Tsunami Warning

Mar 11, 2011 16:10

I live in Santa Cruz, but up on a nice solid cliff, so a tsunami is not a threat to me personally. I read about the warning this morning and merely thought, "So I won't go by the sea today." I was asleep when it happened. (Okay, that's a fair bet with me.) Brad works in Scotts Valley which is even higher and drier; about the only thing we worry ( Read more... )

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tersa March 12 2011, 00:47:34 UTC
I thought of you when I heard that Santa Cruz was one of the few affected places; I didn't know where your house was situated, though.

Glad to know you're okay. :)

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flit March 12 2011, 04:42:49 UTC
We're a mile or so from the coast, and up on a cliff (not even near the cliff's edge) so it's a good situation, natural disaster wise... a tsunami that threatened us would be VERY sadface because all of downtown would be deep underwater. :(

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eilonwey March 12 2011, 01:49:35 UTC
Glad to know you're okay. That's horrible about the photographer getting swept out to sea, even if they weren't acting very intelligently.

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flit March 12 2011, 04:45:14 UTC
I know! Being an object lesson is not how I would like to go out. :/

I am sort of holding out hope that he got swept back onto shore and is all right and just didn't tell the Coast Guard he was all right. It would be jerky but he'd still be alive, at least.

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amberley March 12 2011, 04:44:21 UTC
Thanks for the update, and the link to Maki.

arclight has good coverage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant issues; he's a nuclear safety engineer in his day job so has been providing useful context for TEPCo's reports.

My friend who lives in Tokyo is fine, but was stuck at Narita airport for a while.

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flit March 12 2011, 04:46:50 UTC
Eek, glad to hear your friend is all right. I wish the earthquake had been as nice to Japan as the tsunami was to us. :(

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