:etter: Tsunami troubles

:etter: Tsunami troubles: "Tsunami troubles
A tsunami on the West Coast? Hello Katrina.

I, and my husband, with bad knees and back, and unable to walk a couple of blocks, responded to the recent tsunami warning. We were watching TV when calls came from relatives, one in Seattle and another from Idaho, who had heard of a tsunami on the coast and were frantic.

'I haven't heard a siren,' I said, but I turned on several TV stations, and there was nothing. So often TV stations interrupt programming to announce a wreck on Interstate 5 or something similar. We waited, and finally the tsunami warning sounded.

So OK, let's go. We picked up three on the corner who had no transportation and had a baby to carry. Before we got to Holladay Drive, traffic stopped and the three, able to walk up a hill, took off at a run. Others ahead of our car followed suit, which left us, and others, in a helpless, hopeless situation waiting for the wave to hit.

In this retirement town, the city advertises that all should walk up the hill. I expect half the population will drown if the tidal wave is 20 miles out. We old people were lucky with this last alarm, but what about the next one? Few of us can walk two miles uphill.

The city needs to immediately sound the warning and notify Portland television"