EDITORIAL
Prepare for quake
before too late
Aw heck, it’ll never happen to us — at least not to
morrow. so why worry today?
No. we're not talking American political theory,
we’re talking the geological biggy that may soon be ap
pearing in the Pacific Northwest.
Yes. here.
Recent studies have shown the urea from British
Columbia to Northern California is potentially vulner
able to an earthquake measuring between 8.4 to 9.0 on
the Richter scale sometime in the near future. This is
big-time, folks, considering the 190fi Sun Francisco
quake was somewhere around H. t.
The primary cause for concern is the subduction
zone off the Northwestern coast where two of the
Barth’s crustal plates meet, one sliding beneath the oth
er As the plates move, the friction creates tension,
promising, yes, a biggy.
The problem is no one knows exactly when it’ll
happen.
Iht” quake warnings have been sounded by various
experts, most recently by Samuel Clarke )r. of the U.S.
Geological Survey and Humboldt State University geol
ogy professor Gary Carver. The two recently wrote an
article for Science Mugiizinc detailing their study of the
area.
Hanking their warning on geologic: "past behavior"
of the area, the men say we’re about due for a major
tremor.
Geological input necessary tor building locations
has typically been ignored in tbe past, as evidenced by
examples such as the placement of Oregon's Trojan
Nuclear Plant, which lies uncomfortably close to a
fault angling near Portland toward the plant
Too bad the fault-line busters weren’t called in pre
building time we all know what will happen should
the quake occur. Other structures could foil as well, in
cluding dams. buildings, bridges and highways.
With the evidence stacking up in favor of a tremor,
we need to start planning ahead. Of course, it'll take
time, effort and money to bring the Northwest's struc -
tures to quake-proof code, these being the biggest ob
stacles to preparation ranking only behind doubt
Dig changes, and all for the possibility of a quake
in our lifetime Many would say forget it. but we can
not afford the gamble
The quake could happen anywhere (rum 10 to
100* years from now. no one can predict exac tly when
it'll oc c ur We are offered the geologic time sc ale c lue,
however, that it could happen fairly soon Soon
enough to begin preparing, if not for ourselves, then for
future generations.
Better put on the track shoes — time to start hur
dling those ohst.x lex, one at a time, no matter how long
it takes It's time to start thinking now for later, because
there is such a thing as too late.
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Thank you fur printing
koalanl Robcrls' story on envi
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Ili-forc coming lu the Univer
sity. I was oil the Uiard of di
re: tors fur the Alaska Knviron
mental Lobby I also served on
several committees for various
public interest groups, and co
founded a non-profit corpora
turn that researi lies mining
cornpanv pra< tires
1 spent .1 lot of time reading
and writing letters, spore lies
and testimonies I have raised
money, helped organize neigh
borhoods and i pr.n In e a low
impart lifestyle .ill to conserve
resotiri es
1 was more than relieved to
read that the above ai tiviiies
are t onsidered 'mainstream
polltn s because 111 Alaska I
have is-eii i ailed .i radii al en
v ironmentalist'
W hen I inert a member of
Larlh I irst' (In-re, at the l hover
siH), I was in awe I thought.
Now there's a rad leal I
w isli I had her i mirage
Theresa Scott
Counseling Psychology
Bad press
It's mi much easier this year
to become alienated from vast
numln-h of people In the past,
il r»-;iutrcil t*n11n- Minlmui^ nr
.ii least phrases. but imh (M V
Three letters'
U i II, oncf again. lhe DDl
t-ilti>r*> have Iiit-ii true to form
Dim Mini's letter [DPI:. Jan 10)
was passri) by the editor sav
inMost OCA supporters
have (somehow) passed 4th
grade senleni e diagramming
1 Ins is an indirei t insult'
(i.id guv been inserted for
OCA I dare sav this letter
would have boon rejected Why
was tins allowed' Could it he
someone has dei hired open
season on the IK A at the (UHCf
A few of my neighbors were
noted as being OCA supporters
1>V the press Sun e that time,
thev have had windows shot
out on a regular basis, but no
body has made an effort to just
sit down and reason through
things with them This causes
me 10 put anIi-(X',A pnopIn into
Iwo categories 1) Full ol hatred
.1 mi violence, seeing no hope ol
( hanging p eop le ’ s i d nu s
through mason _’) Apathutk,
i (aiming to have .1 i ausn hut
unwilling lo do anything about
It
Let's gel il straight If you am
anti (X A. t'.hamvs am you and
I disagrno idxiul a lot ol things
Am urn going to li! one of the
two 1 alugories ahovu. or per
haps shuttur my stereotype and
talk with inn about 11? Let's just
make il public m ord shall wev
Bob Weigel
Eugene
JFK
Wi• ( ,1 n .ill il11 somethin);
runs I ret entlv c ulled U S Rep
Peter I)i-l a/ii) s office in Hu
gene. and IkjiIi uur senators' of
fices in Portland about their po
sitions concerning the sec ret
liles on John F Kennedy's
death
I received t In' following
handwritten note from Uel a/.m
dated Jan 7, 1M'I7 "jerry.
I hauls tor contac ting im office
regarding the circumstances
surrounding JFK s death 1
share vour concerns In fact,
I've instructed my legislative
stall to draft a lull requiring the
release of all ol the material
Iroitl the House investigation 1
would appreciate your support
111 tills effort 1 expect strong
opposition Peter Uel'u/.io "
II you fuel this wav too, then
join me Make a call, drop a
line, tell others to )cnn m. con
tact vour elec ted ollu nils' After
contacting Sen Hob Pack
wood's office m Portland. 1 was
told 1 vs-is tfie only one to call
to express my view about JFK
and the secret files' Congress
vs ill never ac t if we don't make
our c one erns known' " Of the
people, by the people, (or the
people Incieed!
Jerry Steven Long
Eugene
Protest
Well, 1 see in the past couple
of issues of the ODE that an ud
is running to hire1 guv and bi
sexual men. with good pay I
didn't think the Emerald would
do this, suiting .is it is joh dis
crimination
At anv ratit, I hope the Lesbi
an. (lav and Bisexual Alliance
takes note of this, because I
know they are against discrimi
nation in hiring. Maybe they'll
protest
Ron Williams
Eugene
Protection
After witnessing the defense
ol I’rojei t Saleride's exclusion
ary pole v. I couldn't help but
vs under il they were fully aware
of tlie ramifit alums resulting
from tfieir argument
In case you missed it.
Sale ride took the stand men are
responsible for causing tear in
some women bet ause of their
appearance and. therelore, can
be legally disi riminaled against
because of this far I Should we
reverse that statement and
come up with the perverse de
fence women cause lust in
some men liecause of their up
pearant e and, therefore, can tie
legally raped because of tills
fact' Both ideas are antiquated
anti need to fie eliminated
iu esianusn me pnysieai ap
pearance of a person as legal
justtlii alion lor the emotions
and actions of another is one of
the things we should fight
against, not merely as men and
women, but as human beings
united against injustices
The other portion of their de
font e was that Saferido helps
eliminate rape on campus, and
because so few men are victims
of rape, they have no place
within the service The truth is
no one i an say what crimes are
being prevented if they do not
occur No doubt Saferido has
prevented rapes, as well as as
saults. muggings, und many
other types of crime Saferide,
in actuality, is a vitally impor
tant service that prevents po
tential crime, of which poten
tial rape is but a portion
The right to protection from
potential crime is a right for all
people, not just women.
Jordan Lund
English