FertilityHollis

FWIW, I had a friend who went through OKC and ended up washing out a bit later. Don't let me scare you at all. However, I wanted to point out what I understood from them to be their personal nemesis, the simulator evaluations.

I don't know what it's called specifically but I would call it a "Capacity simulation" maybe? The sim evaluations progress like a video game more or less, you're tested at 50% capacity, 60%, so on and so forth. My friend just barely squeaked the last one, and constantly talked about how difficult they were in situ.

I took it as something like being dropped into level 100 of a game you've studied and played well, with one shot to beat the level. Anyone who actually knows what they're talking about, please correct anything I got wrong or misunderstood.

The most interesting thing I've seen on pnw earthquakes is this presentation from Nick Zentner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ7Qc3bsxjI

He's a really captivating speaker, and his life's work has basically been the geology of cascadia. I've learned more than I ever thought I would want to know about rocks from that guy on Youtube.

Edit: Jump to where he discusses probabilities. https://youtu.be/UJ7Qc3bsxjI?t=2668

I also just want to say -- as a Washingtonian -- thanks! This is all some great reading.