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Consider this quote from the reading: "The Cascadia situation, a calamity in its own right, is also a parable for this age of ecological reckoning, and the questions it raises are ones that we all now face. How should a society respond to a looming crisis of uncertain timing but of catastrophic proportions? How can it begin to right itself when its entire infrastructure and culture developed in a way that leaves it profoundly vulnerable to natural disaster?" First, explain how our understanding of the Cascadia earthquake hazard is "a parable for this age of ecological reckoning." Also, provide a brief response to the ensuing questions in that quote (basically, How should our society, which developed for centuries in ways that make us vulnerable to disasters, respond to these types of looming catastrophes?) Obviously, these questions are extremely difficult to answer and it can be easy to over-simplify complex solutions. Still, I'm interested in reading your preliminary and general thoughts when it comes to how we should approach these immense problems. Take your response in whatever specific direction you'd like, but you'll be graded on effort here