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    Monday, March 21, 2011 President Carole Groom and Members, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors 455 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: Big Wave and the Cascadia Subduction Zone Dear Supervisors, One of the greatest challenges for the County of San Mateo is creating and sustaining a“culture of awareness”in the populations of coastal residents and coastal visitors, so they know instinctively that strong ground shaking at the coast is their signal to evacuate immediately to higher ground. Another challenge is building a strong infrastructure for warning the coastal population, local and visitor, about distant tsunami threats. Administrative challenges include working with minimal funding and staffing to develop the tsunami education program that includes evacuation drills. Local emergency managers must be given the funding to support resources needed in the community for the development of a tsunami ready community. The other, almost overwhelming, challenge is making the coastal transportation system less vulnerable to catastrophic failure due to a local earthquake and tsunami. Nearly all of the bridges and culverts on the San Mateo County coast are in greater or lesser stages of deterioration. Given a 10-20 percent chance that a magnitude 9 undersea earthquake and tsunami will strike the Oregon, Washington, and Northern California coast in the next 50 years, the current highway system will be severely damaged, rendering emergency response nearly impossible. It is critical to note that the current buoy network would do little to nothing to limit loss of life in coastal areas that are right next to tsunami-generating earthquakes faults. Travel time from the Cascadia earthquake source to the US west coast is too short for the system to operate effectively. The Cascadia subduction zone can produce very large earthquakes ("megathrust earthquakes"), magnitude 9.0 or greater, if rupture occurs over its whole area. When the "locked" zone stores up energy for an earthquake, the "transition" zone, although somewhat plastic, can rupture. Great Subduction Zone earthquakes are the largest earthquakes in the world, and can exceed magnitude 9.0. Earthquake size is proportional to fault area, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone is a very long sloping fault that stretches from mid-Vancouver Island to Northern California. It's hard to believe that the San Mateo County Planning Commission voted in favor of locating residential housing for people with disabilities in a tsunami inundation area. Planning Commissioners Chris Ranken, Steve Dworetzky and William Wong did not ask a single question about the level of risk posed by the Cascadia subduction zone in advance of voting to approve the Big Wave project on November 23, 2010. Chris Ranken is director of Island Aid an organization that accepts donations to develop tsunami survival pods (Island Aid link: http://island-aid.org/page7/page7.php). Ranken must have understood the level of risk in advance of making his decision however he said nothing about Cascadia fault safety concerns during the hearing. We have all seen images of the tsunami debris flow in Japan moving over 6 miles inland. A magnitude 9.0 could happen on the Northern California coast. Please don't miss this important opportunity to broaden public awareness about the dangers posed by tsunamis on the San Mateo County coast. Do-the-right-thing and vote to protect human life before disaster strikes! www.area29.org

