Quote of the Day:
    "This is what you shall do: Be loyal to what you love, Be true to the Earth, and fight your enemies with passion and laughter."
  • Home
  • Navigate the Strait:
    Preview Image

    I originally posted this after the tsunami warning of June 13, 2006. I lost the post when I migrated Strait-Talk to a new host, but recently found I still had a copy of the orginal post. Someone asked me to repost it, so here you are… I’ve been digging a bit deeper on the tsunami risks facing us here on the Olympic Peninsula. Based on that research, here is a reasonable scenario of what we will face one day in the not-so-distant future. The magnitude of what awaits us is absolutely jaw-dropping.

    One day within the next hundred years or so, a magnitude 9.1 to 9.3 earthquake will occur about forty miles off the coast of Washington, probably just south of the LaPush area. That quake, roughly 3000 times more powerful than the 2001 Nisqually quake, will trigger a massive movement along the entire Cascadia Trench, a distance of some 500 to 600 miles between southern Oregon and northern British Columbia. The ground will shake violently for a full ten minutes and be felt over a very large area. Forces ranging from negative to positive Gs may make people and objects “weightless” at times, bouncing them into the air.

    During those ten terrifying minutes, the northern Olympic Peninsula will lurch toward the southwest a distance of between 15 to 45 feet and slump downward between 5 and 20 feet in one fell swoop. Every road and structure within 60 miles of the Washington coast will either be destroyed or severely damaged, and massive landslides will occur across the entire region. Many seaside towns, roads and structures will find themselves re-situated far below sea level, including Highway 112. But unfortunately, that won’t be noticeable right away.

    You see, at the same time we are slumping downward and moving southwest, thousands of square miles of seafloor off the Washington coast will instantly rise anywhere between 10 and 50 feet, generating a tsunami that will rival- or surpass- the tsunami that devastated the Indian Ocean basin in December, 2004. Within just a few minutes of the quake, the ocean will recede along the Washington coast, exposing seafloor never seen before. Minutes after that dramatic draw down, a massive tsunami up to 75 feet high will smash into the coast, and run up in some locations may even exceed 100 feet. The giant waves will continue for hours. Destruction will be total in low-lying areas like Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor, Aberdeen and Westport.

    Further north, the tsunami will hit the B.C. coast within the hour and will enter the Strait, causing run up in Sekiu and Clallam Bay of somewhere between 10 and 40 feet. Since the entire region slumped downward from the quake, the effect will be amplified even further. The tsunami will run far up the Hoko and Sekiu River valleys, will smash through most of lower Sekiu, will inundate Clallam Bay as far the high school, and will travel even further up the Clallam River. A few minutes later, the Pysht area will be hit, and shortly thereafter, Ediz Hook and much of downtown Port Angeles will be inundated. Places like Bellingham, Whidbey Island and Seattle will also be hit in a short time. Thousands would be killed, ten of thousands more missing. Damage would be in the billions of dollars, and the entire economy of the Pacific Northwest will be destroyed, all within an hour.

    Northern California will be hit within two hours. The tsunami will roll up the west coast of Canada and crash into mainland Alaska within four hours. After six hours, the tsunami will hit Hawaii, and after ten hours, the tsunami will reach Japan. After fourteen hours, both New Guinea and the Phillipines will be hit, followed shortly thereafter by Australia and New Zealand. Even with timely warnings, thousands more would be killed, and tens of billions of dollars in damage would be inflicted throughout the Pacific Ocean basin.

    One can hardly imagine such devastation, but remember; it’s not a matter of if this happens, it’s a matter of when.

    Remember the Golden Rule: if you can see the tsunami approach, it’s already too late for you. Don’t hesitate: go to higher ground IMMEDIATELY following an earthquake!


    70 Responses to this post
    1. Europa Said:
      January 22nd, 2009 at 12:38 pm

      Hey! I think your post t: Tsunami, revisited — Strait Talk: Tin foil free. Dolphin safe. Archive its really great. Hope some another good post to read on this blog in the future. Take care.

    2. coupons for mcdonalds Said:

      Thank you very much for this imformative post.

    3. Влад Said:

      Сохранили мне кучу времени! спс.

    4. DruttCixnix Said:

      Прошу прощения, ничем не могу помочь, но уверен, что Вам обязательно помогут. Не отчаивайтесь.

