Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Oregon rethinks tsunami's reach - OregonLive.com

Oregon rethinks tsunami's reach - OregonLive.com: "Safety - The old worst-case killer wave scenarios aren't bad enough, scientists say Wednesday, September 19, 2007 STUART TOMLINSON The Oregonian Staff When the next mega-earthquake strikes the Oregon coast, it will announce itself with minutes of shaking followed by a tsunami as high as 35 feet. As communities up and down the Oregon coast run through a tsunami-warning drill today, scientists say they're increasingly concerned about the effects such a deadly wall of water would have on the 750 miles of coastline from Northern California to Alaska."

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