When they said, β€œ#PugetSound is built on #Rainier’s mudflows,” I didn’t realize they meant that there was no land where Tacoma, Kent, Auburn, and Renton currently are before the colossal #OsceolaMudflow filled in those parts of Puget Sound 5600 years ago.

#seattle #geology #lahar #MtRainier #Takoma #volcano