The Resilience of Internet Infrastructures in Pacific Northwest to Earthquakes [pdf]

Re:The Resilience of Internet Infrastructures in Pacific Nor... by PeterHolzwarth on Saturday July 20, 2024 @10:37PM (#41021974)

Also quite practical, as Mt. Rainier, for example, is expected to blow its top in the geological immediate future (highest res possible is 5k years per pixel, so to speak).

I don't think all that many people realize how techtonically active the PacNW/VeryBroaderSeattleArea is: there are volcanoes everywhere, and we had one essentially light off a nuke within itself just a handful of decades ago.

As an old geology professor of mine used to say: "Mankind exists by geologic consent only."

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Re:The Resilience of Internet Infrastructures in Pacific Nor... by mauzy on Sunday July 21, 2024 @11:56AM (#41025972)

Probably even before Mt. Rainier goes the Pacific Northwest is going to experience one of if not the largest earthquake in the continental US in hundreds of years. The fault up there makes ours down in California look like a child’s toy.

We’re talking 1 in 3 chance in the next 50 years.

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Re:The Resilience of Internet Infrastructures in Pacific Nor... by financetechbro on Monday July 22, 2024 @10:23AM (#41034760)

Big one may also trigger Mt. Rainier. We may get a 2-4-1 combo

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Re:The Resilience of Internet Infrastructures in Pacific Nor... by ericjmorey on Monday July 22, 2024 @11:37AM (#41035652)

Just need to time a combo blocker to counter effectively.

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