WH

AT

IS A

TSU

NA

MI?

A ts

unam

i is

a se

ries

of w

aves

mos

t co

mm

only

cau

sed

by a

n ea

rthq

uake

ben

eath

th

e se

a flo

or. A

s ts

unam

is e

nter

sha

llow

w

ater

nea

r la

nd, t

hey

incr

ease

in h

eigh

t and

ca

n ca

use

grea

t los

s of

life

and

pro

pert

y da

mag

e w

here

they

com

e as

hore

.R

ecen

t res

earc

h su

gges

ts th

at ts

unam

is

have

str

uck

the

Was

hing

ton

coas

t on

a re

gula

r ba

sis.

The

y ca

n oc

cur

at a

ny ti

me

of

the

day

or n

ight

, und

er a

ny a

nd a

ll w

eath

er

cond

ition

s, a

nd in

all

seas

ons.

Bea

ches

ope

n to

the

ocea

n, b

ay e

ntra

nces

, tid

al fl

ats,

and

co

asta

l riv

ers

are

espe

cial

ly v

ulne

rabl

e to

ts

unam

is.

WH

AT

IS T

HE

DIF

FERE

NC

E BE

TWEE

N A

‘D

ISTA

NT’

AN

D A

‘LO

CA

L’ T

SUN

AM

I?

Whe

n a

tsun

ami h

as b

een

gene

rate

d by

a

dist

ant e

arth

quak

e, it

will

not

rea

ch th

e W

ashi

ngto

n co

ast f

or s

ever

al h

ours

, and

th

ere

is ti

me

to is

sue

a w

arni

ng. W

hen

a ts

unam

i is

gene

rate

d by

a s

tron

g of

fsho

re

eart

hqua

ke, i

ts fi

rst w

aves

wou

ld r

each

the

oute

r co

ast m

inut

es a

fter

the

grou

nd s

tops

sh

akin

g. F

eelin

g an

ear

thqu

ake

coul

d be

yo

ur o

nly

war

ning

!

WH

AT

CA

N I

DO

TO

PRO

TEC

T M

YSEL

F FR

OM

A T

SUN

AM

I?

Dev

elop

a fa

mily

dis

aste

r pl

an. E

very

one

need

s to

kno

w w

hat t

o do

on

thei

r ow

n to

pr

otec

t the

mse

lves

in c

ase

of d

isas

ter.

Be

fam

iliar

with

loca

l ear

thqu

ake

and

tsun

ami p

lans

. Kno

w w

here

to g

o to

su

rviv

e a

tsun

ami.

Iden

tify

an e

vacu

atio

n si

te w

ithin

15

min

utes

wal

king

dis

tanc

e of

ho

me

and/

or w

ork.

Prep

are

thre

e-da

y em

erge

ncy

kits

for

your

ho

me,

aut

omob

ile, a

nd w

ork.

Take

a fi

rst a

id c

ours

e an

d le

arn

surv

ival

sk

ills.

Kno

wle

dge

is y

our

grea

test

def

ense

ag

ains

t pot

entia

l dis

aste

r.

HO

W D

O I

KNO

W W

HEN

TO

EV

AC

UA

TE?

If yo

u fe

el th

e gr

ound

sha

ke, e

vacu

ate

inla

nd

or to

hig

h gr

ound

imm

edia

tely

! A

wav

e as

hig

h as

10

feet

cou

ld r

each

th

e B

ay C

ente

r ar

ea w

ithin

an

hour

of t

he

quak

e. T

he fi

rst w

ave

is o

ften

not t

he la

rges

t; su

cces

sive

wav

es m

ay b

e sp

aced

man

y m

inut

es a

part

and

con

tinue

to a

rriv

e fo

r se

vera

l hou

rs. R

etur

n on

ly a

fter

emer

genc

y of

ficia

ls s

ay it

is s

afe.

Isol

ated

are

as m

ay n

ot r

ecei

ve o

ffici

al

war

ning

s of

dis

tant

tsun

amis

. If y

ou n

otic

e a

sudd

en d

rop

or r

ise

in s

ea le

vel,

mov

e to

hi

gh g

roun

d or

inla

nd im

med

iate

ly.

WH

ERE

DO

I EV

AC

UA

TE T

O?

The

map

sho

ws

tsun

ami h

azar

d ar

eas

in

yello

w. G

o to

the

near

est h

igh

grou

nd—

at

leas

t 50

feet

abo

ve s

ea le

vel,

if po

ssib

le. I

f yo

u do

n’t h

ave

time

to tr

avel

to h

igh

grou

nd,

but a

re n

ear

a m

ulti-

stor

y bu

ildin

g, g

o to

an

upp

er le

vel.

If yo

u ar

e on

the

beac

h an

d un

able

to g

et to

hig

h gr

ound

, go

inla

nd a

s fa

r as

you

can

(at l

east

2 m

iles)

.

WH

AT

DO

TH

E EV

AC

UA

TIO

N

SIG

NS

MEA

N?

Tsun

ami e

vacu

atio

n ro

utes

wer

e de

velo

ped

to g

uide

coa

stal

re

side

nts

and

visi

tors

to s

afer

lo

catio

ns w

hen

car

evac

uatio

n is

po

ssib

le, a

s fo

r a

dist

ant t

suna

mi.