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    Monday, March 21, 2011 President Carole Groom and Members, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors 455 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: Big Wave and the Cascadia Subduction Zone Dear Supervisors, One of the greatest challenges for the County of San Mateo is creating and sustaining a“culture of awareness”in the populations of coastal residents and coastal visitors, so they know instinctively that strong ground shaking at the coast is their signal to evacuate immediately to higher ground. Another challenge is building a strong infrastructure for warning the coastal population, local and visitor, about distant tsunami threats. Administrative challenges include working with minimal funding and staffing to develop the tsunami education program that includes evacuation drills. Local emergency managers must be given the funding to support resources needed in the community for the development of a tsunami ready community. The other, almost overwhelming, challenge is making the coastal transportation system less vulnerable to catastrophic failure due to a local earthquake and tsunami. Nearly all of the bridges and culverts on the San Mateo County coast are in greater or lesser stages of deterioration. Given a 10-20 percent chance that a magnitude 9 undersea earthquake and tsunami will strike the Oregon, Washington, and Northern California coast in the next 50 years, the current highway system will be severely damaged, rendering emergency response nearly impossible. It is critical to note that the current buoy network would do little to nothing to limit loss of life in coastal areas that are right next to tsunami-generating earthquakes faults. Travel time from the Cascadia earthquake source to the US west coast is too short for the system to operate effectively. The Cascadia subduction zone can produce very large earthquakes ("megathrust earthquakes"), magnitude 9.0 or greater, if rupture occurs over its whole area. When the "locked" zone stores up energy for an earthquake, the "transition" zone, although somewhat plastic, can rupture. Great Subduction Zone earthquakes are the largest earthquakes in the world, and can exceed magnitude 9.0. Earthquake size is proportional to fault area, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone is a very long sloping fault that stretches from mid-Vancouver Island to Northern California. It's hard to believe that the San Mateo County Planning Commission voted in favor of locating residential housing for people with disabilities in a tsunami inundation area. Planning Commissioners Chris Ranken, Steve Dworetzky and William Wong did not ask a single question about the level of risk posed by the Cascadia subduction zone in advance of voting to approve the Big Wave project on November 23, 2010. Chris Ranken is director of Island Aid an organization that accepts donations to develop tsunami survival pods (Island Aid link: http://island-aid.org/page7/page7.php). Ranken must have understood the level of risk in advance of making his decision however he said nothing about Cascadia fault safety concerns during the hearing. We have all seen images of the tsunami debris flow in Japan moving over 6 miles inland. A magnitude 9.0 could happen on the Northern California coast. Please don't miss this important opportunity to broaden public awareness about the dangers posed by tsunamis on the San Mateo County coast. Do-the-right-thing and vote to protect human life before disaster strikes! www.area29.org

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    BIG WAVE PROJECT: San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Meeting - March 29, 2011

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    Sabrina Brennan
    Monday, March 21, 2011 President Carole Groom and Members, San Mateo County Board of Supervisors 455 County Center Redwood City, CA 94063 Re: Big Wave and the Cascadia Subduction Zone Dear Supervisors, One of the greatest challenges for the County of San Mateo is creating and sustaining a“culture of awareness”in the populations of coastal residents and coastal visitors, so they know instinctively that strong ground shaking at the coast is their signal to evacuate immediately to higher ground. Another challenge is building a strong infrastructure for warning the coastal population, local and visitor, about distant tsunami threats. Administrative challenges include working with minimal funding and staffing to develop the tsunami education program that includes evacuation drills. Local emergency managers must be given the funding to support resources needed in the community for the development of a tsunami ready community. The other, almost overwhelming, challenge is making the coastal transportation system less vulnerable to catastrophic failure due to a local earthquake and tsunami. Nearly all of the bridges and culverts on the San Mateo County coast are in greater or lesser stages of deterioration. Given a 10-20 percent chance that a magnitude 9 undersea earthquake and tsunami will strike the Oregon, Washington, and Northern California coast in the next 50 years, the current highway system will be severely damaged, rendering emergency response nearly impossible. It is critical to note that the current buoy network would do little to nothing to limit loss of life in coastal areas that are right next to tsunami-generating earthquakes faults. Travel time from the Cascadia earthquake source to the US west coast is too short for the system to operate effectively. The Cascadia subduction zone can produce very large earthquakes ("megathrust earthquakes"), magnitude 9.0 or greater, if rupture occurs over its whole area. When the "locked" zone stores up energy for an earthquake, the "transition" zone, although somewhat plastic, can rupture. Great Subduction Zone earthquakes are the largest earthquakes in the world, and can exceed magnitude 9.0. Earthquake size is proportional to fault area, and the Cascadia Subduction Zone is a very long sloping fault that stretches from mid-Vancouver Island to Northern California. It's hard to believe that the San Mateo County Planning Commission voted in favor of locating residential housing for people with disabilities in a tsunami inundation area. Planning Commissioners Chris Ranken, Steve Dworetzky and William Wong did not ask a single question about the level of risk posed by the Cascadia subduction zone in advance of voting to approve the Big Wave project on November 23, 2010. Chris Ranken is director of Island Aid an organization that accepts donations to develop tsunami survival pods (Island Aid link: http://island-aid.org/page7/page7.php). Ranken must have understood the level of risk in advance of making his decision however he said nothing about Cascadia fault safety concerns during the hearing. We have all seen images of the tsunami debris flow in Japan moving over 6 miles inland. A magnitude 9.0 could happen on the Northern California coast. Please don't miss this important opportunity to broaden public awareness about the dangers posed by tsunamis on the San Mateo County coast. Do-the-right-thing and vote to protect human life before disaster strikes! www.area29.org

