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Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake And Tsunami That Could Devastate North America (2011)

by Jerry Thompson(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1582436436 (ISBN13: 9781582436432)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Counterpoint

review 1: Solid science writing that details how geologists teased out the presence of the Cascadia subduction fault and determined its history. Thompson is primarily a television writer, and here he applies the skills of vivid storytelling combined with brevity that TV news requires to a story that should be headline news from Northern California to southern British Columbia. Based on countless hours of interviews with scientists monitoring the fault and community safety workers preparing for the Big One, this book is an important warning. It's not all doom and gloom, however. Thompson hasn't written this to cause a panic. He stresses over and again that education and awareness are the most important factors in preparing people for an event that, the geologic record shows, wil... morel occur again. Whether it happens in our lifetimes is anyone's guess, but the residents of the West Coast need to be thinking and planning. This is a fine example of writing as public service.
review 2: A good journalist keeps his stories short, yet clearly descriptive and to the point. Don't be scared that the science will be over your head. Do be scared that the threat is all too real. Thompson builds his tale like an experienced newsman. I will have to put a little more thought into that retirement home overlooking the ocean that I often daydream about. I will recommend this to many of my friends. less

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