.: Corvallis Gazette-Times: News - Top Story: "The study hopes to determine the size of a potential tsunami in Seaside and whether it would be better to run for the hills or get to an upper floor of a beachfront hotel.
Scientists believe a large tsunami — a 35-foot-high wall of water rushing over the beach in Seaside — could be caused by a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake just offshore.
Researchers know that one occurred on Jan. 26, 1700. Such an event today would be similar to the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, which several people survived through “vertical evacuation” — taking refuge on the second story of a hotel or bar."
Sunday, June 10, 2007
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