Congress must help Quileutes escape tsunami threat

Cheryl Tucker — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 00:25:12 +0000

The Quileute Tribal School is located just yards away from the Pacific Ocean in the Quileute community of La Push. (Tony Overman/The Olympian)

This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print edition.

The Quileute Tribal School in La Push is probably unrivaled for its scenic setting, looking out on crashing surf, islands and the kind of picturesque sea stacks that make photographers swoon.

But when the Cascadia subduction zone 80 miles offshore generates a massive earthquake – as it does every couple of hundred years, most recently in 1700 – it will almost surely create …

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Congress must help Quileutes escape tsunami threat