Evac

uatio

n si

gns

have

bee

n pl

aced

alo

ng

Bay

Cen

ter

Bay

Cen

ter

Junc

tion

Sout

h B

end

Palix

Rd

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apa B

ay

Bay

Cen

ter

Road

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e

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erRo

ad

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Cen

ter

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e

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101

101

00.

51

mile

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ssem

bly

area

Hig

her

grou

nd

Tsun

ami h

azar

d ar

ea

LEG

END

Evac

uatio

n ro

ute

Fire

sta

tio

n

For

a lo

cal e

arth

quak

e, if

car

eva

cuat

ion

is n

ot p

ossi

ble,

go

dire

ctly

to th

e ne

ares

t hig

h gr

ound

. Fir

e st

atio

ns a

re s

how

n as

la

ndm

arks

onl

y. D

o no

t go

ther

e fo

r he

lp—

they

will

like

ly b

e de

sert

ed. A

ssem

bly

area

s ha

ve b

een

desi

gnat

ed w

here

can

ge

t hel

p an

d se

rvic

es w

hen

you

can’

t go

hom

e.

TSUN

AMI

the

mai

n ro

ads

to d

irec

t mot

oris

ts to

hig

her

grou

nd. I

n so

me

plac

es, t

here

may

be

mor

e th

an o

ne w

ay to

rea

ch s

afer

are

as. T

hese

ro

utes

are

mar

ked

with

mul

tiple

sig

ns

show

ing

addi

tiona

l opt

ions

for

evac

uatio

n.

You

will

nee

d to

kno

w th

e ev

acua

tion

rout

es

for

your

are

a.

HO

W D

O I

GET

INLA

ND

OR

TO H

IGH

GRO

UN

D?

Car

eva

cuat

ion

may

not

be

poss

ible

if a

n ea

rthq

uake

has

dam

aged

roa

ds a

nd p

ower

lin

es a

nd r

esul

ted

in s

igni

fican

t deb

ris.

If

this

is th

e ca

se, d

o no

t try

to fo

llow

the

evac

uatio

n ro

utes

out

. Eva

cuat

e on

foot

di

rect

ly to

the

near

est h

igh

grou

nd. A

void

la

kes

and

wet

land

s, w

hich

are

pro

ne to

flo

odin

g an

d liq

uefa

ctio

n du

ring

afte

rsho

cks.

WH

AT

SHO

ULD

I H

AV

E IN

MY

EMER

GEN

CY

KIT?

You

sho

uld

prep

are

an e

mer

genc

y ki

t with

a

thre

e-da

y su

pply

of n

eces

sary

item

s fo

r ea

ch m

embe

r of

you

r fa

mily

. The

kit

shou

ld

be a

dapt

ed to

you

r ne

eds,

but

kee

p it

light

an

d m

anag

eabl

e in

cas

e yo

u m

ust e

vacu

ate

on fo

ot. H

ave

it re

ady

to g

o fo

r im

med

iate

ev

acua

tion.

Pos

sibl

e su

pplie

s in

clud

e:

M

aps

show

ing

safe

rou

tes

to h

igh

grou

nd

N

on-p

eris

habl

e fo

od a

nd c

ooki

ng a

nd

eatin

g ut

ensi

ls, i

nclu

ding

can

ope

ner

Wat

er a

nd a

wat

er p

urifi

catio

n ki

t

Fi

rst-

aid

kit a

nd p

resc

ript

ions

Plas

tic b

ags

for

wat

er s

tora

ge a

nd w

aste

Den

tal a

nd p

erso

nal h

ygie

ne it

ems

Stur

dy s

hoes

, clo

thes

, sle

epin

g ba

g, te

nt

Po

rtab

le r

adio

, hea

dlam

p/fla

shlig

ht, a

nd

extr

a ba

tteri

es

Pock

et k

nife

, whi

stle

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ches

, duc

t tap

e,

and

rubb

er, l

atex

, and

hea

vy-d

uty

glov

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WH

ERE

CA

N I

STA

Y U

NTI

L TH

IS IS

OV

ER?

Afte

r th

e im

med

iate

dan

ger

is p

ast a

nd

if th

ere

is d

amag

e to

the

degr

ee th

at y

ou

cann

ot r

etur

n ho

me,

you

sho

uld

atte

mpt

to

rea

ch a

des

igna

ted

asse

mbl

y ar

ea.

Thes

e ou

tdoo

r ar

eas

have

bee

n se

lect

ed to

fa

cilit

ate

deliv

ery

of e

mer

genc

y se

rvic

es. I

t m

ay b

e se

vera

l day

s be

fore

hel

p ca

n ar

rive

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if p

ossi

ble,

bri

ng y

our

own

thre

e-da

y em

erge

ncy

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nd e

mer

genc

y sh

elte

r.A

ssem

bly

area

s ar

e no

t spe

cific

in te

rms

of b

ound

arie

s. Y

ou m

ay c

amp

or p

ark

in

adja

cent

are

as. D

o no

t blo

ck a

roa

dway

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ave

acce

ss fo

r em

erge

ncy

vehi

cles

.If

you

do n

ot h

ave

an a

ssem

bly

area

cl

ose

by, y

ou a

re u

rged

to d

evel

op a

ne

ighb

orho

od e

vacu

atio

n si

te. T

he s

ite

shou

ld b

e ou

tsid

e th

e ts

unam

i haz

ard

zone

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sy to

get

to, a

nd c

apab

le o

f acc

omm

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g th

e nu

mbe

r of

peo

ple

expe

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