Environment & Natural Resources
State publishes new tsunami zone maps with far greater accuracy
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Find out if your area is in the revised tsunami zone; links to the news maps in the article.
Fire & Emergency
No threat of tsunami on West Coast — 8.1 New Zealand quake resulted in tsunami scare
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WILLITS, 3/4/21 — For some hours early this afternoon the Pacific coasts held their collective breath as we waited for information about a possible tsunami resulting from an enormous quake off the coast of New Zealand. Now the National Tsunami Warning Center has announced that there is no threat of tsunami on the western coast of North America. https://twitter.com/NWS_NTWC/status/1367602227066466307?s=20
The quake measured around 8.1 in magnitude and struck several hundred miles off the coast of New Zealand at 11:28 a.m. Pacific time, close on the heels of two 7+ quakes. Quakes of such magnitude have the potential to create a Pacific Ocean-wide tsunamis. But because the quake happened in a remote part of the Pacific it was some hours before any tsunami would have triggered one of the various buoys that are part of the early warning system.
Politics & Government
Ft. Bragg Council ditches plan to switch trash collectors, re-ups with Waste Management — protocol for councilmember selection adopted
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Also discussed were a protocol for selecting a new councilmember, and tsunami maps.
Fire & Emergency
Our resource guide for wildfire information & links that everyone in “Mendo needs to know”
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Our “evergreen” guide to life with wildfires.
Fire & Emergency
Major quake triggers tsunami warning in Alaska, no threat to California (updated 12:25am)
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Were a tsunami to reach us it would likely be fairly weak.
