
The Revenge of the Network
BY STEWART SLATER In 1700, a devastating earthquake struck the Pacific Northwest’s Cascadia fault, unleashing a tsunami which crossed the ocean and wiped out swathes of Eastern Japan. And nobody in the West knew about it for over two centuries. As Europeans expanded across North America, they picked up hints in native folklore about a tremendous natural disaster, as did later historians when they examined … Continue reading The Revenge of the Network