A particular section of the fault near the Semidi Islands has not ruptured since at least 1788, and measurements on this area – which lies four to five kilometres under water – reveal the pressure is accumulating rapidly. If the Pacific Ocean plate slips, as happened in the geographically-similar Tohoku subduction zone off the coast of Japan, a tsunami could occur – and the deaths could happen as far away as Hawaii and California.

According to Discovery.com, scientists are now investigating the underwater fault-line in the hope of estimating the likelihood of danger to the U.S. and to the Hawaiian islands.

The last time a slip between the Alaskan plates occurred led to the Good Friday Earthquake, on March 27, 1964, which was the powerful earthquake in U.S. history – a 9.2 magnitude earthquake which led to 145 deaths.

Tsunamis also occurred in this area in 1947 and 1957, while a magnitude 7.4 earthquake occurred in the area last June, but as its location did not lead to a tsunami, a brief tsunami warning was recalled shortly afterwards.
[ Daily Mail via SOTT ]

The Semidi Islands are in southern Alaska. As with all fault line, it is a case not of if, but when. People who live by the coast, especially if it is the Pacific, Atlantic or Indian Oceans, should be prepared for a tsunami, regardless of how much or little local authorities do.

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In 2003 the Japan government’s expert panel on tsunamis predicted the maximum height of any tsunami created by an earthquake to be 20 meters. In wake of last year’s disaster they have changed their evaluation, and the new worst-case scenario is a 35-meter wave. Tokyo could be hit by 20-meter+ waves, and the Hamaoka nuclear plant could face 21-meter waves – which means they should look into extending the height of their 18-meter high breakwater currently under construction.

The panel noted that the projection was for “the worst possible tsunami” and the “chance of its occurrence is extremely low”.

Source: News.com.au

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In my opinion, it went something like this:

• A few authors suggest a global cataclysm could occur in 2012
• Patrick Geryl says a good way of surviving would be unsinkable yachts
• Roland Emmerich makes the movie 2012, using many of Geryl’s ideas. He replaces yachts with massive steel arks
• Hardened Structures starts making steel arks for clients

One of those real arks is pictured above. For $20 million you get a 900 ton steel ship that can hold 180 people and has supplies that will last for five years. this isn’t someone’s daydream, this is a genuine survival ark that (hopefully) will be used if a massive tsunami strikes where it is situated.

For more, including the CNN video that broke the story, see Noah’s Ark News.

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Speaking of Xmas wish lists…

Here’s an interesting idea – it’s a regular RV that you can leave parked in your driveway. But if a tsunami comes, and the floating tubes are attached, in becomes a boat. It’s tough (kevlar) and self-contained.

Made in Taiwan. Their website is blueeyenoah.com

Check out these features:

• diesel generator, plus optional solar panel and wind-power generator
• optional positive pressure air filter and water filter
• bullet-proof – built with Kevlar
• water-proof – it’s a boat when you add the floating tubes
• 17, 19, 21 and 23 feet models

It’s quite affordable, with prices starting at US$40,000. Available in the USA in the northern spring, just in time for the end of the world.

The name is interesting, here’s what they say:

…a natural disaster about 8,000 years ago wiped out other Homo sapiens races in the Black Sea area, and only one blue-eyed person (family) survived, resulting in a gene explosion by their offspring. And this blue-eyed survivor 8,000 years ago matches all the descriptions of the survivor Noah in the biblical Ark.

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• Thailand is now 1/3 under water due to the worsening floods. This map shows the affected area (might take a little while to load).
• Up to 20 million tons of debris from the Japanese tsunami in March will eventually be washed ashore on the west coast of the USA, and will start arriving in three years. The debris includes TVs, fridges and shipping boats. Expect beachcombing to become a boom hobby!
• Half of the USA got to see the northern lights last Monday, thanks to a coronal mass ejection (CME) from the Sun. The pic below is from Norway, more recent pics are at SpaceWeather.com

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Found at TechFlash:

…a tsunami escape capsule that could protect up to six people for as little as $1,000….The idea is simple: a 7-foot diameter ball, probably made out of aluminum, outfitted with internal seats and safety harnesses. In general it would have to protect people only for an hour or two, until tsunami waters receded.

This isn’t a bad idea, but personally my preference would be to not live on the coast, or just make sure you are alerted by tsunami warnings and flee inland. So while I certainly wouldn’t rely on one of these, I think they would be well suited to being your plan B for if normal escape is hindered.

Over the years I’ve had a similar idea percolating, but because I am not an engineer it won’t become reality (unless this post inspires someone). I think if you made a capsule but gave it dozens of long protruding spikes in every direction, then not only could it float, but it could protect you in a mega-earthquake as well.

Here’s an example from nature:

The idea is that, say in a mega-earthquake, it could still roll around, yet the spikes are a first layer of defense. Losing a few spikes wouldn’t be much of problem. And if something heavy fell on the capsule, the spikes could work like crumple zones in a car. Obviously the interior would still need to be very robustly constructed.

