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Table of Contents Introduction 1 Prologue: Litany 3 1. The First Tsunami 11 2. Barnacles Never Lie 30 3. Silver Dollar 42 4. A Flexible Worldview 45 5. Mad Rise 57 6. Live Land 64 7. Pay Dirt 68 8. Our Turbulent Earth 77 9. Wave of the Future 80 10. Epidote Dreams 83 11. The Core Locker 89 12. A Prepared Mind 96 13. A Fresh Sandbox 105 14. Last Glance 113 15. Mad River Slough 118 16. Stumped 121 17. Ataspaca Prospect 134 18. Thirty Minutes 138 19. Home 148 20. Freak Accidents 155 21. WANTED 166 22. Reunion 178 23. Drawing the Line 182 24. WANTED II 186 25. Test-ch’as 191 26. Wisdom of the Elders 212 27. Thirteen 221 28. Star of the Sea 227 29. Penrose 233 30. Sumatra 238 31. Higher Ground 242 32. Aftershock 254 33. S–XXL 263 34. 3/11 273 35. Strategic Investment 288 36. Perpetuity 296 Epilogue 305 Selected References 307 Acknowledgements 313 Index 317 Maps Cascadia Subduction Zone viii Seaside, Oregon 15 Tectonic Plates of the Pacific Basin 70–71 Japan and the Tohoku Region 170 ...

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