Last April, my editor at Outside asked me to look into the possibility of a Japan-style earthquake and tsunami striking the West Coast. Turns out it's not only possible, it's probable. Will it strike within our lifetime? Nobody knows. But if it does, it's going to be one hell of a ride. The resulting 7,000-word piece, "Totally Psyched for the Full-Rip Nine," envisions a 9.1 megaquake and tsunami hitting the coast, with a minute-by-minute narration. It won't hit newsstands until mid-September, but the editors put an early version online and it's getting massive hits and media interest. Here's an interview I just did an hour ago on KUOW's "The Conversation," with host Ross Reynolds. Coverage also at the P-I Online, KING 5 News, and Daily Kos.
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- Bruce Barcott, a 2009 Guggenheim Fellow in nonfiction, is the author of The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, named one of the best books of 2008 by Library Journal. His previous book, The Measure of a Mountain: Beauty and Terror on Mount Rainier, was a recipient of the Washington State Governor's Award and was recently re-issued in a 10th anniversary edition. Barcott is an environmental journalist whose articles on humans and wildlife appear in Outside Magazine, National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, and other publications. He reviews nonfiction for the New York Times Book Review, Outside, and On Earth magazine. He is currently at work on a narrative history of the battle over salmon and treaty rights in the Pacific Northwest.
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Posted by: EbonyMiles | September 03, 2011 at 09:51 PM
Thank you for writing this. I am a Portland area resident and recently my husband and I took the CERT training class. We learned a lot about the expected quake and what it will really mean for the city and surrounding areas. I have come to the general conclusion that Portlandians are in deep denial.
Posted by: Melissa | September 19, 2011 at 05:14 PM
Just read Full-Rip Nine. It was mesmerizing, and so artful. How you make it looks so effortless to weave together so many sources, elicit such GREAT quotes is genius. And the Minute structure -- I cannot imagine the work that took as well as the sheer brilliance of coming up with the idea to begin with. I am sorry if I sounds like I am fawning, but, hell, I think you are the best nonfiction environmental writer alive. BTW, what the heck will happen here on BI? Yours, Lora
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