Anonymous
July 30, 2021, 10:20 am
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By an edhat reader
A 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the Alaskan coast on Wednesday and tsunami advisories were issued along the Pacific Coast. They were lifted, but I wondered if Santa Barbara County has an audible alarm like other coastal areas? Especially in the waterfront areas that are most at risk as seen in this map.
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Picture in your mind beach and park goers along Cabrillo Blvd running to their vehicles (or on foot or for the Shuttle Bus). Everyone trying to get up onto The Mesa or up Castillo St (underpass) or up recently narrowed State St or up Calle Cesar Chavez or up Milpas or past The Bird Refuge and into Montecito. Everyone fleeing the oceanfront all at once. Pause for thought. Maybe this all takes place in the summer, on a weekend. ——Occasionally, when I’m walking on the beach at Shoreline, I look toward The Islands and then up at the cliffs. Then I envision all of us scrambling, only to be stuck in traffic. Probably best to always wear running shoes and work hard to keep fit. And when you’re down there, definitely keep one eye on the water at all times.
That’s debilitatingly serious paranoia! Wear running shoes and always watch the water for towers of water…????
Fear has taken over, rational risk assessment is dead. They should probably wear life jackets too just in case, and ALWAYS wear you helmet when walking, even in your own home because that were most accidents happen. You’d actually be amazed at how many die each year from “preventable” accidents like falls and accidental poisoning https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/accidental-injury.htm if the media reported on this like they do covid you would see people walking around in helmets.
as they have proven to be woefully ineffective in their evacuation warnings for fire, a tsunami siren is the least of my concerns