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Study: More people could survive tsunami if they walk faster
whdh ^ | 4-13-2015 | JEFF BARNARD

Posted on 04/13/2015 1:37:36 PM PDT by Citizen Zed

GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - About 5,500 more people could survive a major tsunami hitting the Pacific Northwest if they just walk a little faster to higher ground after roads are knocked out, a new study shows.

The report published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences looked at 73 communities along 700 miles of coastline in Oregon, Washington and Northern California. The area is considered most at risk from the next major earthquake and tsunami in the Cascadia Subduction Zone, where two plates of the Earth's crust come together miles off the coast.

Emergency preparedness experts generally agree that after the quake and tsunami, most roads will be too damaged for driving, so people will have to walk to safety.

Geographers estimated 21,562 residents would not make it to safety if they walk slowly - at about 2.5 mph. But if they walk faster, at about 3.5 mph, the death toll drops to 15,970. About 70 percent of them would be in Washington, nearly 30 percent in Oregon and only 4 percent in California.

The study said people working or staying at motels in the tsunami area also will be at risk, but it didn't say how many. It also noted where communities have dependent-care facilities, where residents might have trouble walking.

Lead author Nathan Wood, a geographer for the U.S. Geological Survey in Portland, Oregon, said the findings show tsunami risks are a public health issue as well as an emergency preparedness issue. Promoting healthy lifestyles that help people walk faster would save lives.

Wood added the study provides the most detailed look yet at tsunami risks, and should help in planning evacuation strategies and educating the public.

(Excerpt) Read more at whdh.com ...


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KEYWORDS: california; faster; northerncalifornia; oregon; pacificnorthwest; study; survival; survive; tsunami; tsunamis; walk; walking; washington
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To: Citizen Zed
NO! NO! NO!

They don't need to walk faster. They need to start walking sooner!

21 posted on 04/13/2015 1:44:47 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

“Look at this extremely low tide! Let’s go gather some cool shells!”


22 posted on 04/13/2015 1:46:13 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: MeshugeMikey

23 posted on 04/13/2015 1:46:14 PM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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To: Gamecock

why havent nuances ever been listed in as sing federal budget.....Im sure that trillions more could be spent if they were...


24 posted on 04/13/2015 1:47:36 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Citizen Zed
In order to escape safely from the everyday dangers of zombies and tsunamis, stay in shape. That should be part of every preppers commandments.
25 posted on 04/13/2015 1:48:27 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: MrB

26 posted on 04/13/2015 1:49:25 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Gamecock

Yes, the mindless liberals are SOOOO much smarter than we riff-raff dolts....... :-)


27 posted on 04/13/2015 1:50:36 PM PDT by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: Citizen Zed

Cue: Ministry Of The Silly Walks by Monty Python:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8

1:26: “I have a silly walk and would like to obtain a government grant to develop it.”


28 posted on 04/13/2015 1:50:45 PM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: Citizen Zed

Why won’t the government walk faster for me?


29 posted on 04/13/2015 1:51:05 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you are not part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Theoria

Or you could live hundreds of feet above sea level and hundreds of miles away from the nearest ocean as I do.


30 posted on 04/13/2015 1:53:53 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: Citizen Zed

There was a much higher fatality rate for those walking in the wrong direction.

Tsunamis Tsuck!


31 posted on 04/13/2015 1:54:47 PM PDT by joshua c (Please dont feed the liberals)
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To: Citizen Zed

Better yet....call NOAH’S BOAT WORKS...and place an order.


32 posted on 04/13/2015 1:54:53 PM PDT by EagleUSA (Liberalism removes the significance of everything.)
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To: demshateGod

That’s the first I thought of.


33 posted on 04/13/2015 1:56:23 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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To: Citizen Zed
Emergency preparedness experts generally agree that after the quake and tsunami, most roads will be too damaged for driving, so people will have to walk to safety.

Ever get into a crowd all moving the same way (evacuating an event like a concert or sporting event)? Ever notice that some people stop or walk against the motion?

Magnify that by 100.

And a stampede that encounters some stopage or slow down would increase the body count (not from the storm, either).

34 posted on 04/13/2015 1:57:31 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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To: Citizen Zed
Aren't tsunamis like bears? I don't have to walk faster than the tsunami, I just have to walk faster than you.
35 posted on 04/13/2015 1:57:52 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (Darth Obama on 529 plans: I am altering the deal. Pray I don't alter it any further.)
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To: Citizen Zed

What if they didn’t live on the coast? That would solve two problems. One, tsunami survivability. Two, liberalism. Liberalism seems to affect people on the coast, so if they moved inland, they would regain the use of their faculties and become conservatives.


36 posted on 04/13/2015 1:58:03 PM PDT by Disambiguator
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To: Vigilanteman
Careful now, .gov might announce that you live in a flood plain and your land could be under the threat of tsunami or .gov taking said land.
37 posted on 04/13/2015 1:58:21 PM PDT by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Citizen Zed

Wait - do you walk toward the wave or away from it? Or just get on your treadmill and walk and the tsunami goes away? I’m so confused...


38 posted on 04/13/2015 1:58:35 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: Citizen Zed

Hmmm.... IIRC, tsunamis are faster than I can actually run, and possibly drive on a non-straight road without traffic congestion.


39 posted on 04/13/2015 1:58:54 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: ansel12
Duck and cover would save even more lives in a nuclear blast, and people mock the heck out of it for some reason.

Ultimately duck and cover works for some lower yield nuclear bombs (or in the outlying region) and doesn't work in other instances. I agree that the mocking was generally misinformation.

40 posted on 04/13/2015 2:00:13 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Funny how Hollywood's 'No Nukes' crowd has been silent during Obama's Iranian nuclear negotiations.)
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