Posted on 06/14/2005 12:38:57 PM PDT by Strategerist
If a giant magnitude 9 earthquake strikes someday along the coast of the Pacific Northwest, or if, against all odds, an errant asteroid plunges into the ocean many miles off California, a monstrous tsunami could drown low- lying lands all up and down the continent's western edge -- and now a UC Santa Cruz scientist has calculated the sweep of such an event.....
...To model the event's effects, Ward assumes that in a huge quake on the Cascadia subduction zone, the two crustal plates would abruptly slip apart vertically by at least 50 feet in three successive blocks from south to north, generating a 9.2 magnitude quake. Aside from enormous quake damage on land for hundreds of miles, Ward estimates the resulting tsunami would pile a wave more than 20 feet high crashing onto the Oregon-Washington coast, inundating Seattle and the entire Puget Sound region as well as Portland and the mouth of the Columbia River.
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
"There is no disaster that cannot have an opportunity."
Good point. Think of the boost to the construction industry.
I'm from Santa Cruz
I can't imagine that that would happen. All of the cities you mention are quite hilly. There are plenty of places to escape, which was NOT the case in Indonesia. Property damage, maybe -- but much loss of life, I doubt.
But I love California navel oranges.
First thing I'd have to do after stepping of that fishing boat, is change my shorts.
Nah. You're doomed, too. But I'll wave to you as I float by from the high desert.
ALRIGHT! One more block, and I'm waterfront! Woohoo!
Sweet, I'll go there in a few minutes. Here at work its pretty fast to download, unlike home....dial up....
I live 5 minutes north of Seattle, and I'm about 300-400 feet above sea level. In most places, tsunami damage in the Seattle area would be limited to the immediate waterfront areas; most of Seattle would be protected by hills, and fairly steep ones at that. But a 9.0 earthquake in and of itself would cause major damage, tsanami or not.
Actually I'm on the river 70 miles from San Francisco. I'd probably get washed away too. BUT still might be worth it
>>So the wave would take out San Franfreako, Santa Cruz, and LA ... so where's the problem ????>>
Let's not forget Berzerkley.
I think I would prefer the asteroid. It would make quite a statement if it landed right in the Castro in San Francisco
Subject: FORIEGN AID
Big earthquake with the strength of 8.1 on the Richter scale has hit Mexico. Two million Mexicans have died and over a million are injured.
The country is totally ruined and the government doesn't know where to start with providing help to rebuild. The rest of the ! world is in shock.
Canadians are sending troops to help the Mexican Army control the riots.
Saudi Arabians are sending oil.
Other Latin American countries are sending supplies.
The European community (except France) is sending food and money.
The United States, not to be outdone, is sending two million replacement Mexicans.
This might be a good time to start printing tickets for the world's biggest pool party, to be held at Rogers Dry Lake.
Except the red counties/people would be taken out with the rest. C'mon, this isn't DU.
It's the space between California and Washington state.
SHAME ON YOU for that totally disgusting joke ....
got any more ?????
Would a Tsunami entering the Sound act like the tides in the Bay of Fundy?
The highest tides on Earth occur in the Minas Basin, the eastern extremity of the Bay of Fundy, where the average tide range is 12 metres and can reach 16 metres when the various factors affecting the tides are in phase.
we're talking 52 feet due to a normal "high" tide entering the bay and being amplified by the slope of the bottom and the constriction of the sides.
Regards,
GtG
Lucifer's Hammer
I think I see a surfer on the face of that wave.
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