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No damage reported following tsunami advisory

Original post made on Mar 1, 2010

A tsunami advisory was issued and then canceled over the weekend for the California coastline following a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake in Chile. No damage was reported along the Bay Area coastline despite rising water levels in some areas of the region.

Read the full story here Web Link posted Monday, March 1, 2010, 11:07 AM

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Posted by Shoreline Visitors
a resident of Waverly Park
on Mar 1, 2010 at 7:47 pm

My kids and I took a bike ride on the Stevens Creek Trail to Shoreline Park the day the tsunami was to arrive. We crossed over Permanente Creek on Shoreline Blvd. around 1:30pm and noticed the creek was flowing backwards and the water level was very high - well above the normal high tide level.

Thanks to a rain shower, we sheltered at Michaels until about 2:30pm and went to look at the creek when we left. The water level was about 3 feet lower already and rapidly flowing back out to the bay.

So, while there was no damage or danger, the tsunami was definitely observed, even here at the most southern tip of the bay. Pretty cool, if you ask me!


Posted by NeHi
a resident of Cuesta Park
on Mar 2, 2010 at 5:32 pm

"No damage reported following tsunami advisory"

Never occurred to me that advisories could be dangerous.


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