Izinsongo ezinkulu kunazo zonke eziya endaweni ye-Seattle-Tacoma
Ngokungafani nezinye izingxenye zezwe, i-Seattle ayinayo imicimbi evame ukubhekana nayo njalo ngonyaka. Asinayo izinkanyamba. Asinayo iziphepho. Sithola imvula eminingi futhi ngezinye izikhathi singathola imimoya ephezulu ngeziphepho, kodwa lezi zivame ukungabangela ukulimala kwezinga lezinhlekelele (nakuba izihlahla eziwilekile akuyona ihlaya uma uhlala ngaphansi kwemithi emikhulu).
Kodwa ungenzi iphutha-Seattle ayivikelekile ezinhlekeleleni ezinkulu. Ngokuphambene nalokho, lesi sifundazwe sinamandla okuba nezinhlekelele ezinkulu zemvelo nezinhlekelele ezinkulu, ngakho-ke inkulu yokuthi sonke isifunda singabhubhisa, uma kwenzeka isimo esibi kakhulu (cabanga ukuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kweCascadia Subduction Zone okulandela ukuzamazama komhlaba okungu-9.0 okufanayo). Ukusuka ekuzamazama komhlaba kuya ema- tsunami , kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kunamathuba okude kangakanani, kungcono ukuqonda ukuthi kwenzekani nokuthi ungalungisa kanjani.
01 ka-06
Ukuzamazama komhlaba
Ukuzamazama komhlaba kungenye yezingozi ezingenzeka kakhulu nezamanje ezibhekene neS Seattle nganoma yisiphi isikhathi esithile njengoba indawo yaseSttle ibhalwe ngamanqamu amaningana amaphutha. Ngaphakathi kwesilinganiso se-Seattle edolobheni yi-Seattle Fault, egijima empumalanga-ntshonalanga ngaphesheya kwe-Puget Sound nase-Seattle, kakhulu ngokuhambisana ne-I-90. Ngaseningizimu, iphutha le-Tacoma (uchungechunge lwezingqinamba ezixhunyiwe) lusempumalanga-ntshonalanga futhi ligijima cishe ukusuka ku-Allyn, bese liphuma ngaphandle kwe-Gig Harbor, eRuston nasogwini olusempumalanga yeTacoma , ne-Federal Way.
Ngaphandle komfula waseWashington yiyona ndawo engaphansi kweCascadia, lapho ipulatifomu kaJuan de Fuca ihlangana khona (iphinde iqhube phansi) ipuleti yaseNyakatho Melika. I-Cascadia subduction zone isibe isihloko esishisayo ngemuva kokuthi isihloko se-New Yorker ngo-2015 sichaze ukuthi kungenzeka ukuzamazama kwe-megathrust 9.0 kule ndawo yesimo sezulu.
Lezi ziphutha kanye neminye imigqa yangasese yendawo, lapho kuneziningi, zonke zifaka isandla ekukhusheni komhlaba ekuseSttletle.
02 ka 06
Iziqhumane
Nezintaba-mlilo eziyisihlanu e-Washington-Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. I-Adams ne-Glacier Peak-ingozi yokuqhuma kwe-volcanic iphansi, kodwa ikhona njalo. I-Seattle inomthelela omkhulu wokulimala emlilweni owela phansi noma emanzini (amadokhumenti amakhulu, ahambayo ngokushesha) kuze kufike uMfula iDuwamish ovela kuMt. Ukuqhuma kukaRainier. I-Tacoma nemiphakathi namadolobha aseMt. U-Rainier usemngciphekweni wezakhi ezibhubhisa, umlotha nezinye izingozi-amanye amadolobha asePierce County asakhiwe ekhoneni eliphezulu lamanzi okudlule. Imizi yasePierce County efana nePuyallup ne-Orting inezibonakaliso zomzila we-Volcano Evacuation futhi kuwukuhlakanipha ukuqaphela indlela yakho yokuphumula.
03 ka 06
I-tsunami
Izakhamuzi eziningi zaseSttletle zingase zingacabangi ukuthi ama-tsunami angase abe inkinga njengoba iSttle engekho ogwini. Kodwa-ke, ukucwaningwa yi-National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) kubonise ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi i-tsunami ingabangela ukuzamazama komhlaba eS Seattle Fault, egijima ngaphansi kwePuget Sound. I-tsunami enjalo ingaba ngaphezu kwamamitha ayisithupha, okungabangela izingqinamba ezinkulu ezindaweni zasemanzini eSttletle ngisho naseTacoma.
04 ka 06
Izikhukhula
Isifunda sonke se-Puget Sound asinakho ukuswela kwamanzi ngosuku oluhle. Uma sithola imvula yamarekhodi noma izenzakalo ezihamba phambili njengezimpi zamakhosi, izikhukhula ziyinto engokwemvelo-nokho-eyingozi. Kuye lapho uhlala khona, ukukhukhula kungahle kube yinkinga engakuthinta wena nekhaya lakho. Uma uthenga indlu, kufanelekile ukuhlola amabalazwe we-FEMA, i-FloodSmart.gov, namarekhodi wesifunda ukuze wazi ukuthi ingozi yezamkhukhula ingaba khona ngaphambi kokuthenga. Uma uthola ukuthi ikhaya lakho lisendaweni yezikhukhula ngemuva kokuba usuvele unayo ikhaya, wazi ukuthi yini okufanele uyenze uma kwenzeka isikhukhula sikulungele ukufundwa kusengaphambili!
05 ka 06
Iziphepho
Indawo ye-Puget Sound ayaziwa ngezulu elibi kakhulu, kodwa izakhamuzi zesifunda zibhekana njalo nezinhlobo ezimbili ezinzima kakhulu zeziphepho-izivunguvungu neziphepho zeqhwa. Nakuba i-Seattle engavamile ukuthola imimoya yamandla ophepho, iziphepho zomoya zingabangela ukuqhuma okunamandla okufika ku-80 mph okuvame ukugoqa imigqa yamandla bese ushiya amagatsha kanye nezihlahla eziwile ekuvukeni kwawo. Ngcono kakhulu, iziphepho zemimoya ziyinkinga yokuhlanza. Okubi nakakhulu, umuthi ungase uwele endaweni yakho noma ungene amandla akho. Ngo-2006, isivunguvungu somoya sathola amandla ku-175,000 amakhasimende ase City City!
Izindwangu zeqhwa nezithwathwa zasebusika ziletha izinkinga ezihlukene ngokuphelele nazo. Isithwathwa se-Puget Sound ngokuvamile siwa bese siyancibilika maduzane, kodwa uma siwa futhi sishaya ngokushesha noma siyancibilika emini bese siqhwaza ebusuku, imigwaqo eminingi e-Seattle neTacoma iba yindawo engozini!
06 ka-06
Indlela Yokulungiselela
Ngenkathi i-Seattle neNorthwest- jikelele bekhona izinhlekelele zemvelo ezesabekayo ezingase zenzeke, inkambo engcono kakhulu yokusebenza kufanele uqiniseke ukuthi ulungele. Ngezinhlekelele eziningi, impendulo ukwazi kusengaphambili ukuthi imiphi imizila yakho yokubalekela, ukwazi ukuthi uzoxhumana kanjani nomndeni noma abangane uma amanethiwekhi wefoni ehla, futhi enesimo esithile esiphuthumayo esandleni. Awuqinisekile ukuthi ungalungisa kanjani? I-Red Cross inolwazi oluhle, kufaka phakathi uhlu lwezinto eziphuthumayo, ukusiza noma ubani ukuba alungele.