<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">Hello,</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">The current estimate is that there is up a 20% chance that the coastal areas of North America from Eureka, California to Port Hardy, British Columbia will experience a major quake in the next 50 years:</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><a href="http://oregongeology.org/sub/earthquakes/Coastal/OFR95-67.pdf" target="_blank" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(25, 106, 212);
font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">http://oregongeology.org/sub/earthquakes/Coastal/OFR95-67.pdf</a><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">Vancouver BC, Seattle, and Portland would pretty much be flattened.</span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.88888931274414px; font-family: monospace; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 18.88888931274414px; font-family: monospace; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">Would this event be considered within the scope of HOT?</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><br><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size:
18.88888931274414px;">Best Regards,</span><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><br style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;"><span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 18.88888931274414px;">David</span></span></div> </div></body></html>