Does CA have clearly marked "Tsunami Evacuation Route" signs along the coast roads?
It's been a while since I've driven along the PCH.
Plus, I'm sure that when it does hit, the rest of the world will be offering lots of aid and support, right? Aren't they always there for us when we need them?
Oregon does.
Question for you.
Does CA have clearly marked "Tsunami Evacuation Route" signs along the coast roads?
It's been a while since I've driven along the PCH.
They did, but between the earthquakes, landslides, forest fires, elitest liberals such a babs(NIMLEBY), etc., there aren't any left. The state budget won't allow for replacements. The solution will have to be a grassroots endeavor with hand painted signs on scrap plywood.
Much of the California coast is bordered by seacliffs - which minimize the tsunami risk. However, the low-lying sandy beach and bay areas should have something like that.
I've seen some, mostly on the North Coast. That's the real danger zone, FYI. It's vertical faults (such as Alaska '64 and other events on other trenches) that one must worry about. Even a 10.0 on the horizontally moving San Andreas would, at most, create small local tsunamis (from undersea landslides). Personally I worry more about a repeat of Alaska '64 than anything on the Cascadia. The Cascadia is a dying trench - there is only a sliver of the Gorda Plate left and once it goes down, the Cascadia will be dead. Whereas, the Aleutian Trench is full on and is gulping down the entire northern portion of the Pacific Plate. Another big shaker there, and it would be pretty bad. Many areas between Santa Cruz and Juneau which were not very developed along the coast are now quite dense with development. Know those evacuation routes!