Posted on 04/13/2015 1:37:36 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - About 5,500 more people could survive a major tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest if they just walk a little faster to higher ground after roads are knocked out, a new study shows.
The report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at 73 communities along 700 miles of coastline in Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The area is considered most at risk from the next major earthquake and tsunami in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where two plates of the Earth's crust come together miles off the coast.
Emergency preparedness experts generally agree that after the quake and tsunami, most roads will be too damaged for driving, so people will have to walk to safety.
Geographers estimated 21,562 residents would not make it to safety if they walk slowly - at about 2.5 mph. But if they walk faster, at about 3.5 mph, the death toll drops to 15,970. About 70 percent of them would be in Washington, nearly 30 percent in Oregon and only 4 percent in California.
The study said people working or staying at motels in the tsunami area also will be at risk, but it didn't say how many. It also noted where communities have dependent-care facilities, where residents might have trouble walking.
Lead author Nathan Wood, a geographer for the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland, Oregon, said the findings show tsunami risks are a public health issue as well as an emergency preparedness issue. Promoting healthy lifestyles that help people walk faster would save lives.
Wood added the study provides the most detailed look yet at tsunami risks, and should help in planning evacuation strategies and educating the public.
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They don't need to walk faster. They need to start walking sooner!
“Look at this extremely low tide! Let’s go gather some cool shells!”
why havent nuances ever been listed in as sing federal budget.....Im sure that trillions more could be spent if they were...
Yes, the mindless liberals are SOOOO much smarter than we riff-raff dolts....... :-)
Cue: Ministry Of The Silly Walks by Monty Python:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8
1:26: “I have a silly walk and would like to obtain a government grant to develop it.”
Why won’t the government walk faster for me?
Or you could live hundreds of feet above sea level and hundreds of miles away from the nearest ocean as I do.
There was a much higher fatality rate for those walking in the wrong direction.
Tsunamis Tsuck!
Better yet....call NOAH’S BOAT WORKS...and place an order.
That’s the first I thought of.
Ever get into a crowd all moving the same way (evacuating an event like a concert or sporting event)? Ever notice that some people stop or walk against the motion?
Magnify that by 100.
And a stampede that encounters some stopage or slow down would increase the body count (not from the storm, either).
What if they didn’t live on the coast? That would solve two problems. One, tsunami survivability. Two, liberalism. Liberalism seems to affect people on the coast, so if they moved inland, they would regain the use of their faculties and become conservatives.
Wait - do you walk toward the wave or away from it? Or just get on your treadmill and walk and the tsunami goes away? I’m so confused...
Hmmm.... IIRC, tsunamis are faster than I can actually run, and possibly drive on a non-straight road without traffic congestion.
Ultimately duck and cover works for some lower yield nuclear bombs (or in the outlying region) and doesn't work in other instances. I agree that the mocking was generally misinformation.
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