I'll probably get flamed with this comment (oh what the heck):
How many of you theorizing about a 9.0 Richter earthquake have
actually experience one! I not talking about 5 pr 6 or 7 ....an actual 9+????
Why don't you ask an Alaskan Ham? In 1964 south central Alaska
experienced a 9.2 (2nd largest ever measured in history). I was not
up here then, but I know several people (some are hams) who lived
thru that. Plenty of documents with photos of the destruction.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Alaska_earthquake
But not every telephone pole and tower failed. Yes, all phone
connection with lower-48 was interrupted for a long time. Military
lost all their comms. Only one's able to provide communication to
outside the state were hams! That's right. All documented. Power
and phones were impacted (there was no cell back then). Undersea
cables broke. The single railroad line from Anchorage to Seward on
the Kenai Peninsula was twisted and not repaired for something like
6-mos, single highway south of Anchorage was also damaged for a long
period. Homes slid into the inlet, ships were sunk and shoreline
destroyed by the tsunami which reached Oregon and California shores
and Hawaii 3,000 miles south. Seward and Valdez essentially suffered
near total destruction.
But not everything was destroyed and not everyone without utilities.
Of course a significant factor is depth of the epicenter, longitudal
distance from you and what geologic structures the waves travel thru.
I moved to the small town of Hope (AK) when I moved here in 1979. I
heard from locals how the land rippled with 30-foot high waves (I
suspect maybe not that high but certainly terrifying). Most of the
original townsite which lay near the shore of Turnagain Arm sunk
16-foot and the next high tide produced 6-foot of water above the
ground level flooding every building. Most are gone now. Town has
relocated further away from the shore.
Your skills setting up a temporary station with new antennas,
equipment relocated, emergency power and fuel for that (gas stations
will not be able to pump without power or may have cracked
tanks). Your personal shelter, food, water, and sanitary facilities
may be all impacted. If you are lucky some part of your home station
may work. Possibly only the mobile station in your vehicle.
I've been thru a few earthquakes in CA (1971 Sylmar 6mi from my apt)
and AK. But few really have that large effect that is being
discussed, here. I was here for the 7.9 quake centered in the Alaska
Range (I'm about 300 miles south of where its epicenter was
located. Fortunately it mostly affected uninhabited areas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Denali_earthquake
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/24/magnitude-7-1-earthquake-strikes-alaska.html
I am 8 miles north of the homes that were destroyed last year.
But doubtful that you will have beach property in Boise.
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
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