From: Jeff Shultz 

On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 08:50:11 -0600, John Cuccia wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 20:06:49 -0800, Jeff Shultz
>  wrote:
>
>>I find absolutely no comments here about the 9.0 earthquake and
>>associated tsunami's in the Indian Ocean area.
>>
>>I expected to find intelligent conversation about it here...
>>
>>Oh... one other thing, this is the same thing that happened in Chile and
>>Alaska years ago, probably on the plate border of Antarctica & Australia
>>on the 23rd (8.1) and off the Oregon/Washington coast in 1700... and is
>>now overdue to happen here again.
>>
>>I don't think I'm going to be visiting the coast anytime soon.
>
> At least there's a warning system in place for the Pacific coast(s). An
> hour might be enough to get most people far enough inland to avoid the
> destruction.
>
The Oregon Coast has, at most, a 20 minute lead time before the tsunami
hits. Most of this time will be spent getting up off the ground, shaking
your head and going, "What the heck was that?!?"

And trying to dig your relatives out of the collapsed buildings.

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