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The best solution may be the one used routinely to treat water at the Savannah River Site. The process combines activated carbon, reverse osmosis, and ion exchange. If one doesn’t get the iodine-131, two others have a chance to capture the radiation through other means.

And that may be the best solution for the average drinker of tap water as well.

Easy! But if you are thinking that running your drinking water through activated carbon, reverse osmosis, and an ion exchange isn’t easy, perhaps consider moving away from nuclear threats.

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The 37 meter tsunami isn’t historical, nor specifically predicted for the future. It was this year’s Japanese tsunami. Deduced from high-water marks.

That’s tall enough to engulf a 10-story building. But “we think we will see [evidence of] bigger waves in other areas,” says Satoko Oki, a seismologist at the University of Tokyo’s Earthquake Research Institute.

The Japanese are #1 experts on tsunamis, and they underestimated the potential risk. Don’t make the same mistake.

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I’m  climate change believer – but it’s the Sun, not us, and a mini Ice Age is just as likely as rising temperatures (they’ve not risen in the last 10 years, just shifted about). Here’s something not often reported… growing glaciers:

Not only on Mt. Shasta, glaciers are also growing in Washington and Alaska.

Look at Washington State. The Nisqually Glacier on Mt. Rainier is growing. Glaciers on Glacier Peak in northern Washington are growing. And Crater Glacier on Mt. Saint Helens is now larger than it was before the 1980 eruption.

Or look at Alaska. Glaciers are growing in Alaska for the first time in 250 years. Two years ago in May, Alaska’s Hubbard Glacier was advancing at the rate of seven feet (two meters) per day – more than half-a-mile per year. In Icy Bay, at least three glaciers advanced a third of a mile (½ km) in one year.

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I’m one of the interviewees for an Australian documentary, 100 Days of Disaster, screening tomorrow (Monday) on Channel 10 at 10pm. Patrick Geryl was also interviewed, plus I believe a few orthodox scientists, some religion experts and I think an astrologer. All being asked if we should expect the rise in natural disasters to continue.

To promote the show I am doing 11 (!) radio interviews during Monday – here are the times.

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The reason behind the whole Japanese tsunami nuclear disaster is simple – they doubted a tsunami could be that big. Doomsday researchers know that in the distant past tsunamis have been as high as half a mile, yet the Japanese even chose to ignore relatively recent records:

In postulating the maximum-sized earthquake and tsunami that the Fukushima Dai-ichi complex might face, TEPCO’s engineers decided not to factor in quakes earlier than 1896.

That meant the experts excluded a major quake that occurred more than 1000 years ago – a tremor followed by a powerful tsunami that hit many of the same locations as the recent disaster.

Here’s Wikipedia on 3 ancient tsunamis at this location, and predictions of last month’s tsunami:

The 869 Sanriku earthquake and tsunami struck the area around Sendai in the northern part of Honshu on 9 July 869. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 8.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale. The tsunami caused widespread flooding of the Sendai plain, with sand deposits being found up to 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) from the coast.

…Three tsunami deposits have been identified within the Holocene sequence of the Sendai plain, all formed within the last 3,000 years, suggesting an 800 to 1,100 year recurrence interval for large tsunamigenic earthquakes. In 2001 it was reckoned that there was a high likelihood of a large tsunami hitting the Sendai plain as more than 1,100 years had then elapsed. As for the other two large tsunamis recognized before the 869 tsunami, one was estimated to have occurred between about 1000 BC and 500 BC and the other about 500 BC and 1 AD. In 2007 the probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of Mw 8.1–8.3 was estimated as 99% within the following 30 years. The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami was larger than the predicted event, but occurred in the same area and caused major flooding in the Sendai area.

Consequently the diesel generators failed because they were at or near ground level. The more costly option of having them raised would have avoided this catastrophe. Corners were cut and science ignored to save costs.

Katrina was the same – authorities knew the big hurricane would come one day, and chose not to be adequately prepared, to save money.

Seems to me that virtually all large disasters, most of which are inevitable, are not regarded as a significant enough a threat to properly prepare for. The upshot is don’t trust governments to save your life – be proactive and move somewhere safer!

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Like many potential disasters, the problem does not lie with the technology, but education. While tsunamis that form across the ocean will trigger alarms, the US is “is particularly ill-equipped to give warning of close-to-shore tsunamis that arrive less than an hour after a seismic event such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption or meteorite“. More at the LA Times.

The report cites the tsunami that struck US Samoa last year, where the warning was only given eight minutes prior. Therefore people will need to know how to recognise the signs of a tsunami, or the possibility for one, so they can act independently of any official warnings. For example, if you feel an earthquake, get away from the coastline. While the odds of it creating a tsunami might be low, better to be safe than sorry.

Something else to keep in mind is that a tsunami can be a sequence of waves over several hours, not just a single large wave as most people believe.

National Research Council: USA is unprepared for tsunamis is a post from: 2012 Blog

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