The Making of The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide 4/21

Advice on how to prepare for disasters is everywhere in 2026, so why write an illustrated disaster guidebook just for the Pacific Northwest? Author Henry Latourette Miller shares how an adventure in Japan led him to write The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide, and how his adventures in Oregon and career as a city planner inform his next book on how to build more resilient communities in our region. Thanks to the Friends of the Library, free copies of The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide will be available while supplies last. 

Lake Theater & Cafe, 106 N. State St., doors at 6:30 pm, event at 7:00 pm

Henry Latourette Miller is a city planner at the Portland Bureau of Transportation and holds a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from Portland State University. A born-and-raised Portlander, he has also worked for the City of Tigard, the City of Oregon City, and for the largest transportation advocacy nonprofit in the region. In his first career as a journalist, Henry wrote about the intersection between city planning and urban culture, whether it be dingy dance halls or burlesque venues. After learning about the Cascadia subduction zone, his love for the region that raised him compelled him to apply his writing skills to put together The Pacific Northwest Disaster Guide. He continues to look for ways to turn his love of books and cities into tools to help his community through difficult times. 

For more information, contact Nancy Niland at nniland@lakeoswego.city or (503) 675-2538.