08-30-2018, 11:41 PM
For some coastal towns in earthquake/tsunami zones, there are computer models that show the path tsunamis are likely to take. Our daughter picked the location of her new apartment based on that. But then she's studying geology.
We were traveling the Oregon Coast considering places to move. In Bandon, they had big signs around time disclosing tsunami evacuation zones. For your run of the mill distant tsunamis, the evacuation zone spanned a block or two inland to an elevation of about 20 feet. But for the "Cascadia event" tsunami, the evacuation zone literally covered 90% of the town, more than a mile inland to an elevation of 80 feet.
I don't think I can convince Mrs Markintosh to move there.
Markintosh wrote:
[quote=Racer X]
Glad to hear it.
Seattle is due for "The Big One" before too long, geologically speaking. But "soon" on the geologic time table can be thousands or tens of thousands of years. On next month. :dunno:
We were traveling the Oregon Coast considering places to move. In Bandon, they had big signs around time disclosing tsunami evacuation zones. For your run of the mill distant tsunamis, the evacuation zone spanned a block or two inland to an elevation of about 20 feet. But for the "Cascadia event" tsunami, the evacuation zone literally covered 90% of the town, more than a mile inland to an elevation of 80 feet.
I don't think I can convince Mrs Markintosh to move there.