    5. Павел Said:

      Это здесь, если я не ошибаюсь.

    6. Федотов Said:
      October 1st, 2009 at 10:02 pm

      Вы не похожи на эксперта :)

    7. Федор Said:
      October 5th, 2009 at 4:00 am

      И я с этим столкнулся.

    8. Петро Said:
      October 7th, 2009 at 7:50 am

      Номер не пройдет!

    9. Валера Said:
      October 7th, 2009 at 10:22 pm

      Смотри у меня!

    10. Вероника Said:
      October 23rd, 2009 at 12:30 pm

      Меня это не беспокоит.

    11. Светлана Said:
      October 25th, 2009 at 2:26 pm

      Интересно, развейте..! )

    12. Паша Said:
      October 26th, 2009 at 3:45 am

      ни че се коментов

    13. Володя Said:
      October 27th, 2009 at 4:14 am

      Конечно, никогда нельзя быть уверенным.

    14. Ольга Said:
      October 28th, 2009 at 3:16 am

      Ну и чё с ними делать… Меня достали на моём блоге я устала вычищать…

    15. Anyclesysleds Said:
      November 1st, 2009 at 5:39 pm

      Other variant is possible also

    16. Card Consolidation Credit Debt Online Said:
      November 6th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

      Hello my dear friend! I’m a pure student… [url=https://compass.fnal.gov/Members/debtconsolidation/card-debt-consolidation]Debt Consolidation Loan Company[/url] | https://compass.fnal.gov/Members/debtconsolidation/credit-loan-consolidation Bad Consolidation Debt Loans | [url=https://compass.fnal.gov/Members/debtconsolidation/bad-credit-debt-consolidation]Debt Consolidation Loan Online[/url] | Debt Consolidation Companies | Credit Debt Consolidation Loans

    17. Александр Said:

      Нормально, можно cделать маленький сборник.

    18. Валентина Said:
      December 19th, 2009 at 11:05 am

      Попробую, попозже отпишусь.

    19. Светлана Said:
      December 20th, 2009 at 10:38 am

      Интересно, я попробую.

    20. Mike Said:

      Хорошая масль, вообще молодцы!

    21. Виталий Said:

      Последний абзац в тему!

    22. momconeOminty Said:
      December 29th, 2009 at 12:18 pm

      Привет! С удовольствием почитал Ваш блог. Хочу также поздравить Вас и всех читателей этого блога с новым 2010 годом. Удачи всем, новых жизненных побед и исполнения всех ваших замыслов. :)

    23. momconeOminty Said:
      January 9th, 2010 at 6:37 am

      Уважаемые читатели. С Рождеством христовым хочется вас поздравить. Админу сайта отдельное пожелание-побольше читателей на блоге, креативных интересных статей и всего всего всего :)

    24. momconeOminty Said:
      January 9th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

      А мне пост понрвился. Добавил в букмарки. (не спам)

    25. momconeOminty Said:
      January 10th, 2010 at 9:46 am

      Хороший сайт. Так держать!!!

    26. momconeOminty Said:
      January 12th, 2010 at 12:29 am

      А как на блоге можно заработать? У меня есть блог о игре на гитаре. Правда там народа в день не много ходит…человек 20. Можно с него что то заработать?

    27. momconeOminty Said:
      January 12th, 2010 at 11:56 am

      Хорошо написал. Так держать!!! :)

    28. momconeOminty Said:
      January 12th, 2010 at 9:27 pm

      +1 поддерживаю

    29. momconeOminty Said:
      January 13th, 2010 at 4:05 pm

      Молодец, хороший пост.

    30. Îáîðóäîâàíèå äëÿ àâòîðåìîíòà Said:
      January 14th, 2010 at 4:22 am

      Ñîâðåìåííàÿ ÑÒÎ ýôôåêòèâíî è êà÷åñòâåííî âûïîëíÿåò ñâîè ôóíêöèè ïðè ïîìîùè ðàçëè÷íîãî âèäà îáîðóäîâàíèÿ…

      àâòîðåìîíò…

    31. momconeOminty Said:
      January 15th, 2010 at 4:19 am

      А у Вас талант писателя прям :)

    32. momconeOminty Said:
      January 15th, 2010 at 9:51 pm

      А мне блог понравился

    33. momconeOminty Said:
      January 16th, 2010 at 9:13 am

      Админ, а много блог отнимает времени у тебя?

