On 2008-03-03 10:24:31 -0800, "gatt" said:


"BROOKINGS, Ore. (AP) - Oregon Civil Air Patrol planes equipped with
loudspeakers will help warn coastal residents if a tsunami heads their way."
http://www.katu.com/news/local/16165347.html


"Okay...a tsunami's coming. Just need to run out to the airport, preflight,
taxi, depart and get over the coast in time." The worst tsunamis to hit
the Oregon coast would come from the faultline offshore, and would probably
give 12-20 minutes of warning at max. Every time the tsunami horns go
off, the fire department in Cannon Beach has to go tell people to get the
hell off the beach. ...tourists actually, honestly, rush down to the
beach to watch the tsunami. Others flood 911 to find out if it's real,
or to report that they're stuck in traffic.

Oh, well. Looks good for the CAP.

- c

Out here we have tsunami evacuation routes and volcano evacuation
routes. If Mt. Rainier erupts, several cubic miles of melted glacier
water and gravel will head for Puyallup and Tacoma at speeds in excess
of 120 mph. My take on these evacuation routes is they will be clogged
by dead people and destroyed vehicles. The last thought going through
the head of these people will be, "What is that horn noise? And that
rumbling?" Same for the tsunami evacuation routes.

If we had a tsunami out here on Hood Canal I would not know about it
until after I was dead. The channel is only a couple miles wide and the
most likely cause of a tsunami would be a gigantic landslide on the
other side of the Canal. It would take only a few seconds for the wave
to cross the Canal. I would never know what hit me. If the landslide
was on this side, I wouldn't have to wait for the tsunami to kill me.

In fact, we still have some neighbors missing after the last landslide
on Dec. 3.

--
Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor