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We haven’t built new levees or seawalls, moved electrical equipment higher up, or relocated much of anything out of the flood plain.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So if you’d like to know how a storm like Sandy would affect the Bay Area, just look at New York, New Jersey and the other mid-Atlantic states that may be struggling to rebuild for years to come.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not only could tens of thousands lose their homes, businesses could close, said Jeffrey Mount, a geology professor and founding director of the Center for Watershed Sciences at the University of California, Davis, speaking on \u003ca href=\"http://www.kqed.org/a/forum/R201211050900\">\u003cstrong>KQED’s Forum\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> Wednesday. “Think Oracle, Cisco, Intuit, Lockheed Martin, Google, Facebook – suddenly they find themselves out of business.”\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What made Sandy so awful was the combination of a tropical storm with heavy rain, high tides and surging waves. Rain pouring into creeks and rivers met ocean water flooding in the opposite direction to put miles of coast under water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The same thing could happen here, Mount warned. For example an El Nino year of heavy rain could coincide with a Pineapple Express storm in the winter when tides are at their highest, said Mount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The business community does not register this well because they keep thinking we’re talking in the abstract, that we’re talking about climate change, and somewhere out in the future this is going to be a problem. We’ll deal with it later. No it’s here now. That risk is here today.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://www.youtube.com/embed/-gstw44DeSI?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Could the folks who wired the world really have their heads in the sand? We called Cisco and Google right away to see what they would say, and will update this post as soon as we hear back.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>(Update on Nov. 7, 2012: Cisco responded with an email saying the company has “Incident Management Teams made up of a practiced group of cross-functional representatives that coordinate Cisco’s internal and external response to an incident – in place to respond to issues such as flooding or other natural disasters.” We asked for more specifics about such preparations as moving electrical equipment to the second floor. We have not heard from Google and are reaching out to more of the firms Mount mentioned.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On the Forum show, Joe LaClair, chief planner with the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, said these companies are not completely ignoring the problem.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They have “engaged with us” in regional planning meetings, he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>But I think it’s important to note that business leaders operate on a fairly short strategic time horizon. Many focus on the quarter, the year, maybe five years out. So it’s hard to get their attention when you talk about sea level rises that may cause problems in 40 or 50 years. But I think these near-term storm threats are real, they’re hear now, and they fit better into those strategic planning time frames that most businesses deal with.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Bay itself is somewhat sheltered, he added. “In the bay, there can be high storm winds, but they don’t generate the wave height and storm surges of the same height that we just saw in New York.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Potentially worse for the Bay Area are rising tides, Mount said. “What is going to happen to us is not so much these big storms, but increasing intensity and duration of tides. The tides will progressively get higher and higher and higher with time. What we would think of a king tide, which are a really biggest tides, is actually going to be a very common tide within a few decades.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s because water levels are rising as the oceans warm and the ice caps melt.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A caller to the show asked how high above current sea level the tides might get.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our coastal defenses in the Bay are not as high as they need to be,” Mount said. “Storm surge with wind-driven waves could go as high as the 15 to 16-foot contour here in the Bay Area.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To visualize how much of the Bay Area would go under water as the sea rises to various levels, Mount recommended the \u003ca href=\"http://www.csc.noaa.gov/slr/viewer/#\">\u003cstrong>Sea Level Rise Viewer\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> created by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even one foot of sea level rise could put Oakland International Airport underwater, according to this viewer. And \u003ca href=\"http://www.bcdc.ca.gov/planning/climate_change/SLRfactSheet.shtml\">\u003cstrong>BCDC website\u003c/strong>\u003c/a> warns that “the California Climate Action Team’s sea level rise projections, ranging from 10-17 inches at mid-century and 31-69 inches at the end of the century, currently provide the best available sea level rise projections for the West Coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another caller asked if upgrading building codes would help.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Building codes get you one building at a time,” LaClair responded. “But because we can’t be sure properties are going to experience a renovation during the time the threat occurs, then we also need to think of our entire shoreline as a system and provide defenses that way.