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Natural Disasters in Seattle, Washington: What do you need to know?

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From earthquakes to violent hailstorms, Mother Nature can throw a lot at us. Here's what two local experts had to say about the threat of natural disasters in and around Seattle, Washington.

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If you’re moving to Seattle, you need to know how to adapt. Seattle is a beautiful city surrounded by beautiful Puget Sound where the whale watchers hang. Everybody is “important” and busy. But there are the occasional bon vie bons sitting in one of the cafes with a laptop. The city is divided by diverse neighborhoods, each with its own character. The hilly neighborhoods–all claiming to be the best. Fremont is the artsy-fartsy neighborhood that has a sign that says “Center of the Universe.” Queen Anne is affluent. It sits on a hill overlooking the city, always a little better than hoi-polloi. Then Capitol Hill, the center of the gay world and proud. The tech people who work in places like Microsoft and Amazon, are either making their own craft beer or traveling with two kayaks on the roof of a Subaru. The city is surrounded by the Cascade Mtns., various volcanoes about due to blow any time now. This is the ring of fire. Paradoxically, the city is referred to as ‘the Seattle Freeze’ because the people are known to be cool and aloof. The best way to get to know people, and the city, is to stop into any of a zillion cafes and order an espresso or overpriced cup of coffee. If you want to go incognito, bring your laptop and pretend to be busy.

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It’s beautiful. Seriously, it really is. It’s clean (due to ocean air and rain). It’s lush. You’re surrounded by mountains (including volcanoes that you can see form the city). The sunsets are gorgeous. It’s very hilly, so you have good viewpoints from all over the city.

Great food (There is a serious ‘foodie’ scene here, though not a ton of variety. Most of our food is fancy comfort food or locally sourced fish/veggies. We do have a little Asian food scene, but, I’ve been told my multiple sources that it’s not the best Asian food. Good news though, you’re 2. five hours from Vancouver BC! They know how to do sushi/pho/ramen very well.)

Lots of outdoor activities and close to the city (you can work up a sweat hiking around Discovery Park 10 min from Downtown, kayak in the city, swim in Lake Washington 10 min outside the downtown core (clean water too!), bike the Lake Washington loop (100 miles or so) or the Burke Gilman trail (40 miles from Fremont to wineries RT) etc) or outside the city (too many options to list! Ski, backpack, hike, hang-glide, you name it basically).

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