Comments on: Earthquakes and high tech http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2006/02/25/earthquakes-and-high-tech/ XML and the Web. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:01:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anthony B. Coates http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/2006/02/25/earthquakes-and-high-tech/#comment-2740 Anthony B. Coates Sat, 25 Feb 2006 17:34:50 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/quoderat/archives/2006/02/25/earthquakes-and-high-tech/#comment-2740 I think Ottawa is fairly safe from the mega-tsunami. When it happens (say in the next 200 years), worst case should be that it destroys a 30km (20 mile) deep stretch of the east coast of North America (not sure about South America). On the other hand, people who live on Manhattan Island shouldn't count on having enough time to out of the 30km destruction zone (there will be about 5 hours warning as I remember; I don't know how much of Manhattan you could evacuate in that time). I'm still more worried about being run over by traffic than I am about any natural disasters, though. Perhaps Ottawa could just dump its jaywalking laws, and live on the edge like the UK does. Cheers, Tony. I think Ottawa is fairly safe from the mega-tsunami. When it happens (say in the next 200 years), worst case should be that it destroys a 30km (20 mile) deep stretch of the east coast of North America (not sure about South America). On the other hand, people who live on Manhattan Island shouldn’t count on having enough time to out of the 30km destruction zone (there will be about 5 hours warning as I remember; I don’t know how much of Manhattan you could evacuate in that time).

I’m still more worried about being run over by traffic than I am about any natural disasters, though. Perhaps Ottawa could just dump its jaywalking laws, and live on the edge like the UK does.

Cheers, Tony.

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