Given its geography, Seattle faces some unique challenges were it to face something similar to the magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck early Wednesday off Russia’s coast, causing fears of tsunamis across the Pacific and up and down the West Coast.
Such an event could break Seattle into seven islands — not islands surrounded by water, but islands nonetheless.
Curry Mayer, director of Seattle’s Office of Emergency Management, said one of the key issues facing Seattle in the event of a major quake is that, to get around the city, you have to cross a lot of bridges…