This site is a collaboration of HazardReady, the University of Montana, King County, and the City of Seattle.
A natural disaster could strike your area at any time. Find out about where you live, work, or play in King County, WA.
Give a location by typing in the box below, clicking on the map, or clicking 'find me'. You'll get a personalized report on your natural hazard risks and steps you can take to prepare.
Seattle and King County Ready gives you an idea of which natural disasters you might experience in the future based on a location in King County.
You have the power to make a difference. Find out how you can protect your loved ones and home before the next disaster hits.
Find out which disasters have struck King County in the past, what impact they had, and where they happened.
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Seattle and King County Ready is designed to help educate and prepare people for disasters that occur in their area. Disasters don’t strike locations equally so we found it important to give location specific information in order to properly prepare. Seattle and King County Ready organizes current information and packages it in a way that makes it accessible for any King County resident.
This site uses the most up-to-date hazard risk data available for King County. The user of this site is responsible for verifying any particular information with the original data sources. Although these data represent the best current assessment of hazards, they are not predictive of future events. The descriptions of risk and how to prepare for those risks are based on best information from the American Red Cross and the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Data used for Seattle and King County Ready is available for download here.
Have questions? Email the creators for more information.
Take a look at some overviews of the data we used for King County:
This is based on Aftershock, an earthquake preparedness application for Oregon residents. Carson MacPherson-Krutsky and Dr. Rebecca Bendick, a graduate student and her advisor at the Unversity of Montana, had the idea to expand it for other locales and types of disasters. Melinda Minch and Eldan Goldenberg adapted it for that purpose. Source for a general-purpose version of this site is available on Github.
Content and data are supported by several entities including the University of Montana, King County, and the City of Seattle.
