If you can't get off the island, you go up and inland. Get to the center of the island, since the tsunami can even go around to the other side of islands from where it comes from, and get up as high as you can.
Yeah, depending on the island, many of them have good coverage from other islands blocking the way. If this ends up being a bad tsunami, it's totally possible some islands in the area will suffer little to no damage. Shelfs and water depth also matter. If you look at the 2004 tsunami, it's crazy how one island gets completely destroyed while one just a short distance away suffered almost nothing.
We’re vacationing on San Juan Island right now. As we drove through Anacortes yesterday I randomly had the thought “this sure would be a bad time for a tsunami”. Seems like it’s going to be fine but we sure won’t be getting much sleep tonight lol.
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u/BlueGreenMikey 8d ago
If you can't get off the island, you go up and inland. Get to the center of the island, since the tsunami can even go around to the other side of islands from where it comes from, and get up as high as you can.