ARE YOU PREPARED?
Vox Populi: The Big One
We asked our readers to share their feelings about a catastrophic earthquake in Cascadia. Here's what we discovered.
| A catastrophic earthquake will hit Portland in the next 10 years. | |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 59% |
| TRUE | 41% |
| On scale of 1 to 5, how afraid are you of a catastrophic earthquake hitting Portland? | |
|---|---|
| 3 | 34% |
| 2 | 24% |
| 4 | 17% |
| 1 (Meh.) | 17% |
| 5 (Terrified!) | 7% |
| On scale of 1 to 5, how prepared are you for a catastrophic earthquake? | |
|---|---|
| 2 | 34% |
| 3 | 33% |
| 1 (If it hits, I’m toast.) | 21% |
| 4 | 10% |
| 5 (Prepper 4 Lyfe!) | 2% |
| Which natural disaster are you most afraid of? | |
|---|---|
| Epidemic | 51% |
| The Big One (earthquake) | 40% |
| Yellowstone’s Supervolcano | 6% |
| Asteroid Collision | 4% |
| You trust Portland’s government to keep you safe after an earthquake. | |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 71% |
| TRUE | 29% |
| You don’t need to worry about an earthquake because your building/home is earthquake proof. | |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 90% |
| TRUE | 10% |
| The elected leader you most trust to guide us through the catastrophe is... | |
|---|---|
| John Kitzhaber | 50% |
| Barack Obama | 28% |
| Charlie Hales | 11% |
| Steve Novick | 11% |
| In the event of an earthquake you would be most concerned about... | |
|---|---|
| Your family | 69% |
| Your life | 16% |
| Your pet | 9% |
| Your home | 6% |
| You own an emergency preparedness kit. | |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 64% |
| TRUE | 36% |
| You are prepared to live without heating in the dead of winter. | |
|---|---|
| TRUE | 53% |
| FALSE | 47% |
| You know how to hunt. | |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 78% |
| TRUE | 22% |
| You own a gun. | |
|---|---|
| FALSE | 78% |
| TRUE | 22% |
| After a catastrophic earthquake, guns will be… | |
|---|---|
| Occasionally useful for fending off thieves. | 62% |
| Absolutely necessary for survival. | 23% |
| Outlawed in the post-apocalyptic utopia. | 15% |
| You have enough drinking water in your home to last about… | |
|---|---|
| three days | 43% |
| one day | 25% |
| 14 days | 18% |
| An hour or so. If that. | 14% |
| The best Portland neighborhood to scavenge post earthquake will be... | |
|---|---|
| Pearl District | 37% |
| Eastmoreland | 19% |
| Alameda | 18% |
| Other Option | 16% |
| Dunthorpe | 11% |
| Choose the Walking Dead character that most resembles your post-apocalyptic identity: | |
|---|---|
| Michonne (bad-ass, mysterious, pet lover) | 48% |
| Glenn (follower, quiet, horny) | 22% |
| Rick (leader, righteous, whiny) | 15% |
| Daryl (hunter, survivor, redneck) | 14% |
| The Governor (killer, egoist, eye patch) | 2% |
| Which Portland creatives will be the least useful in our post-earthquake ruins? | |
|---|---|
| The graphic designers | 70% |
| The picklers | 10% |
| The musicians | 10% |
| The coffee roasters | 9% |
| The one food item in your kit you’re hoarding for yourself? | |
|---|---|
| Jerky (or hard sausage) from Olympic Provisions | 44% |
| A growler of your favorite beer (that’s OK, I’ll drink it warm) | 34% |
| Jacobsen salt, because it must go on everything | 13% |
| Nong’s Kao Man Gai sauce | 6% |
| A jar of Foitella, the foie gras-chocolate spread from Xocolatl de David | 4% |
| So it’s post-quake, and you’re dead. (Sorry!) What got you? | |
|---|---|
| I was crushed/buried. | 53% |
| Oh, you know, fire/flood/fall. | 32% |
| A police officer, who assumed I was looting. | 9% |
| A neighbor, defending her stash. | 6% |
| Likelihood of leaving the NW after taking this survey? | |
|---|---|
| You can pry my house keys from my cold, dead fingers. | 79% |
| Maybe, if I can work up the energy. | 18% |
| Absolutely, screw this place. | 4% |
