damnum absque injuria

12/29/2004

Can’t Happen Here

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 2:20 pm

Can it?

2 Responses to “Can’t Happen Here”

  1. The Lonewacko Blog Says:
    December 29th, 2004 at 10:01 pm

    The significant difference between there and here would be that we have early warning systems and an advanced communication infrastructure. And, AFAIK, there’s about as much on the Oregon coast as there is on most of the CA coast, namely nothing for long stretches. The problem would come from Puget Sound, S.F. Bay, and our ports. I’d hope that San Onofre was built with something like this in mind. As for the El Segundo sewage plant, I think that’s about 40 or 50′ above sea level so that probably wouldn’t be affected.

    There’s a good celebrity satire I’ve been thinking about for a few days. I’d like to post it to Usenet or something but it would be in really bad taste given the scale of the damage.

  2. McGehee Says:
    December 31st, 2004 at 2:52 pm

    How high above MSL is the San Onofre plant? The amateur videos I’ve seen of the tsunami coming ashore gave the impression it was a lot of water, but not a towering wave.

 

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