Hey Nancy!   
      
    NB> I guess the US/Canada west coast doesn't expect tsunamis   
      
   Au contraire.  The real issue is when and not if.  Also many communities   
   aren't prepared for it given the lack of warning for the Alaska one which was   
   definetly powerful enough to generate a major tsunami but didn't simply   
   because it was a slip-slide jobber and there wasn't enough vertical offset to   
   generate a major tsunami.  However that wasn't known until hours after the   
   quake.  It could have easily been a major tsunami.   
      
   I believe the last one was back in 1964 and did major damage to Port Alberni   
   which isn't too far from here.  That tsunami was caused by a 9.2 Alaskan   
   earthquake.   
      
   Life is good,   
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