#tho ofc it’s not that easy to just uproot our whole lives

[queerasian]

living in the pacific northwest is so weird because you just randomly get hit with the panic that a history defining catastrophic earthquake can and will devastate your region at any given moment but you just have to get on with your day

#like yeah the city i live in has done p good in earthquake prep over the years but #NOTHING proofs a place from a magnitude 9 it will wreck havoc regardless you just have to try to minimize some of the harm #but there are so many buildings around here that were built before the earthquake code and they will literally just collapse #i truly do think the general public is woefully undereducated and underprepared for the Big One when (not if) it hits #like at the very least have an emergency plan and bag at home. at the very least #i’ve had conversations w my partner before about whether we want to live here long term #tho ofc it’s not that easy to just uproot our whole lives #idk like we love it here and i’m in love w the place and the nature and everything #but at the back of my mind is always the reality of living right smack in the cascadia subduction zone #queerasian.txt