    34. konditerruice Said:
      January 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pm

      Я уверен, что это — ложный путь.

    35. momconeOminty Said:
      January 16th, 2010 at 11:46 pm

      одобрямс статью :)

    36. momconeOminty Said:
      January 18th, 2010 at 12:42 am

      блин…писал-писал, а сообщение не отправилось и не сохранилось :) вообщем блог понравился. админу удачи в развитии.

    37. kazantiprruice Said:
      January 18th, 2010 at 2:27 am

      Это весьма ценное мнение

    38. momconeOminty Said:
      January 19th, 2010 at 4:14 am

      оцените мой сайтец пожалуйста :) www.qwabi.ru

    39. Ãîðíî-îáîãàòèòåëüíîå îáîðóäîâàíèå Said:
      January 19th, 2010 at 9:19 pm

      Øèðîêèé ñïåêòð ñîâðåìåííîãî øàõòíîãî è ãîðíîîáîãàòèòåëüíîãî îáîðóäîâàíèÿ íàñ÷èòûâàåò áîëåå 100 íàèìåíîâàíèé…

      âèáðàòîðû, ãðîõîòû, æåëåçîîòäåëèòåëè…

    40. payday loans Said:
      January 24th, 2010 at 7:03 pm

      The author of www.strait-talk.com has written an excellent article. You have made your point and there is not much to argue about. It is like the following universal truth that you can not argue with: its universally true that there is no universal truth Thanks for the info.

    41. Ñïåöòåõíèêà èç Êèòàÿ Said:
      January 25th, 2010 at 10:13 am

      àñôàëüòîóêëàä÷èêè, àâòîêðàíû, áóëüäîçåðû, ãðåéäåðû, êàòêè, ïîãðóç÷èêè, ýêñêàâàòîðû…

      Ïîãðóç÷èêè èñïîëüçóþòñÿ äëÿ çàñûïêè, ðàñêîïêè, âûðàâíèâàíèè è äðóãèõ ðàáîò ñ ðàçëè÷íûìè ìàòåðèàëàìè…

    42. momconeOminty Said:
      January 25th, 2010 at 12:42 pm

      Хороший блог. Занёс в букмарки

    43. consolidate loans Said:
      January 28th, 2010 at 1:42 am

      I posted your article to my myspace profile.

    44. Trud-oi Said:
      February 1st, 2010 at 12:18 am

      Туда же

    45. Films Said:
      February 7th, 2010 at 2:59 am

      Интересный материал, спасибо за статью!

    46. Çàðàáîòîê â ñåòè Said:
      February 7th, 2010 at 8:36 am

      Êàê çàðàáîòàòü â èíòåðíåòå…

      èíñòðóêöèè ïî çàðàáîòêó â ñåòè…

    47. Îòäûõ â Òóðöèè Said:

      Îòåëè Àëàíèè…

      Êóðîðòû Òóðöèè…

    48. Olort Said:

      У нас в Дагестане за такие слова могут и камням изакидать :(

    49. Ëåñîïèëüíîå îáîðóäîâàíèå Said:

      Ïèëîðàìû…

      Áð¸âíîïèëüíûå äèñêîâûå ñòàíêè…

    50. Îòåëè Ïàðèæà Said:
      February 21st, 2010 at 11:56 am

      Ïàðèæ - ñòîëèöà Ôðàíöèè…

      Ïðîâåäèòå îòïóñê âî Ôðàíöèè…

    51. Îòåëè Ïðàãè Said:

      Ïðàãà - Ãîðîä ñîòíè øïèëåé…

      Ïðàãà - ñòîëèöà ×åõèè…

    52. Òóðû â Èñïàíèþ Said:

      Êàíàðñêèå îñòðîâà…

      Âàëåíñèÿ…

    53. Íàñîñû è ãèäðàâëè÷åñêîå îáîðóäîâàíèå Said:
      February 24th, 2010 at 10:04 am

