Online Resources for Tsunamis
We’ve seen what tsunamis can do. Now check out these websites to learn more about how they occur and what we can do to save lives.
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Online Resources for Tsunamis
We’ve seen what tsunamis can do. Now check out these websites to learn more about how they occur and what we can do to save lives.
See wave tests at the Hinsdale Wave Lab
Simulated waves can provide insight into the destructive forces of tsunamis.
Uncharted Waters
It may come like it did the last time, in the middle of a cold and blustery January night. Suddenly the ground will begin to shake, windows will shatter, bridges collapse, the electricity will go out and parents will frantically try to find a flashlight and dig sleepy kids out of bed, ignore everything else and run – because they know they only have minutes before the water arrives.
Tsunami safe?
We’re overdue. If the Cascadia subduction zone behaves as it has in the past, an 8.0 to 8.5 earthquake and a resulting tsunami have a good chance of striking the Pacific Northwest in the next 50 years.