First tsunami-resistant shelter in US planned by residents of small town.Byline: ANI Washington, October 24 (ANI): Residents of the small Oregon town of Cannon Beach in the US are preparing to build the first tsunami-resistant shelter in the U.S. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in National Geographic News, the updated design of city hall in the town, which would double the building's cost from U.S. 2 million dollars to 4 million dollars, reflects a new focus on disaster preparedness in the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is one of the most dangerous earthquake and tsunami zones in the world-capable of producing magnitude 9 earthquakes followed within minutes by deadly, 50-foot (15.2-meter) high waves. The next big earthquake could happen tomorrow or in several hundreds of years, but no one knows for sure. The culprit is the Cascadia subduction zone The Cascadia subduction zone is a very long sloping fault that stretches from northern Vancouver Island to northern California. Geography The zone separates the Juan de Fuca, Explorer, Gorda and the North American Plate. , which geologists say is a near twin of the fault zone that produced the deadly Indian Ocean Indian Ocean, third largest ocean, c.28,350,000 sq mi (73,427,000 sq km), extending from S Asia to Antarctica and from E Africa to SE Australia; it is c.4,000 mi (6,400 km) wide at the equator. It constitutes about 20% of the world's total ocean area. earthquake and tsunami in late 2004. One way of improving survival odds is to build tsunami-resistant shelters in what's expected to be the worst danger zones, according to Yumei Wang, a geotechnical engineer at the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in Portland. Such buildings are built on sturdy, pillar-like stilts This article is about the poles. For the type of bird, see stilt. For other uses, see Stilts (disambiguation). Stilts are poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a certain distance above the ground. , with embankments or seawalls to dissipate waves. The structures also need ramps that allow quick entry into the shelter. Buildings are usually designed for people to exit, "but in this case, we want to get people into the building," said Wang. Tsunami shelters exist in Japan, but Cannon Beach is the first American town to take steps to take action; to move in a matter. See also: Step toward building one. "The structure, which will be completed in the next three years, would have a flat roof on which 1,000 to 2,000 people could take refuge," Wang said. According to Patrick Corcoran, a hazards outreach specialist with the Oregon Sea Grant program at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. , "I think it's pushing the technology in a good direction," though he added that emergency training is also crucial. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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