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As strange as it may seem, I turned to Facebook for updates, the Police Dept of Kodiak, KTUU, and friends were posting information, and links to information that were very helpful. One gentleman in Kodiak used his phone on Facebook Live, and kept it running for hours. He had over 3000 viewers from all over the world.
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The authorities turned on the tsunami warning sirens in many coastal communities, like Sitka, Homer, and Seward. I had friends who live aboard their sailboats in Sitka, and Seward, and were posting that they had left their marinas, and had evacuated to higher ground. Bill said that Petersburg marina personnel came around knocking on boats to let everyone know about the situation.
As it turned out, we didn't have a tsunami, due to the type of earthquake. It was called a "strike-slip", versus a "subduction", and didn't create the vertical movement to the seabed that would cause a tsunami. Read more about it here: Powerful earthquake didn't cause a tsunami.
It didn't take long for us to get cheeky about the experience.
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We lived through another one. It's amazing, I haven't heard of any damage to any community. My sister-in-law has many beautiful glass items on display, and nothing fell off of it's shelf.
Have you ever been in a earthquake, tornado, tsunami, hurricane? Were you able to joke about it later? Have you selected your location, keeping in mind what natural disasters occur in the area?
We're cheeky, but also grateful that we can joke about it now.
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Have you ever been in a earthquake, tornado, tsunami, hurricane? Were you able to joke about it later? Have you selected your location, keeping in mind what natural disasters occur in the area?
As always, we enjoy hearing from you, either here in comments or on our Facebook Denali Rose Sailboat page.
Thank goodness you will all rebuild!
ReplyDeleteIt'll be tough, but as hardy Alaskans, we will manage. ;-)
DeleteAlaskans have such a great sense of humor. I remember being on our boat once in New Zealand when there was a tsunami warning. We were trying to figure out what to do, but thankfully it got called off fairly quickly.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you didn't have to ride out a tsunami! Fran, who is on WWS, and lives in Sitka, said they have always had a plan to head out to sea, but didn't have time, so they went to high ground instead. Scary at the moment. It's good to laugh about it later.
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