The Cascadia Subduction Earthquake Blues

The Cascadia Rising Exercise is going into day four on Thursday. Karen Reid came up with some lyrics that have yet to be set to music. Got any ideas?  I was thinking that Hot Rod Lincoln might work with a few adjustment to the longer verses. I'm sure someone has the blues by now ...

 

The Cascadia Subduction Zone Blues (c) Karen Reid, 2016.


Chorus:

Well, it’s seismophobia took hold of my brain.
Need some relief, 'cause I can’t stand the strain.
Everything I read is more bad news,
I’ve got the Cascadia Subduction Zone blues.


Well, I left California for peace of mind,
To leave the San Andreas Fault behind,
Moved to Oregon, the great Northwest,
Where earthquakes could never disturb your rest.
Come to find we’ve a fault of our own
It’s called the Cascadia Subduction Zone.
Chorus:


Runs from Vancouver Island down to Crescent City
When the whole thing breaks, it ain’t gonna be pretty.
When the big one hits, it’s one hell of a shake
Enough to cause the dead to awake.
For massive destruction, the bottom line,
On the Richter scale, they give it a 9.
The New York magazine said you are toast
If you live between Interstate 5 and the Coast.
Chorus:


Bridges down and dams a-breaking
And then the tsunami hits after the shaking.
Everything trashed, an apocalypse day.
No water or power, no help on the way.
No transportation, can’t use a cellphone.
Your family’s missing, you’re all on your own.
Chorus:


Note: Seismophobia is a real word, the official name for “fear of earthquakes,” as sounds obvious from the word itself.