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itdincor User ID: 588013 United States 08/16/2009 03:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | So, in the '70s, I lived in Seattle, Queen Anne Hill, and went to college at Shoreline CC. In geology classes I learned the following. All the hills, or at least most of them, in the Seattle area are solid rocky cores with a thick layer of gravel, sand, and other detritus left behind by the last glaciation. Give it all a real good shake and that relatively loose material comes off the rocky core, and goes down. This is for Queen Anne hill, Capitol hill, downtown, etc. As anyone who lives in Seattle knows, these hills have very steep sides where excavation/construction has occurred over the decades. For example, downtown by the Farmer's Market, there is a western slope about a hundred or so feet high, which is nearly vertical, and lightly stepped, with little strength or support. Same for the East side of Queen Anne hill, and it's nearly so steep for the West side of Queen Anne hill. Shake 'em hard and down they go, in a slide of gravel and buildings. Other eminences, such as Capitol hill, are not nearly so endangered, yet even so everything sits on a layer of what is, essentially, loose rubble, not solid rock. Down by Old Town, all is built on the remains of a salt marsh. Shake this, it liquifies, and all buildings sink more or less straight down. What I'm saying is that a major earthquake in the Seattle area could pretty much destroy the downtown area, and nearby neighborhoods on the hills. Actually, it's all a rather dangerous place to live. But then, where isn't, really? |
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