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another caller reminded listeners to take responsibility for their own safety by keeping food supplies on hand and fuel tanks as full as possible. 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I went about doing my artwork and tasks and took him with me.” (Catherine Borgeson/KQED)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/11/PhotoWeek121102MeasureS.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-79628\" title=\"PhotoWeek121102MeasureS\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/11/PhotoWeek121102MeasureS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\">\u003c/a>\u003ca href=\"http://www.berkeleyside.com/2012/10/31/measure-s-will-it-help-or-hurt-the-homeless/\">Measure S\u003c/a>, a proposal to ban sitting on sidewalks in Berkeley’s business districts from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., is probably the most controversial item on the city’s ballot. Supporters of S have poured more than $90,000 into the campaign. Here, a group of homeless people sit on the sidewalk on Shattuck Avenue in downtown Berkeley. 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These included hundreds of flights from San Francisco International Airport to East Coast cities, and some from Oakland International Airport as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose Mercury News offers \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-airports\">a listing of canceled flights\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evacuations\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGovernment agencies have asked residents to evacuate several areas along the waterfront in the path of the hurricane. \u003ca href=\"http://project.wnyc.org/news-maps/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html\">WNYC has posted a map\u003c/a> of these areas in New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting Updates \u003c/strong> Several news organizations and government agencies will send out alerts through Twitter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/tech/social-media/storm-sandy-social-media/index.html\">CNN offers a list\u003c/a>. And The New York Times is combining some of the tweets with other sources for \u003ca href=\"http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/state-by-state-guide-to-hurricane-sandy/\">a live, state-by-state blog\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong> Reaching Loved Ones\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nAs the storm hits, how do you if your friends and family are safe? The Red Cross offers a \u003ca href=\"http://www.redcross.org/mobile-apps/hurricane-app\">Hurricane App\u003c/a> that will give them key information, such as where to find shelter, and allow them to instantly broadcast an “I’m safe” message through social media.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Also the Red Cross has a \u003ca href=\"http://www.redcross.org/find-help/contact-family/register-safe-listing\">Safe and Well website\u003c/a> where people in the path of the storm can register and leave messages. Loved ones can search the site to find the messages. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cell phone service providers say they are braced for the worst, but in case you can’t get through on these networks, or on landlines, you can try calling through the internet \u003ca href=\"http://www.technobuffalo.com/technobuffalo/guides/mobile-tips-for-preparing-for-hurricane-sandy-or-any-emergency/\">, Techno Buffalo suggests\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>This tip is great if your power is still up and your wireless carrier is slammed to the point where you can’t place a phone call. T-Mobile offers Wi-Fi calling on a large number of its phones, which means it uses your home Internet (or whatever Wi-Fi network your on) to place the call. If you’re on another carrier, consider using Skype or another VoIP service to place calls over Wi-Fi. \u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And the Associated Press offers these tips, directed at people within the storm zone:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Even if cellphones work, wireless networks may be overloaded by people calling to check in on each other or surfing the Web. That’s why cellphone companies recommend text messaging rather than calling in any disaster, because text messages use much less network capacity. They also don’t use much battery power. Using Facebook and Twitter can be tempting, but try to keep usage brief and use the phone’s apps rather than web browsers if possible, to minimize network use and battery drain.\n\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Tech Events\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nMany companies doing business on the East Coast are feeling effects that include the cancellation of high-tech events, according to \u003ca href=\"http://www.siliconbeat.com/2012/10/28/frankenstorm-nixes-east-coast-tech-event-plans/\">Silicon Valley Beat\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\nThe list of affected events includes a Facebook promotion for its new “Facebook Gifts” program that was scheduled for the FAO Schwarz toy store in Manhattan, a big mobile tech confab organized by the folks who run the All Things D blog, and a Google event where the company was expected to show off some of its latest Android products — including new tablets, phones and a rumored software update.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>How to Help\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nThe Red Cross is asking for additional blood donations. “A lot of blood donation sites on the East Coast have been shut down,” said Emily White of the organization’s San Francisco office. You can \u003ca href=\"http://www.redcrossblood.org/\">register to give blood online\u003c/a>. The organization is also \u003ca href=\"http://www.redcross.org/\">taking donations\u003c/a> in anticipation of the havoc it expects Sandy to cause. \u003c/p>\n\n",
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These included hundreds of flights from San Francisco International Airport to East Coast cities, and some from Oakland International Airport as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Jose Mercury News offers \u003ca href=\"http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-airports\">a listing of canceled flights\u003c/a> in the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Evacuations\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nGovernment agencies have asked residents to evacuate several areas along the waterfront in the path of the hurricane. \u003ca href=\"http://project.wnyc.org/news-maps/hurricane-zones/hurricane-zones.html\">WNYC has posted a map\u003c/a> of these areas in New York City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Getting Updates \u003c/strong> Several news organizations and government agencies will send out alerts through Twitter. \u003ca href=\"http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/tech/social-media/storm-sandy-social-media/index.html\">CNN offers a list\u003c/a>. 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Loved ones can search the site to find the messages. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cell phone service providers say they are braced for the worst, but in case you can’t get through on these networks, or on landlines, you can try calling through the internet \u003ca href=\"http://www.technobuffalo.com/technobuffalo/guides/mobile-tips-for-preparing-for-hurricane-sandy-or-any-emergency/\">, Techno Buffalo suggests\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>This tip is great if your power is still up and your wireless carrier is slammed to the point where you can’t place a phone call. T-Mobile offers Wi-Fi calling on a large number of its phones, which means it uses your home Internet (or whatever Wi-Fi network your on) to place the call. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1 p.m.:\u003c/strong> A \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000dg06#summary\" target=\"_blank\">6.3-magnitude aftershock\u003c/a> occurred off the British Columbia coast just before noon Pacific time. The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.EQIWOC.2012.10.28.1857\" target=\"_blank\">says in a bulletin\u003c/a> the latest temblor is \u003cstrong>\u003cem>not\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> expected to generate a tsunami. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:21 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The tsunami advisory for California was \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUAK1.2012.10.28.1144\">canceled\u003c/a> at 4:44 a.m. The tsunami advisory for Hawaii also was \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=hawaii.TSUHWX.2012.10.28.1359\">canceled\u003c/a> early this morning, and \u003ca href=\"http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/27/quake-with-a-magnitude-of-7-7-strikes-off-canada-coast/\">CNN\u003c/a> reports that evacuation orders were lifted. A Tsunami Warning Center \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUAK1.2012.10.28.1144\">bulletin\u003c/a> shows that the highest tsunami waves seen were 1.5 feet at Crescent City on the West Coast and 2.5 feet in Hawaii.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUAK1.2012.10.28.0749\" target=\"_blank\">latest bulletin\u003c/a> from the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center keeps an advisory in place for possible wave and current action on the coast north of Point Gualala. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=hawaii.TSUHWX.2012.10.28.0804\" target=\"_blank\">bulletin\u003c/a> from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii indicates the highest tsunami wave seen tonight on the West Coast were at Crescent City, 1.4 feet at 11:36 p.m., and about an hour earlier at Point Arena, 1.3 feet. A \"surge\" of 0.3 feet (3.6 inches) was seen at San Francisco, and 0.4 feet (4.8 inches) at Monterey. The talk in Hawaii is of tsunami waves 6 to 7 feet above normal sea level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Here's a link to \u003ca href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/category/240193/new-video-landing-page?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&flvUri=rtmp://cp5424.live.edgefcs.net/live/KHNL_824_Flash@76483&streamType=live&adTag=News%20-%20Live%20Stream&enableAds=true&headline=\" target=\"_blank\">live video\u003c/a> of the tsunami evacuation in Honolulu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Meantime in the northern coastal reaches of British Columbia, where the 7.7-magnitude quake struck at 8:04 p.m. Saturday: It's still not clear how much damage the temblor or subsequent waves did. But the locals are rattled. Witnesses say the shaking lasted from 30 to 60 seconds. Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/27/bc-quake-reported.html\" target=\"_blank\">an account from the CBC\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Neil Goodwin in Sandspit felt a rolling motion Saturday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was very fluid, I guess you could say. Everything was moving. It lasted for at least a good 30 seconds. It was difficult to stand. Definitely there was some damage that was done to people's houses here in town.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the whole town evacuated and left for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are definitely nervous, worried about their homes. I think everyone has got out safely. We practice tsunami evacuation drills quote often here in town, so I guess it's all paid off now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quake felt much stronger to Dave Martynuik in Queen Charlotte City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole house was just shaking, pictures on the walls,\" said Martynuik. \"[My son], he was stabilizing the bookshelves —and the windows, everything was just creaking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have two cats and one cat was deliberately throwing herself at the door to get herself out. It was just pure hell there for a while.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update 12:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's bulletin for Hawaii says the first waves could arrive at 10:28 Hawaiian time, or 12:28 a.m. Pacific, just a few minutes from now. \u003ca href=\"http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/176136301.html?id=176136301\" target=\"_blank\">The Honolulu Star-Advertiser sets the scene\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Tsunami warning sirens have sounded across Hawaii and people in inundation zones should evacuate immediately, officials said. The tsunami warning was issued for Hawaii in the wake of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off British Columbia tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Civil Defense is urging residents to move to higher ground if they are in a tsunami evacuation zone. The first waves could arrive as soon as 10:28 p.m., said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is predicting wave heights of 3 to 6 feet in some locations. The biggest waves are expected in Hilo, Kahului, Haleiwa and Hanalei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Sardina, geophysicist with the center, urged residents to listen to instructions from Hawaii Civil Defense. “We don’t want to chance it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Refer to the Tsunami Evacuation Maps in your phone book,\" the latest state Civil Defense message said. \"If you are in a tsunami evacuation zone YOU MUST EVACUATE. If you are not in a zone stay off of the road an away form the shoreline until the all clear is sounded.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Access tsunami evacuation maps online at \u003ca href=\"www.tsunami.csc.noaa.gov/map.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.tsunami.csc.noaa.gov/map.html\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:10 a.m. Sunday\u003c/strong>: The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says some quake-generated wave activity has been observed both in Crescent City, near the Oregon border, and in Point Arena in Mendocino County. A sea level about 16 inches above normal sea level was detected at Point Arena at 10:37 p.m. Saturday; sea level was about 10 inches higher than normal at Crescent City at 10:02 p.m. The tsunami effect at Point Arena appears to be the largest seen so far anywhere on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 11:55 p.m.:\u003c/strong> The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center's latest bulletin contains a tsunami advisory for Northern California coast from Gualala Point in southern Mendocino County up the coast into central Oregon. The bulletin is \"information only\" for the California coast south of Gualala Point. To be clear, right now that means \u003cem>\u003cstrong>there is no advisory or warning in effect\u003c/strong> \u003c/em>for the Bay Area or any point on the coast south of the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here's the bulletin text:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>...THE TSUNAMI ADVISORY CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE COASTAL\u003cbr>\nAREAS OF CALIFORNIA AND OREGON FROM GUALALA POINT\u003cbr>\nCALIFORNIA/LOCATED 80 MILES NW OF SAN FRANCISCO/ TO\u003cbr>\nDOUGLAS-LANE COUNTY LINE OREGON/10 MILES SW OF FLORENCE/...\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>And here's the tsunami center's rundown on what an advisory means:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A TSUNAMI ADVISORY MEANS THAT A TSUNAMI CAPABLE OF PRODUCING\u003cbr>\nSTRONG CURRENTS OR WAVES DANGEROUS TO PEOPLE IN OR VERY NEAR\u003cbr>\nTHE WATER IS EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT WIDESPREAD INUNDATION\u003cbr>\nIS NOT EXPECTED FOR AREAS UNDER AN ADVISORY. CURRENTS\u003cbr>\nMAY BE HAZARDOUS TO SWIMMERS... BOATS... AND COASTAL\u003cbr>\nSTRUCTURES AND MAY CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE\u003cbr>\nINITIAL WAVE ARRIVAL.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>11:35 p.m.: \u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nA \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000df7n#summary\" target=\"_blank\">7.7-magnitude earthquake\u003c/a> struck off the northern coast of British Columbia at 8:04 PDT Saturday night. Up and down the West Coast and across the Pacific, that sets off concern about a tsunami.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Honolulu has issued \u003ca href=\"http://ptwc.weather.gov/ptwc/text.php?id=hawaii.TSUHWX.2012.10.28.0613\" target=\"_blank\">a warning\u003c/a> for the Hawaiian Islands and forecast that the first tsunami waves could arrive in the islands at 10:28 p.m. Hawaiian time (12:28 a.m. PDT Sunday). The amplitude, or height, of any tsunami in the islands is unclear. Waves as high as about 10 inches--yes, inches--have been observed in the quake's aftermath along the British Columbia coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, in Palmer, Alaska, issued \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUWCA.2012.10.28.0617\" target=\"_blank\">a warning\u003c/a> for the parts of the coast of southeast Alaska northern British Columbia and the adjoining islands, including the northern tip of Vancouver Island (later downgraded to an advisory). A tsunami advisory was posted for most of the coast from the B.C. coast down to Gualala Point in southern Mendocino County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Right now (11:30 p.m. PDT) no threat is forecast to the California coast. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1 p.m.:\u003c/strong> A \u003ca href=\"http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000dg06#summary\" target=\"_blank\">6.3-magnitude aftershock\u003c/a> occurred off the British Columbia coast just before noon Pacific time. The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.EQIWOC.2012.10.28.1857\" target=\"_blank\">says in a bulletin\u003c/a> the latest temblor is \u003cstrong>\u003cem>not\u003c/em>\u003c/strong> expected to generate a tsunami. \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 8:21 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The tsunami advisory for California was \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUAK1.2012.10.28.1144\">canceled\u003c/a> at 4:44 a.m. The tsunami advisory for Hawaii also was \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=hawaii.TSUHWX.2012.10.28.1359\">canceled\u003c/a> early this morning, and \u003ca href=\"http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/27/quake-with-a-magnitude-of-7-7-strikes-off-canada-coast/\">CNN\u003c/a> reports that evacuation orders were lifted. A Tsunami Warning Center \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUAK1.2012.10.28.1144\">bulletin\u003c/a> shows that the highest tsunami waves seen were 1.5 feet at Crescent City on the West Coast and 2.5 feet in Hawaii.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 1:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=alaska.TSUAK1.2012.10.28.0749\" target=\"_blank\">latest bulletin\u003c/a> from the West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center keeps an advisory in place for possible wave and current action on the coast north of Point Gualala. A \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsunami.gov/text.php?id=hawaii.TSUHWX.2012.10.28.0804\" target=\"_blank\">bulletin\u003c/a> from the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii indicates the highest tsunami wave seen tonight on the West Coast were at Crescent City, 1.4 feet at 11:36 p.m., and about an hour earlier at Point Arena, 1.3 feet. A \"surge\" of 0.3 feet (3.6 inches) was seen at San Francisco, and 0.4 feet (4.8 inches) at Monterey. The talk in Hawaii is of tsunami waves 6 to 7 feet above normal sea level.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:50 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Here's a link to \u003ca href=\"http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/category/240193/new-video-landing-page?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&flvUri=rtmp://cp5424.live.edgefcs.net/live/KHNL_824_Flash@76483&streamType=live&adTag=News%20-%20Live%20Stream&enableAds=true&headline=\" target=\"_blank\">live video\u003c/a> of the tsunami evacuation in Honolulu.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:30 a.m.:\u003c/strong> Meantime in the northern coastal reaches of British Columbia, where the 7.7-magnitude quake struck at 8:04 p.m. Saturday: It's still not clear how much damage the temblor or subsequent waves did. But the locals are rattled. Witnesses say the shaking lasted from 30 to 60 seconds. Here's \u003ca href=\"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/27/bc-quake-reported.html\" target=\"_blank\">an account from the CBC\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Neil Goodwin in Sandspit felt a rolling motion Saturday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It was very fluid, I guess you could say. Everything was moving. It lasted for at least a good 30 seconds. It was difficult to stand. Definitely there was some damage that was done to people's houses here in town.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said the whole town evacuated and left for higher ground.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"People are definitely nervous, worried about their homes. I think everyone has got out safely. We practice tsunami evacuation drills quote often here in town, so I guess it's all paid off now.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The quake felt much stronger to Dave Martynuik in Queen Charlotte City.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The whole house was just shaking, pictures on the walls,\" said Martynuik. \"[My son], he was stabilizing the bookshelves —and the windows, everything was just creaking.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We have two cats and one cat was deliberately throwing herself at the door to get herself out. It was just pure hell there for a while.\"\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp> \u003c!--more-->\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Update 12:20 a.m.:\u003c/strong> The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center's bulletin for Hawaii says the first waves could arrive at 10:28 Hawaiian time, or 12:28 a.m. Pacific, just a few minutes from now. \u003ca href=\"http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/176136301.html?id=176136301\" target=\"_blank\">The Honolulu Star-Advertiser sets the scene\u003c/a>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Tsunami warning sirens have sounded across Hawaii and people in inundation zones should evacuate immediately, officials said. The tsunami warning was issued for Hawaii in the wake of a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off British Columbia tonight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State Civil Defense is urging residents to move to higher ground if they are in a tsunami evacuation zone. The first waves could arrive as soon as 10:28 p.m., said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Ewa Beach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The center is predicting wave heights of 3 to 6 feet in some locations. The biggest waves are expected in Hilo, Kahului, Haleiwa and Hanalei.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Victor Sardina, geophysicist with the center, urged residents to listen to instructions from Hawaii Civil Defense. “We don’t want to chance it,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Refer to the Tsunami Evacuation Maps in your phone book,\" the latest state Civil Defense message said. \"If you are in a tsunami evacuation zone YOU MUST EVACUATE. If you are not in a zone stay off of the road an away form the shoreline until the all clear is sounded.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Access tsunami evacuation maps online at \u003ca href=\"www.tsunami.csc.noaa.gov/map.html\" target=\"_blank\">www.tsunami.csc.noaa.gov/map.html\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 12:10 a.m. Sunday\u003c/strong>: The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center says some quake-generated wave activity has been observed both in Crescent City, near the Oregon border, and in Point Arena in Mendocino County. A sea level about 16 inches above normal sea level was detected at Point Arena at 10:37 p.m. Saturday; sea level was about 10 inches higher than normal at Crescent City at 10:02 p.m. The tsunami effect at Point Arena appears to be the largest seen so far anywhere on the West Coast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>by Katharine Mieszkowski and Matt Smith, \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/treasure-island-areas-declared-safe/\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/10/BayCitizenLogo5.png\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-78986\" title=\"BayCitizenLogo\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2012/10/BayCitizenLogo5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"74\">\u003c/a>State health officials have declared day care and youth centers, ballfields, some residential backyards and other sites on Treasure Island safe from radiation in response to fears about the area’s nuclear past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The surveys taken from 24 publically accessible locations were not part of the Navy’s scheduled cleanup program, but were prompted by \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/health/story/official-hear-treasure-island-residents/\">public concern\u003c/a> about exposure to radioactivity on the former Treasure Island Naval Station.\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http://media.baycitizen.org/interactive/ti-radiation/index4.html\" width=\"559\" height=\"698\">\u003c/iframe>\u003cbr>\n\u003cstrong>Interactive map by Shane Shifflett, The Bay Citizen\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Health department technicians found negligible levels of radiation posing no health threat at those locations, according to California Department of Public Health reports produced in response to a public records request by \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Bay Citizen\u003c/a>. But that doesn’t mean the former base is ready for a proposed 20,000-resident community approved this year by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. At cordoned off areas around the island, the cleanup of contamination continues in and around areas slated for future construction.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navy acknowledged at an Oct. 16 community meeting that extensive work remains, including additional radiation surveys of locations such as the former site of the USS Pandemonium, a mock-up ship used to train sailors to decontaminate ships hit with nuclear fallout. That site is surrounded by former barracks now used as low-income housing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Additionally, the Navy has yet to respond to recent reports that the military has not fully vetted Treasure Island for possible nuclear waste. On Oct. 4, state health officials told the Navy that it had not adequately explored the possibility that during its years as a military base, Treasure Island might have been dusted with radioactive ash, soaked with radioactive sewage and contaminated with radioactive garbage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Navy plans to formally answer the health officials’ critique by mid-December, according to Melanie Ault, Base Realignment and Closure Program coordinator for the Navy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of all the public areas surveyed recently, only one showed elevated levels. An infield of the baseball field located at Avenue H and Ninth Street, with the exception of the area around third base, had a radiation level “slightly less than twice background. The soil in the affected area was noticeably darker,” wrote John G. Fassell, chief of radioactive material inspection for the Compliance and Enforcement Section of the state’s health department, in a report dated Oct. 5.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But that darker ground apparently had been added to the field. “The little league groundskeeper indicated he had been bringing in fill material as top dressing for the infield from off site as part of his maintenance of the field,” the report said, concluding it “does not pose a health threat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At a recent City Hall hearing, the city’s environmental engineer assigned to monitor cleanup of the former Navy base suggested Treasure Island is getting closer to being ready for redevelopment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“No health and safety concerns were identified by the California Department of Public Health,” testified Amy Brownell, environmental engineer with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, at an Oct. 15 hearing of the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the hearing, where some Treasure Island residents wore T-shirts that read “Hell No We Won’t Glow,” Brownell sought to reassure them that their homes are not radioactive. “Treasure Island is safe for current residents and workers and will remain safe,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But Kathryn Lundgren, co-founder of the grassroots Treasure Island Health Network, said that the health department surveys did not go far enough. “They’ve never been in my backyard,” said Lundgren, who lives on Bayside Drive adding: “Their scope needs to be larger.” The recent surveys did include some backyards on nearby Gateview Avenue.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Treasure Island Development Authority and the Navy requested the scans, following \u003ca href=\"http://www.baycitizen.org/environment/story/radiation-history-treasure-island-more/\">concerns heightened by the revelation\u003c/a> in August that radioactive contamination at the Treasure Island Naval Station is more widespread than previously disclosed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Areas tested included The Boys and Girls Club, Kendrex Winery, Treasure Island Childcare Center and the Great Lawn. Most readings came in at “background radiation levels.” Some minimal radiation exists everywhere, but those readings are low enough to not be considered a health risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The team looked at one fenced area next to a soccer field where cleanup workers from Shaw Environmental store radioactive waste in a large box inside a second fenced area. The restricted area inside that locked gate showed readings ranging from 20 to 90 microrems per hour – still well below the levels the Environmental Protection Agency recognizes as a health threat.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The area was surveyed after a report of an entrance to the larger fenced area being left open. Shaw workers assured health officials that “the locks on the gate and the large box are barriers that would prevent access and possible exposure to radiation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 5 letter to residents of the island, Brownell said that the new health department surveys included seven of nine locations that the Navy recently identified as having “the potential to be ‘radiologically impacted.’ ” She wrote: “As of today, the Navy has not discovered any evidence of radiological contamination in these newly identified areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rules committee hearing in San Francisco, Supervisor David Campos called for additional testing. “Why not test the neighborhoods?” he said. “If I lived there, it is something that I would like to see my government do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownell responded that testing areas not identified as possibly contaminated can stir public concern, causing “more fear and anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Sullivan, the Navy’s environmental coordinator emphasized at a Navy-run community meeting on Oct. 16 that the health department surveys would not be the last: “This doesn’t mean that the Navy and regulatory agencies won’t do formal detailed inspections of the same areas,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next month, the Navy plans to release an inventory of the waste that has been taken off the base in the “last couple of years,” Sullivan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the mid-1990s, Treasure Island has been slated to become the site of a second downtown San Francisco. But those plans have been delayed by a Navy legacy of toxic and nuclear waste and an expensive, time-consuming cleanup. Those efforts were set back even further this summer when the Navy acknowledged it had severely misjudged the amount of radioactive material that might have been handled during Treasure Island’s decades as a Naval base.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, the Navy announced plans for a more aggressive nuclear waste cleanup, to be completed some time next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. Learn more at www.baycitizen.org.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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Shaw workers assured health officials that “the locks on the gate and the large box are barriers that would prevent access and possible exposure to radiation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an Oct. 5 letter to residents of the island, Brownell said that the new health department surveys included seven of nine locations that the Navy recently identified as having “the potential to be ‘radiologically impacted.’ ” She wrote: “As of today, the Navy has not discovered any evidence of radiological contamination in these newly identified areas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the rules committee hearing in San Francisco, Supervisor David Campos called for additional testing. “Why not test the neighborhoods?” he said. “If I lived there, it is something that I would like to see my government do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brownell responded that testing areas not identified as possibly contaminated can stir public concern, causing “more fear and anxiety.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>James Sullivan, the Navy’s environmental coordinator emphasized at a Navy-run community meeting on Oct. 16 that the health department surveys would not be the last: “This doesn’t mean that the Navy and regulatory agencies won’t do formal detailed inspections of the same areas,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Next month, the Navy plans to release an inventory of the waste that has been taken off the base in the “last couple of years,” Sullivan said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the mid-1990s, Treasure Island has been slated to become the site of a second downtown San Francisco. 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About $20 million was in the state Parks and Recreation Fund, which comes mainly from fees paid by park goers. Another $34 million was found in a fund for off-road vehicles and can only be spent on parks that allow them. The Sacramento Bee reported on the funds in July, and three of the department’s top officials resigned or were fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By the time the surplus came to light, the Coe Park Preservation Fund had already given the department its $279,000. The May donation was the first installment under a three-year agreement [PDF] to help staff the park. In addition to obtaining a refund, the donors want to dissolve their agreement with the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That money was given to the park for a specific purpose,” said board President Ann Briggs. “The law that has just been passed supersedes that.