shen-han

I have been signed up for awhile. :) HOWEVER: We're about half a mile from the ocean and about 10 feet of elevation. A few years ago we were taken out of the evacuation zone for distant tsunamis.

It's the local Cascadia ones that will kill us. And that's where I worry about the roads being impassable. Distant-generated tsunamis are apparently no longer a concern here. But for Cascadia, our "alert" is going to be everything being torn apart by the quake. And I'm guessing (it was one of my questions) we'll only have 15 minutes or less once the shaking stops.... and with high ground so far away, we're not going to make it if we can't drive really fast to get there.

What are the biohazards, if any, for your larger magnets? I can imagine getting a finger between a big magnet and a piece of metal could cause you to lose a finger but I was thinking more in terms of possible disruption of neural activity or cell processes with long-term close exposure.

Is it true that roads and highways along the Oregon/Washington coast are likely to be destroyed/impassable in the case of a Cascadia subduction quake? I'm asking because I live on the coast and am over a mile away from high ground. If the roads are impassable, I might as well sit down and wait for the end, I guess.

Edit: Additional question: If there is any chance of passable roads, how much time am I going to have to make it to high ground?