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Quiz Answers for S.E.T.

Natural disasters seem to happen everywhere but seldom hit the Pacific Northwest?

            False!  See the answers below to find out why!

1.)    What was the largest “forest fire” in Oregon’s recorded history?

      Tillamook Wildfire Burns of August 1933 (and again in 1939, 1945 and 1951)

      An unusually hot, dry summer set the stage for this incredible environmental disaster.  On August 14th, 1933 a fire ignited during a logging operation.  It quickly spread to 40,000 acres in just two days.  Ten days later east winds fanned flames to a        quarter million acres in just 20 hours.  The flame front of the fire was 18 miles long. A smoke column 8 miles high carried ash out to sea, falling on ships 500 miles away.  Oregon beaches had ash and cinders 2 feet deep for a stretch of 30 miles.

2.)     In 1903 a “flash flood” killed 247 people in what Oregon city?

      Deadly Flash Flood on June 14th, 1903 in Heppner Oregon.

3.)     In recent history has anyone been killed by a tsunami in Lincoln County?

      1964, the Good Friday Alaskan earthquake killed 16 people in Oregon and California when it produced a tsunami that traveled over 400 mph.  The earthquake was the largest recorded in American history, USGS estimated the Alaskan quake at a 9.2 that lasted from 3 to 5 minutes.

4.)     Name the 1962 storm that brought 138 mph winds to the Oregon coast?

      Columbus Day Storm of October 1962 killed 38 people.  Cities lost power for 2 to 3 weeks when winds reached 116 mph in downtown Portland.

5.)     What coastal Oregon city was destroyed by fire on September 26, 1936?

      The 1936 Bandon Burn is still a very real part of that city’s history. 

6.)     Harry Truman and 56 souls lost their lives in this 1980 devastating event?

      Mount St. Helen blew over 1100 feet of her top!

7.)     In what year was the coldest temperature (-54 degrees) recorded in Oregon?

            A cold outbreak in 1933 brought a surge of Arctic air into the state. The city of Seneca, in northeast Oregon, recorded the state’s all-time low of -54 degrees.  The next day it was nearly 100 degrees warmer.

8.)     The 1950 snowstorms left 6.2 inches in Newport.  How much snow fell in Otis?

            20.0 inches fell in one day during one of the coldest January’s in Oregon’s history. Actually, three separate snow storms hit Oregon but very little time separated them.  During the night of the 18th snow turned into sleet and freezing rain, hundreds of motorist were stranded in the Columbia River Gorge for hours and had to be rescued by train.  

9.)     Four days of rain caused floods and how many dollars in damage in 1996?

            Over one billion dollars of damage was estimated when in early February of heavy rain melted heavy snow pack up to 10 inches in less than 48 hours.  Five people died and  nearly every Oregon County received a disaster declaration.

10.)                         According to USGS the Cascade Mountain range has how many active volcanoes?

            Six!  Mount Baker, Glacier Peak, Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helen’s, Mount Adams and Mount Hood are all part the active volcanoes that stretch from British Columbia to  Northern California.  All Washington volcanoes have erupted in the past 250 years except Mt. Adams.

11.)                         Last question worth 100 points.  When will the next disaster occur?

            Your guess is as good as mine!

 

 

 

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