I grew up on the East Coast and moved to Seattle in 2019. It wasn’t until I finally started making friends here in 2021 (thanks Covid & Seattle Freeze!) that I learned about THE BIG ONE, and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it… mostly because y’all won’t shut the hell up about it!

I have chronic anxiety and the thought of THE BIG ONE sends me spiraling. Even writing this is giving me the heebie-jeebies. But every time I hang out with people from the PNW, they LOVEEEEE to bring it up. “What’s your emergency plan?” “Do you know where