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BigmanPigman

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18. I just let my family know since they live

Tue Jan 23, 2018, 06:39 AM

Jan 2018

on the coast in San Diego. They are on elevated land so should be OK. I am closer to downtown and further inland. CNN said it has now been downgraded to 7.9 and that does make a difference.

I have watched ALL the videos from Japan in the past. That quake was much larger (9.0) and the tsunami was 90' high in some cities. Go high UP and go quickly. It starts slowly and then fills up after draining the original water out to the ocean and there are usually several waves. All the land around the coast defines each location individually and specifically and how if will react as the water/waves go back and forth. Being in one is like being in a washing machine with concrete, metal, wood all smashed together.

Do NOT go close to the coast out of curiosity. The one from Japan reached the CA coast and was only about 1' high but a few people died since they got too close to watch it.

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