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  • Blogs

    October 19, 2011

    Media: 'Northwest Salmon Have a Deadly Virus.' Scientist: 'It's Really Dangerous When You Put It That Way.'

    Image Source​If you salivate at the mere mention of the word salmon, then yesterday's news about the virus discovered recently by scientists in wild sockeye salmon in Canada probably got your gut rumbling, and not in a good way. The New York Times and dozens of other news outlets reported that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Washington's Environment is Apparently Known for Two Things: Apples and Snails

    ​The environment. It's a complicated thing! But that's only if you care about stuff like "details" or "science." If all you really care about is boiling things down to what a state is "good at" and what it's not, then it's easy. Plus you get to make pretty maps like this one.

  • News

    March 16, 2011

    The Tsunami That Rocked Japan 300 Years Ago

    Seattleites bracing for "The Big One," take note: It can happen again.

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2011

    A Japan-Strength Earthquake Would Level Seattle

    ​If it weren't for the tsunami that followed, Japan and its high tech infrastructure would have come out of its mammoth 9.0 level earthquake with flying colors. But what about Seattle? We get earthquakes here. Hell, the Seattle Fault runs directly through the city. Turns out that things probab ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2011

    History Lesson: Massive Earthquake in Pacific Northwest Triggered Japan Tsunami in 1700

    ​About 300 years before the current earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, another wave of water swept the Island nation, wreaking havoc and laying waste to entire coastal villages. That tsunami was caused by a massive quake--estimated to have been a magnitude 9.0--that rocked the entire Pacifi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 25, 2007

    Feel Like You're Digging out of a Hole?

    ​About 300 years before the current earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, another wave of water swept the Island nation, wreaking havoc and laying waste to entire coastal villages. That tsunami was caused by a massive quake--estimated to have been a magnitude 9.0--that rocked the entire Pacifi ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 29, 2006

    Richard Lerman Q&A

    ​About 300 years before the current earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, another wave of water swept the Island nation, wreaking havoc and laying waste to entire coastal villages. That tsunami was caused by a massive quake--estimated to have been a magnitude 9.0--that rocked the entire Pacifi ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 29, 2006

    Richard Lerman "Fences-Borders"

    ​About 300 years before the current earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, another wave of water swept the Island nation, wreaking havoc and laying waste to entire coastal villages. That tsunami was caused by a massive quake--estimated to have been a magnitude 9.0--that rocked the entire Pacifi ... More >>

  • News

    November 16, 2005

    Closing the Barn Door

    ​About 300 years before the current earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, another wave of water swept the Island nation, wreaking havoc and laying waste to entire coastal villages. That tsunami was caused by a massive quake--estimated to have been a magnitude 9.0--that rocked the entire Pacifi ... More >>

  • News

    October 26, 2005

    The Super Flood

    ​About 300 years before the current earthquake/tsunami disaster in Japan, another wave of water swept the Island nation, wreaking havoc and laying waste to entire coastal villages. That tsunami was caused by a massive quake--estimated to have been a magnitude 9.0--that rocked the entire Pacifi ... More >>

  • News

    October 19, 2005

    The Super Flood

    Forget an eruption. The real threat of Mount Rainier is a surging wall of mud that could bury the suburbs and splash Seattle.

  • Arts

    October 12, 2005

    Master of Disaster

    Earthquakes aren't the only unmet natural crises this British author sees for America. And he's coming to view another one on Seattle's waterfront.

  • News

    October 6, 2004

    Mount St. Helens

    Online resources.

  • News

    June 4, 2003

    Killer Mosquitoes

    West Nile Virus has arrived in the Northwest.

  • News

    February 27, 2002

    Fear and Loathing at the Olympics

    A final look at 14 days in Salt Lake.

  • News

    January 23, 2002

    Flood of information

    A final look at 14 days in Salt Lake.

  • News

    September 5, 2001

    Swept away

    Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

  • News

    August 22, 2001

    The mud is falling! The mud is falling!

    Or, Here come the mud (part 2)

  • News

    March 7, 2001

    Quake quiz

    Everything you need to know about earthquakes but were afraid to ask.

  • News

    July 19, 2000

    You are here

    GPS means never having to say "Where the fuck are we?"

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    Down to Earth

    The old and new ways to appreciate maps.

  • News

    March 4, 1998

    A shake to the system

    Not worried about a Puget Sound megaquake? Get ready to pay anyway—your insurance company is very worried.

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