[blam]

Got tsunami insurance?

[Inge_CAV]

Yep, but don't think I will ever need it. 600 feet above sea level here........

[Chad Fairbanks]

Not sure I need it, but I always look for the "Tsunami" Routes outta town whenever I visit the coast ;0)

[LenS]

Although the geological evidence of the 1700 megathrust seemed solid, there were still some skeptics before Ludwin started finding Indian tales that supported the science.

Tribal folklore, Atwater said, "is important, because people understandably want human evidence as well as physical evidence."

What a load of PC garbage. Hard scientific evidence is not accepted until some vague tribal myths are added? Why rely on carbon-dating, tree rings or geological evidence when you can use some primitive tall tales handed down orally?

[JudyB1938]

I wonder if those same people would give credence to old native tales/legends of Sasquatch?

[tubebender]

Professor Lori Dengler of Humboldt State is a leading reseacher on this subject. The trees referred to were submerged standing up. You can find out more about this with a Google search of Lori Dengler.

[Ramius]

It’s a shame that natives in America never developed a written language. No written language = no history. Oral histories just don’t cut it.

It’s a bit imponderable to me. Over what was probably tens of thousands of years, nobody got the idea to write anything down? How does that not happen?