Threat of major earthquake has communities prepping for ‘the big one’

Along with preparing your own home for an earthquake, consider teaming up with your neighborhood to organize an emergency hub.

SEATTLE — The “Seattle Emergency Hub” in Madison Valley is just one of dozens organized across the city. The hubs are volunteer-run groups with meet-up points to share communication and responses in the aftermath of a potential disaster like an earthquake.

“The neighborhood is going to be what brings us together,” said Frank Lawler, a resident of the neighborhood involved in organizing the hub. “The reality is, when terrible things happen in terms of natural disasters- people generally tend to get together, they tend to show

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