JESSE
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What would a Tsunami like the one in asia do to our coast?
Or is that possible at all?
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JESSE
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But thats on the Sea of Cortez right? i don't think theres enoug water out there to give you any problems.
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Oh yah
It would do the exact very identical stuff to your/ our coast as it did in asia and beyond. And it's not a matter of if, but rather a matter of when.
We do live on the so called ring of fire.
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tsunami
Tsunami happen when underwater events happen,(earthquakes)If you check the earths fault lines you will see them running down the west coast The ring
of fire (volcanoes)are a sign the fault lines are in your area. If a quake happens off the coast of Mexico guess where the water will go.This water
wall will build in strength as it travels up the sea of Cortez destroying shore lines as it travels The waves in Asia were reported to be thirty feet.
Good luck
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Look on a BIG map...
That big ditch full of water we call the Cortez goes back into the Pacific at Tomales Bay, north of SF. I think we've got us a fault to live with.
Last year when that little 6.4 hit 50 miles off San Nicolas I almost ran for high ground. I guess I'm learning some Mexican fatalism, I just sat and
waited!!
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In the deeper part of the Cortez/Gulf the chances for an undersea landslide are quite good (I am guessing) to create a surge or tsunami. The entire
coast around the gulf would get swamped, so always build two stories high and keep supplies on the second story!
Notice that the locals always live away from the water and lease out the beachside lots to the gringos!?
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COMPLETE, UTTER DEVESTATION!
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Well, I guess we are safe then! We own rather than lease. And we can use our floaters!
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I think that you are missing Jesse's point.
He lives in Playas de Tijuana, so I think his question was about the Pacific coast.
I don't know the answers, but on the TV news today, I heard a statement to the fact that California has tsunami warning bouys. That's all they said.
I'm sure that some media outlets will do indepth articles on California Pacific coast preparedness in the next few days.
If not, they're missing the boat. 
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Jesse
Move to Tecate!!!
The bouys that Jan talked about in the Pacific will give the Pacific Coast between one and two hours notice.
I was working as a new police sergeant in La Jolla when the Alaska thing happened and we were warned that La Jollla would be hit by a wall of water.
We even evacuated a guy in an iron lung---then we found out that Tsumami's roll right by south facing beaches--which is what La Jolla is.
Best thing is to be a 'real' good surfer and take the ride of your life--you just might be deposited at Rodriguez Airport.
And some people believe that we can affect mother nature. Ha! and Ha! we humans are way to puny.
I agree with the smart Mexcans--they never live on the low lands if they can help it.
I understand that Ken has attached pontoons to his Hummer.
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I think it was Capt. John Rains out of SD...
that described a quake off the coast of Puerto Vallarta some years ago...he was delivering a boat, and at sea, as I remember. His boat was tossed
about, and he told of how the quake caused a tsunami that hit Bahia Banderas (PV). The water rushed 'out' as the waves approached, then flooded all
the low-lands there...not as bad as this one in the Indian Ocean, but it was a mess, and lives were lost.
I believe the experts figured the quake triggered an undersea 'land slide', causing all that water to move in big hurry!
It's a dangerous world out there...keep your eyes open!
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20041228-9999-1m28t...
Union thug.
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Sewer Problems
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
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Normally, I would point out that the danger would be the secondary effects like disease from backed-up and destroyed sewage treatment plants, but
Jesse, you surf in that stuff at Playas.
20,000 may have died from the waves, many times that will dies in the after effects.
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JESSE
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
| Quote: | Originally posted by JESSE
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Normally, I would point out that the danger would be the secondary effects like disease from backed-up and destroyed sewage treatment plants, but
Jesse, you surf in that stuff at Playas.
20,000 may have died from the waves, many times that will dies in the after effects. |
I don't surf in Playas Gull, i am usually at San Miguel, Popotla, or Campito on the weekends.
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