a while, possibly a few weeks.

Amtrak and Greyhound (or other such buses) ... would probably
encounter the lahar. Roads and tracks take time to replace. Bridges
take even longer.
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