Posted on 06/16/2005 10:27:51 AM PDT by BurbankKarl
California's first tsunami warning in more than a decade triggered an uneven response in coastal communities up and down the state, with some agencies rushing to evacuate beaches and others deciding not to warn the public at all.
On Wednesday, as officials assessed the way they had handled the emergency, there was general agreement that much more needed to be done.
"I don't think all the agencies got an A-plus on their response," said Los Angeles Councilwoman Janice Hahn, who has asked for a report on how emergency teams handled the tsunami warning. "We're lucky we just had a trial run."
http://tinyurl.com/7cwwh <--full article from KTLA
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
late last night it was reported that the 7.0 earthquake created a 1/4" swell that caused the warning buoy to issue the warning
quarter inch?
ping
I was trying to remember if the So Cal swell from the December tsunami was larger than that...they did say they measured something.
How is a Tsunami different from a Tidal Wave?
1/4" on top. Most tsunamis start underneath the surface and grow in height on the surface as the water gets shallow closer to shore.
8. Tsunami vs. Tidal Wave?
The terms 'tsunami' and 'tidal wave' do not mean the same thing, though many use the words interchangeably. You will find the term 'tidal wave' (referring to tsuanmis) is most often seen in reproductions of old news reports and older text books.
THE IOC TSUNAMI GLOSSARY
tidal wave
1. The wave motion of the tides.
2. In popular usage, any unusually high and therefore destructive water level along a shore. It usually refers to either a storm surge or tsunami.
tsunami
A series of traveling waves of extremely long length and period, usually generated by disturbances associated with earthquakes occurring below the ocean floor.
http://www.usc.edu/dept/tsunamis/video/china/
a good video of a tidal wave
I live right on the ocean and I heard about the warning the next day after it had been canceled. Gee thanks for letting me know, guys. I think we need sirens here if they hope to warn people effectively. As it is, the only other way they'd have of warning us would be to fly a helicopter overhead with a PA system. Since they didn't do that this time, either they weren't able to, or didn't think the warning warranted it. If the latter, glad your gamble with my life paid off, San Diego.
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