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The agreement between the state and the Coe donors says it can be terminated by either party with 30 days notice, except when money for the year has already been donated. “Once funds are transferred to State Parks, this Agreement may not be terminated by either Party for any reason through Fiscal Year 2012/2013,” the agreement reads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We negotiated with the DPR (Department of Parks and Recreation) under the assumption that the only chance we had to keep Henry Coe open was to provide private donations,” said McCranie, a longtime executive in the semiconductor industry and one of the major donors to the Coe Park Preservation Fund.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If the group gets its money back, he plans to keep his share in the fund to help maintain the park and pay for interpretive programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The legislation signed by Brown last week appropriates $10 million from the surplus to keep at-risk parks open over the next two years. Another $10 million would be spent on the parks only to match donations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That plan did not mollify the Coe Park Preservation Fund, which voted unanimously last month to rescind its deal with the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This $20 million came from visitors to our state parks,” McCranie said. “Why then are they going to take that $10 million, hold it in reserve and say that they’ll only allocate it to the parks when they receive matching funds?”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Stapler, the Natural Resources Agency spokesman, estimated that $3 million to $5 million that would be matched has already been raised.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Legislators argue that despite the newly discovered surplus, parks still need the public’s donations. “The discovery of hidden funds does not change the fact that California still needs additional resources to prevent our beautiful parks from closing,” Assemblyman Bob Blumenfield, D-San Fernando Valley, who sponsored AB 1478.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But McCranie expressed skepticism that donors will want to continue funding state parks. “It was a nightmare getting people to invest, because everyone kept saying: ‘We don’t want to bail out the state,’ ” he said. “Now, with this scandal, I just cannot imagine anyone is going to want to be freely giving funds.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story was produced by The Bay Citizen, a project of the Center for Investigative Reporting. 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Today, oceans absorb about a million tons of carbon an hour.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists are projecting even larger changes over the next century – potentially double today’s acidity. So the big question in the field is: can marine life adapt?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Problem\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changing pH levels are trouble for animals with shells. That’s because they use molecules in the water – carbonate ions – to make those shells. As water becomes more acidic, there’s less carbonate for organisms to use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In studies of mussels, oysters and urchins, scientists see similar effects when they’re grown in more acidic water: \u003ca href=\"https://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=52990\">slower growth and weaker shells\u003c/a>. They’re particularly sensitive when they’re young larvae.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s already a concern for the West Coast shellfish industry, but scientists say ocean acidification could affect the entire food web. Some organisms at the base of the food chain are at risk, like pteropods, a small marine snail that’s a food source for young salmon. Coral reefs are also a big concern. They build their slow-growing skeletons with the same material in seawater. \u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Winners and Losers\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003ca href=\"http://science.kqed.org/quest/audio/west-coast-a-test-bed-for-ocean-acidification/\">\u003cstrong>KQED Science: West Coast a Test Bed for Ocean Acidification\u003c/strong>\u003c/a>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>It’s not all bad news. In some cases, marine organisms may benefit from more acidity. 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These phytoplankton produce a toxin called domoic acid that accumulates in the food chain. Algal blooms have shut down the shellfish industry and sickened sea lions, who often show up on Northern California beaches with seizures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In more acidic water, “our research suggests many of these red tide organisms are producing more toxins,” says Hutchins, potentially creating more harmful blooms. “A problem that does $100 million dollars a year in damage today may get worse in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Studying Adaptation\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While marine life has adapted to changing acidity in the past, scientists say it’s the unprecedented rate of change today that’s the concern. Organisms may not be able to evolve fast enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The unique ocean conditions off the West Coast could give scientists a window into how that happens. Marine life here is blasted with acidic water every year through seasonal upwelling. 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