Experts say it’s only a matter of time before a shift in a major fault line off the Oregon coast causes a massive earthquake that generates a tsunami as much as seven stories tall.
With sunlight sparkling off surrounding Yaquina Bay, workers are putting up an ocean-studies building, smack in the middle of an area expected to one day be hit by a tsunami.
Proponents of the university facility point out that the building will withstand strong earthquakes and be situated higher than the biggest tsunami. It will feature a rooftop evacuation site that can accommodate more than 900 people, accessed via an exterior ramp, if a tsunami does strike the area. There, a “ghost forest” of Sitka spruces juts up from a beach in the tiny town of Neskowin. An earthquake 2,000 years ago likely caused the ground beneath the trees to plunge, and tsunami debris buried them. The remnants were partially uncovered by storms in 1997. Today, the barnacle-encrusted trees stand like sentinels, facing the Pacific Ocean with vacation homes and a motel nearby.
Vancouver Island in Canada’s British Columbia province was slammed by the 1700 tsunami. But no law prohibits construction of public buildings in tsunami zones there, according to Emergency Management BC. Washington state requires municipalities and counties to establish rules to limit development in areas that are frequently flooded or could be hit by tsunamis, landslides or other calamities.
Oregon lawmakers overwhelmingly repealed the 1995 construction ban in June, as tensions in the Capitol ratcheted up over Republican opposition to a bill addressing global warming. Few people attended hearings at which lawmakers from coastal districts testified in favor of the repeal. He said the state geology department should “help us rather than to stop ... our communities growing, thriving or continuing.”
Indonesia Berita Terbaru, Indonesia Berita utama
Similar News:Anda juga dapat membaca berita serupa dengan ini yang kami kumpulkan dari sumber berita lain.
‘Trump is exporting his bigotry’: AOC blasts Israel for banning Omar and TlaibLawmakers and activists on both sides of aisle blasted the Israeli government’s decision to bar Reps. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., from entering the country after Trump urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do so.
Baca lebih lajut »
'Watershed moment': Israel critics seize on Trump-Netanyahu bromance after travel banIsrael's ban on two Muslim members of Congress has provided an opportunity for pro-Palestinian groups in America to highlight the close relationship between President Trump and PM Netanyahu.
Baca lebih lajut »
Israel bars Omar, Tlaib from entering country, as Trump lashes outTrump defended lobbying Israeli leaders to block two Democratic lawmakers from entering the country. 'I can't imagine why Israel would let them in,' he said of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib — the first two Muslim women in Congress — citing past remarks
Baca lebih lajut »
After ban, Israel permits U.S. Rep Tlaib to make humanitarian visit to family in West BankIsrael decided on Friday to allow U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib - a critic of...
Baca lebih lajut »
Shawn Mendes & Camila Cabello: Everything We Know About Their RelationshipWait… you can leave the friend zone?
Baca lebih lajut »