When looking at the star betelgeuse which when looking at it, it is the left shoulder of Orion, it is about 600 and odd light years away. Apparently there is a chance that it could go into supernova at any time, even within our lifetime which would be quite good to see!!!
Cosmic events apart, the next big event is likely to be the San Andreas fault dropping California into the sea.
That is likely to happen in your lifetime, maybe even next week
Unfortunately, the Cascadia Subduction Zone on which Seattle lies is much more likely to have a catastrophic quake of 9.0 or above (20% chance in the next 50 years) than anything happening on San Andreas. Want to buy a house?
We had a 4.6 last week, woke me up. Wasn't sure what it was, thought it might have been a bear trying to climb the ladder propped up at the side of our house so went back to sleep. Mind plays strange tricks at 2.55am when you are jolted out of a deep sleep
Sleepless in Seattle then. I’ll get mi coat