      Ãèäðàâëè÷åñêèå íàñîñû…

      Íàñîñû è ãèäðàâëè÷åñêîå îáîðóäîâàíèå…

    54. Ïíåâìàòè÷åñêîå îáîðóäîâàíèå Said:
      February 25th, 2010 at 11:42 am

      ïíåâìîàâòîìàòèêà…

      Ïðîìûøëåííîå èñïîëüçîâàíèå ïíåâìàòèêè íà÷àëîñü áîëåå ñòà ëåò íàçàä…

    55. Îòåëè Ìåêñèêè Said:

      Ìåêñèêà – âîïëîùåíèå èäåàëüíîãî òóðèñòè÷åñêîãî íàïðàâëåíèÿ…

      Ìåêñèêà ðàñïîëàãàåò ïî-íàñòîÿùåìó óíèêàëüíûìè âîçìîæíîñòÿìè äëÿ âñåõ âèäîâ òóðèçìà…

    56. flower-Tug Said:
      February 26th, 2010 at 11:39 am

      Замечательно, это ценная информация

    57. flowers-iters Said:

      Замечательно, очень полезное сообщение

    58. flowers-thync Said:

      Признателен за помощь в этом вопросе, как я могу Вас отблагодарить?

    59. X-fatrol Said:

      Не очень люблю такие тексты %:(

    60. Ìåäèöèíñêîå îáîðóäîâàíèå Said:
      February 27th, 2010 at 10:12 am

      Ìåäèöèíñêèå èçäåëèÿ…

      Ìåäèöèíñêàÿ òåõíèêà…

    61. Kommunist Said:
      March 1st, 2010 at 10:05 pm

      В Вашей RSS нельзя получать полные тексты записей, что ли?

    62. Îòäûõ â Òóíèñå Said:
      March 2nd, 2010 at 10:59 am

      Îáùàÿ èíôîðìàöèÿ î Òóíèñå…

      Äîñòîïðèìå÷àòåëüíîñòè Òóíèñà…

    63. Ìåòàëëîîáðàáàòûâàþùèå ñòàíêè Said:
      March 4th, 2010 at 8:12 am

      Êëàññèôèêàöèÿ ñòàíêîâ è îáîðóäîâàíèÿ ïî ìåòàëëó…

      Ìåòàëëîðåæóùèé ñòàíîê…

    64. TamPrino Said:
      March 4th, 2010 at 10:23 am

      Логотип мне нравится:)

    65. Îòåëè Òàéëàíäà Said:
      March 5th, 2010 at 10:24 am

      Ïóòåøåñòâèå â Òàéëàíä…

      Âåëèêîëåïíûé îòäûõ â Òàéëàíäå…

    66. HankMoody Said:
      March 6th, 2010 at 10:10 pm

      У Вас долго загружается блог - видимо, хостинг плоховат

    67. Ðàäèîãðàôè÷åñêèé êîíòðîëü Said:
      March 7th, 2010 at 1:39 am

      Óëüòðàçâóêîâîé íåðàçðóøàþùèé êîíòðîëü…

      Óëüòðàçâóêîâûå ïðèáîðû…

    68. Toxoic Said:
      March 8th, 2010 at 12:09 pm

      Об этом уже писал кто-то из моих ЖЖ-френдов :(

    69. Faceroll Said:
      March 8th, 2010 at 8:37 pm

      Прошу прощения за оффтопик.
      Вы продаете сквозные ссылки с сайта? Если да, свяжитесь со мной, плз!

    70. TedMosby Said:
      March 9th, 2010 at 6:47 pm

      На словах ты Лев Толстой, а не деле … простой!

    Feed: RSS

    Leave a Reply

    Other Recent Posts

    2996

    Filed under America. Created on September 11th.

    We’re doomed.

    Filed under Useful Idiots. Created on May 11th.

    “National Emergency Centers”

    Filed under Useful Idiots, America. Created on February 8th.

    Our neighbor and why we have to kill him.

    Filed under Religion of Peace, Useful Idiots. Created on January 19th.

    A different kind of Alamo…

    Filed under America. Created on July 16th.

    The twistiest school bus route in America?

    Filed under Earth, Local gossip. Created on May 10th.

    The “F Scale”

    Filed under Other blogs. Created on May 10th.

    Repost: Tsunami, revisited

    Filed under Earth, Mayhem. Created on April 25th.

    Fred Thompson’s message to Iowa voters

    Filed under America. Created on January 2nd.

    Fred Thompson: If punching hippies is wrong, he doesn’t wanna be right

    Filed under America. Created on December 29th.