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Oeditpus Rex

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10. A 'watch' is a step below a 'warning'

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2025, 11:31 PM

Jul 29

We're (Santa Cruz, Calif.) under a watch right now, as we were after the 9.1 Tohoku, Japan quake in 2011. When that tsunami got here hours later, it had weakened to six inches. Boats in the harbor were sloshed around a bit, and water came onto the lowest part of East Cliff Drive, which is pretty much at sea level.

I'm not saying "Don't worry about it," but the likelihood of any damage to the California coast is quite low. I dunno about northern Oregon or Washington.

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