{"id":2537,"date":"2016-01-14T19:42:55","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T03:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=2537"},"modified":"2016-01-14T19:42:55","modified_gmt":"2016-01-15T03:42:55","slug":"seaside-students-take-charge-of-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/seaside-students-take-charge-of-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"Seaside students take charge of safety"},"content":{"rendered":"
By:Jenna Beresheim\r\nNews Editor<\/pre>\n
In mid-December last year, Seaside High School student Taylor Barnes created a GoFundMe page titled \u201cDon\u2019t Catch This Wave\u201d to fundraise the relocation of an entire school system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe purpose of this project will be to relocate our schools within the seaside school district outside the tsunami zone that is earthquake resistant,\u201d states the GoFundMe page.<\/p>\n
During the summer of 2015, the New Yorker published an earthquake article titled \u201cThe Really Big One.\u201d<\/p>\n
The odds of this earthquake happening within the next 50 years are one in three, according to the article.<\/p>\n
This article reported a series of earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 8.7 to 9.2 happening along the Cascadia subduction zone and the San Andreas fault line, with the latter of the two running nearly the entire length of the state of California.<\/p>\n
The earthquakes would affect the majority of the Pacific Northwest, with tsunamis predicted as a side effect to such massive fluxes to the earth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe northwest edge of the continent will drop by as much as 6 feet and rebound 30 to 100 feet to the west,\u201d reports the Oregonian.<\/p>\n
According to the Oregonian, the combination of these two powerful natural disasters would \u201ckill thousands and decimate stretches of coastline west of Interstate 5.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cChildren will be trapped in schools ranging from Gearhart to Seaside,\u201d continues the Oregonian.
\n\u201cBecause of this daunting reality, we as students have taken initiative to start a campaign to raise awareness for this inevitable disaster with our main focus being to relocate our schools (3 of which, in our school district, are located in the tsunami zone),\u201d writes Barnes on the fundraising page.<\/p>\n
The New Yorker article reports that the predicted mega-quake will send an enormous tsunami ashore \u201cin a 700-mile liquid wall that will reach the Northwest coast, on average, 15 minutes after the earthquake begins.\u201d<\/p>\n
This leaves very little time for warning to take place and evacuation to occur.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo survive, the 71,000 residents of Cascadia’s tsunami inundation zone would have to reach high ground during the narrow window between the quake and the waves,\u201d reports the Oregonian.<\/p>\n
Those who are differently abled, elderly, or simply visiting the town for the day risk the possibility of being left behind with such a tiny time frame for evacuation.<\/p>\n
The Oregon State University Wave Lab even created a simulation of what the tsunami would look like as it tore through the town of Seaside. The two-minute video can be found at bit.ly\/1RECKCE.<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cThe price tag to relocate our schools is $128 million dollars. Bond measures have been on ballots before in our town, but have been unsuccessful. So, we are now taking matters into our own hand as students,\u201d states the collective GoFundMe page.<\/p>\n
To this date, the GoFundMe page has raised $2,750 of the predicted $200 million. Thirty-four people have donated to the cause in just one month, with contributions ranging from $10 to $1000.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith your help not only can we reach our goals of this campaign, but we can also go above and beyond with other preparations and save thousands of lives in the event of this disaster,\u201d coaxes the fundraising page.<\/p>\n
The page has been shared over 1,300 times and local news stations, such as the Daily Astorian, are taking part in promoting the fundraiser.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe earthquake is something we have known about since we were little kids; we prepare for the eventual disaster in our schools but conducting earthquake and Tsunami drills, but there is only so much we can do,\u201d reads the fundraising page.<\/p>\n
To donate to this cause, show support, or share to increase visibility, visit the GoFundMe page at www.gofundme.com\/cascadiaevent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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