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    San Mateo County

    Board of Supervisors Meeting


    Tuesday, March 29th 2011
    San Mateo County Zoning Regulations

    SECTION 6326.2. TSUNAMI INUNDATION AREA CRITERIA

    The following criteria shall apply within all areas


    defined as Tsunami Inundation Hazard Areas:

    (a) The following uses, structures, and


    development shall not be permitted: publicly-
    owned buildings intended for human occupancy
    other than park and recreational facilities; schools,
    hospitals, nursing homes, or other buildings or
    development used primarily by children or
    physically or mentally infirm persons.
    page: 20A.2.14
    ABAG tsunami maps show
    that the project would place
    residential and commercial
    structures within a mapped
    tsunami zone.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r39vt125g5M&feature=youtube_gdata_player
    In 1946 a Tsunami hit Princeton By-The-Sea

    Tsunami Debris
    Grand Jury Report
    The San Gregorio fault, just off the San
    Mateo County Coast, has the potential of
    causing a tsunami with essentially
    no warning time.
    The San Mateo County Office of
    Emergency Services (OES) advises that
    members of the public who are in low-
    lying areas immediately head for high
    ground when an earthquake occurs.
    Grand Jury Report: 2007
    Tsunami Alert and Evacuation
    San Mateo County Coast
    Cascadia Subduction Zone 
    extends from Cape
    Mendocino to
    Vancouver Island.
    It can produce very large
    earthquakes (megathrust
    earthquakes), magnitude
    9.0 or greater.
    A tsunami surge poured over a seawall in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture,
    shortly after the earthquake in Japan on March 11, 2011.
    April 1, 1946
    Princeton By-The-Sea

    Tsunami
    water level

    Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel


    Emergency Evacuation

    Would you want to desperately try and


    escape a natural disaster with traffic
    from the Big Wave office park choking
    your exit?

    Would you want to be trapped with


    water and debris swirling around you?

    How would special needs people get the


    necessary evacuation help needed?
    April 1, 1946
    Princeton By-The-Sea
    Water Resources Center Archives: Robert L. Wiegel
    Earthquake and Tsunami
    Evacuation

    ALL TRAFFIC
    in PRINCETON,
    PILLAR RIDGE and SEAL COVE
    MUST USE CYPRESS AVE
    as the
    SOLE EVACUATION ROUTE
    ONTO HIGHWAY 1
    Emergency Evacuation Route
    Cypress Ave & Highway 1
    Traffic Bottleneck

    Princeton
    Traffic Bottlenecks

    BIG WAVE

    BIG WAVE
    Cypress Ave and Highway 1
    is a Traffic Bottleneck
    How will residents, visitors and employees
    evacuate Princeton, Pillar Ridge, Seal Cove, the
    proposed Big Wave office park and sanitarium
    in the event of an earthquake or tsunami
    emergency?
    How will the current emergency evacuation
    route, ONE exit onto Highway 1 and NO traffic
    light at Cypress and Highway 1 be adequate in
    the event of an earthquake or tsunami
    emergency?
    BIG WAVE
    BIG WAVE
    BIG WAVE

    Princeton Traffic Bottlenecks

    Princeton Traffic Must Use


    Cypress Ave in Seal Cove as
    the Earthquake and Tsunami
    Emergency Evacuation Route
    OFFICE PARK
    SANATORIUM

    The Big Wave Project is not


    prepared for the Big Wave.
    Thank
    You

    Sabrina Brennan
    Seal Cove-Moss Beach

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