In which the Coasties in Port Angeles may need to be rescued themselves

[nittany03]

Politico has a great long-form read on the threat the eventual Cascadia tsunami will pose to CGAS Port Angeles, the potential impact to the region, and the challenge locals who want to help have convincing the new base CO every three years that this is, as POTUS might say, a Big Fucking Deal. Along with how USCG planning is evolving over time, at least to the extent that it's FOIA-able.

Still don't know why they haven't parked a meatball out there for FCLPs given all the Coupeville shenanigans, but that's a separate question.

 

[taxi1]

Looks survivable to me

 

[Brett327]

Politico has a great long-form read on the threat the eventual Cascadia tsunami will pose to CGAS Port Angeles, the potential impact to the region, and the challenge locals who want to help have convincing the new base CO every three years that this is, as POTUS might say, a Big Fucking Deal. Along with how USCG planning is evolving over time, at least to the extent that it's FOIA-able.

Still don't know why they haven't parked a meatball out there for FCLPs given all the Coupeville shenanigans, but that's a separate question.

There’s only so much you can do… mostly have a plan to evacuate. They’ll have about 30 minutes of warning before the tsunami arrives, Whidbey slightly more time. Those bases, along with everything else at sea level, will be completely erased from existence.

 

[TF7325]

There’s only so much you can do… mostly have a plan to evacuate. They’ll have about 30 minutes of warning before the tsunami arrives, Whidbey slightly more time. Those bases, along with everything else at sea level, will be completely erased from existence.

How much time do you think Whidbey has? 45 minutes or an hour?

 

[Brett327]

How much time do you think Whidbey has? 45 minutes or an hour?

I looked at the modeling again. About 1 hour for Port A, 90 minutes for Whidbey. Enough time to get your flyable jets airborne, assuming the airfield is still operable and people are at work. If it goes down at night, getting people to come in to evacuate jets will be tough. People will be at home dealing with the aftermath, evacuating to high ground.

 

[MIDNJAC]

Yeah I think the 0200 mid holiday weekend scenario would be the most difficult. Probably less so for a SAR unit that is generally round the clock ops......but for somewhere like NUW, with a ton of aircraft, it would be a challenge. It would be a pretty unprecedented scramble of aircraft, and leadership across the flight line would have to make the call really quickly. Then there would be the phone game of making it happen, which could be challenging even if the theoretical 9.0 quake just offshore didn't also take out a lot of services like power/cell/internet.

 

[HSMPBR]

Minot doesn’t have any tsunamis…

 

[nittany03]

Wow. Bellingham and Stanwood getting that delayed-action time bomb thing going on.