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1. If you live or work on the coast, or just for your favorite place there, find out what to do in case of a tsunami in that area. Is there an evacuation route? How would you be warned? How do you make the decision to evacuate or not?
2. Hazard maps showing potential for strong motion, liquefaction-lateral spreading, and land sliding are required to be taken into account in land-use decisions in California but not the Northwest. Should their use be mandatory in the Northwest as well?
3. Take a field trip to a hilly area near where you live and look for evidence of past landslides. Tilted trees are the best indicator, but look also for evidence of past slumping
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4. On your next trip to the coast, look for buildings that are within the tsunami runup zone. Are any of these critical facilities like hospitals, city hall, fire stations, etc.? Should land use laws prohibit such facilities in a tsunami zone?
5. What are critical facilities? Currently building codes consider them to be police, fire, and hospitals. What about schools? Only primary schools receive any special attention from the building codes. All others are not. Should other schools be allowed in a tsunami zone true or false?
The best indication of time to evacuate for a tsunami is the warning system triggered by offshore buoys.
