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Local Tsunami Hazard Zone

Local Tsunami Hazard Zone

The Tsunami Hazard Zone signs went up in the last few months on street signs in Long Beach, Seal Beach, Huntington Beach, and southward. Signs have also been put up on the major boulevards going east that say "Tsunami Evacuation Route".

What makes the whole thing absurd is that the signs are quite small and hard to read unless you are standing (not driving) within 10 feet and there have been no governmental announcements / pronouncements about ANY type of tsunami potential threat or evacuation plans. Usually local governments in the area send mailed info about water quality, earthquakes, and parks.

So, why only the signs and no public service announcements or letters? Is this one of those things where the Federal Government gives a budgetary allotment of a small amount of money for all the ocean / sea states to have tsunami education & warning and thus we all get cheesy signs and no real plans and education?

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