Crossword: Cascadia Commotion #01

Location of the Cascadia subduction zone. Source: Federal Emergency Management Agency
February 15, 2024

Fun with the Cascadia Suduction Zone, whose last major (M8-M9) event occurred off the Oregon coast on 1/26/1700. To help you, your family and neighbors become better prepared for the next Big One (historically, every 250-350 years), sign up for Ashland CERT’s upcoming Spring course: ashlandcert.org > Basic Training, or peruse resources: communicrossings.com > OLLI > Disaster Preparedness.

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Next Friday’s Crossword: OSF 2024 #01

Answers to your questions about this crossword: theme, entries, clues, etc.: (spoilers)

1A. ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response)
20A. QUAKE LIKE A LEAF
24A. IT’S NOT MY FAULT
47A. GET A FAIR SHAKE
53A. TECTONIC PLATES; Juan de Fuca Plate

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