Posted Aug 31, 2017, 7:12 PM
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Location: Portland
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Bracing ourselves
From bridges to buildings, Portland needs more investments and incentives. What if the Burnside Bridge went down?
Two years ago, the Pacific Northwest awakened to the fact that the largest earthquake in American history is destined to shake us to our foundations — and then some.
Scientists have known a devastating Cascadia subduction zone quake was coming, but a Pulitzer Prize-winning 2016 New Yorker article by Kathryn Schulz was the first time many realized the magnitude of it all. That first night after reading the report I could barely sleep.
In case we'd forgotten the threat, this summer brought another scare, in the form of a simulation video released by Multnomah County demonstrating how the Burnside Bridge, perhaps the most vital arterial connector in the city, would be the first Portland span to go in a major quake.
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...continues at the Business Tribune.
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