Many people living in tornado alley also have a lackadaisical attitude towards alarms. Here is Oregon’s plans...
http://www.oregon.gov/dogami/pages/earthquakes/coastal/tsubrochures.aspx
I always think Biblically about this stuff. I was wondering if the Great Earthquake is what takes out all the coastal cities that are prophesied against.
I spent over a month in Yellowstone last summer and then I wintered over in Desert Hot Springs, Ca right on the Saint Andres Fault. I think I remember the last earthquake there was like 1955 and mag about 6. But up here in Oregon, the 9 followed by a 50 to 130 ft. Tsunami (depending on who you believe) is going to kill a lot of people.
Thank you for the link to Oregon's coastal brochures. I have looked up every one as I have traveled up the coast. As I talk to people with Oregon license plates, I don't think it's always lackadaisical attitudes, it's just they don't know that down on the coast, the tsunami following the big earthquake is historically huge, and it will arrive just a few minutes after the quake stops.
I watched this documentary on YOUTUBE last night. They seemed to have done a decent job. I am no longer a total clueless Fla tourist out here. The Emergency Coordinator I talked to spoke about Hurricanes but they are nothing compared to what is coming out here. Well, I do remember Hugo (South Carolina, 1989), that one was something but most are not nearly that severe.
Earthquake in North America, Countdown to catastrophe - Documentary