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The western US will face its own tsunami. But when? | Fox News
Are we at all prepared here for an event on the scale of 3/11?
Are we at all prepared here for an event on the scale of 3/11?
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The western US will face its own tsunami. But when? | Fox News
Are we at all prepared here for an event on the scale of 3/11?
NEWPORT -- One year ago, in the early hours of Friday, March 11, the Oregon Coast braced itself for the tsunami expected to be generated by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that struck Tohoku, Japan. The water was expected to hit sometime around 7 a.m.
Long before sunrise, as untold numbers fled in the dark from parks, oceanfront homes and vacation spots, a line of cars, RVs and trailered boats formed an eerie procession along U.S. 101. Dawn opened across the Pacific, drawing scores to the headlands of Yaquina Bay State Park, where they watched for the wall of water to arrive. But as 7 a.m. came and went, the ocean appeared unchanged and they drifted off to their cars, deeming the tsunami a nonevent.
They were wrong.
Today, three ports still struggle to recover from the damage wrought by the tsunami, while emergency management teams work to learn from the events of that day.
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The Oregonian’s continuing coverage of tsunami damage along the Oregon Coast."The lesson learned is definitely that the first wave is not necessarily the wave you need to worry about, and that these tidal surges from the tsunami will occur for hours after the initial event," said Gordon McCraw, director of Tillamook County Emergency Management. "The first wave was at about 7:45 a.m., the destructive waves didn't occur for hours after that."