Subj : we are here and they are
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Tue Jan 30 2018 23:18:01

Hey Nancy!

 NB> I guess the US/Canada west coast doesn't expect tsunamis

Au contraire.  The real issue is when and not if.  Also many communities aren't 
prepared for it given the lack of warning for the Alaska one which was 
definetly powerful enough to generate a major tsunami but didn't simply because 
it was a slip-slide jobber and there wasn't enough vertical offset to generate 
a major tsunami.  However that wasn't known until hours after the quake.  It 
could have easily been a major tsunami.

I believe the last one was back in 1964 and did major damage to Port Alberni 
which isn't too far from here.  That tsunami was caused by a 9.2 Alaskan 
earthquake.

Life is good,
Maurice

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