Subj : we are here and they are there ... so there
To   : Nancy Backus
From : Maurice Kinal
Date : Sat Feb 03 2018 00:41:35

Hey Nancy!

 NB> not something that happens all often

Actually earthquakes happen quite often except few are the magnitude of the on 
last Friday that had the potential of generating a tsunami.  October 27th, 2012 
at 8:50 PM 7.7 near Haida Gwaii generated a far reaching tsunami warning but 
like the latest Alaska one was along an underwater slip-slide fault and thus no 
major tsunami was generated.  The offshore faults are all part of ye olde 
Pacific Ring of Fire.

 NB> Are you saying that the warning wasn't given out properly for
 NB> this one...?

The only reason I heard about it was because I left the radio on and was rudely 
awakened by it broadcasting the tsunami sirens located in Tofino (west side of 
Vancouver Island) on the hourly news.  I don't often leave the radio on so it 
was just dumb luck that I got an advanced warning.  For the record Port Alberni 
also had their tsunami siren(s) blaring and it was reported that most people in 
that area moved to higher ground in an orderly fashion by all the accounts I 
heard.  In the greater Ladysmith area no such siren went off and after talking 
to the neighbours none of them went to higher ground even though we were 
originally reported to be in the danger zone.  Nobody I've talked to is aware 
of any historical tsunami striking this part of the island (east side).

 NB> IIRC, this one was only a 7.2....?

Last I heard they agreed on 7.9 and was initially posted as an 8.2.

Life is good,
Maurice

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