Iingongoma ezinkulu kwiNdalo yase Seattle-Tacoma
Ngokungafani nezinye iindawo zelizwe, i-Seattle ayinayo nayiphi na imimangaliso eyingozi yokujongana nayo ngonyaka. Asinayo iindubhu. Asinayo iziphepho. Sifumana imvula eninzi kwaye ngezinye izihlandlo zifumana imimoya ephezulu ngexesha leemvula, kodwa ezi zinto azikhokelela ekulimaleni kwintlekele (nangona, imithi ewileyo ayikho ihlazo ukuba uhlala ngaphantsi kwayo nayiphi na imithi emide emide).
Kodwa musa ukwenza iphutha-iS Seattle ayikhuseli kwiintlekele ezinkulu. Ngokuphambene noko, lo mmandla unako ukuhlaselwa kweentlekele ezinkulu kunye nezendalo ezinkulu, ngoko kunzima ukuba yonke indawo ingabonakaliswa, ukuba imeko enzima kakhulu yenzeke (cinga enkulu inyikima yeNdawo yeCascadia elandelwa inyikima ye-9.0). Ukususela kwiinkwenkwezi ukuya kwiitsunamisi , kungakhathaliseki ukuba zininzi kangakanani amathuba, kukulungele ukuqonda oko kwenzekayo nendlela yokulungiselela.
01 ngo-06
Ukuzamazama komhlaba
Ukuzamazama komhlaba ngenye yeengozi ezinokuthi zikhoyo kwaye zikhoyo zijongene neSe Seattle nganoma nayiphi na umzuzu njengoko indawo yase Seattle ibonakaliswe yimigca yamacala amaninzi. Ekunene kumda weSihlalo sase-Seattle yi-Seattle Fault, eqhuba empuma-ntshona ngaphaya kwe-Puget Sound kunye ne-Seattle, kakhulu ngokuhambelana ne-I-90. Kumazantsi, i-Tacoma iphutha (uchungechunge lweefowuni ezixhumeneyo) iphinda lusempumalanga-ntshona kwaye luhamba malunga no-Allyn, ngoko ke amasebe angaphandle kweGig Harbour, uRuston kunye nxweme elisempuma yeTacoma , kunye ne-Federal Way.
Ngaphandle kweNxweme yaseWashington yindawo yenkqutyana yaseCascadia, apho iplani yeJuan de Fuca idibana (kwaye iqhube ngaphantsi) iplani yaseMntla American. Indawo yecandelo lokutshintshwa kweCascadia ibe yinto echazayo emva kwenkcazo e-New Yorker ngo-2015 yanciphisa into yokuba inyikima ye-megathrust ye-9.0 kule ndawo yendalo.
Ezi mpazamo kunye nezinye iindawo zokulahleka kwendawo, apho zininzi, zonke zifaka isandla kwi-earthquake potential in Seattle.
02 we-06
Iintshonalanga
Neentaba ezinhlanu eziqhutyayo eWashington-Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St Helens, Mt. I-Adams kunye ne-Glacier Peak-umngcipheko wokukhuphuka kwe-volcanic iphantsi, kodwa ikhona. I-Seattle inokuthi ihlelwe ngumonakalo ovela kwi-ash ash okanye i-lahars (enkulu, i-mudflows ehamba ngokukhawuleza) ukuya kuMlambo waseDuwamish ukusuka kuMat. Ukuphuphuma kukaRainer. I-Tacoma kunye noluntu kunye needolophu ezisisiseko seMat. U-Rainier usemngciphekweni we-lahars, i-ash kunye nezinye izingozi-ezinye iidolophu zasePierce County ziyakhiwe ngokusemgangathweni wee-mudflows zangaphambili. Izixeko zasePierce County ezifana nePuyallup kunye ne-Orting zineendlela zeendlela zokuphucula i-Volcano kwaye kuyabulumko ukuba uqaphele indlela yokufuduka.
03 we-06
Tsunami
Abemi abaninzi base-Seattle abanakho ukucinga ukuba i-tsunami ingabangela ingxaki njengoko i-Seattle engekho kummandla wonxweme. Nangona kunjalo, uphando lwe-National Oceanic kunye ne-Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) lubonise ukuba kungenzeka ukuba i-tsunami ingabangela ukuzamazama komhlaba kwi-Seattle Fault, eqhuba ngaphantsi kwe-Puget Sound. I-tsunami enjalo inokuba yimizuzu engama-6, enokubangela imiba emikhulu kwimimandla yamanzi e-Seattle kunye naseTacoma.
04 we-06
Imkhukula
Ummandla wonke we-Puget Sound ungenakuthola kwamanzi ngosuku olungileyo. Xa sifumana imvula yeerhafu okanye iziganeko ezinjengeemigodi yamakhosi, izikhukhula zikhona zendalo-kodwa-ezihlaselayo. Ngokuxhomekeka apho uhlala khona, izikhukhula zingabakho okanye zingabi yingxaki enokukuchaphazela wena kunye nekhaya lakho. Ukuba uthengela ikhaya, kuyafaneleka ukuhlola iifom ze-FEMA, i-FloodSmart.gov, kunye neengxelo zedolophu ukuze ukwazi ukuba ingozi yongcinezelo ngaphambi kokuba uthenge. Ukuba ufumanisa ukuba ikhaya lakho lisezindaweni zezikhukula emva kokuba usenekhaya, ukwazi ukuba yintoni omele ukwenze xa kwenzeka umkhukula ulungele ukufunda ngaphambili!
05 ka 06
Izibetho
Indawo ye-Puget Sound ingaziwa kwiimozulu ezibi kakhulu, kodwa abahlali bommandla bahlala bejamelana neengxaki ezimbini ezibandezelekileyo zeziphepho-izivunguvungu nemvula yamanzi. Ngoxa i-Seattle ayidla ngokufumana umoya womoya, izivunguvungu zingabangela ukugqithisa okunamandla ukuya kuma-80 mph odla ngokugungqa imigca yamandla kwaye ushiye amagatsha kunye nemithi ewileyo ekuvukeni kwawo. Eyona ndlela, iziphepho zomoya ziyinkqubo yokuhlambulula. Okubi kakhulu, umthi unokuwa phantsi kwipropati yakho okanye udibanise amandla akho. Ngo-2006, isiqhwithi somoya sakhupha amandla kwi-175,000 abathengi beClass Light!
Iintshaba zasebusika zeqhwa nekhephu zenza iinqununu ngokupheleleyo zeengxaki kunye nabo. Iqhwa kwi-Puget Sound ngokuqhelekileyo iwa kwaye iyancibilika kungekudala, kodwa xa iwa kwaye iphosa ngokukhawuleza okanye iyancibilika emini kwaye ikhululeke ebusuku, izitrato ezininzi eziseTeattle kunye neTacoma ziba ziindawo ezinobungozi!
06 we-06
Indlela yokulungiselela
Ngoxa i-Seattle kunye neNorthwest- jikelele kubakho iintlekele zemvelo ezinobungozi ezinokuthi zenzeke, ikhondo elincinane lezenzo liyakuqinisekisa ukuba ulungele. Kwiintlekele ezininzi, impendulo ukwazi ngokusesikweni iindlela zakho zokuphepha, ukwazi indlela ozakuthetha ngayo kunye nosapho okanye abahlobo ukuba umnxibelelwano weefowuni wehla, kwaye unesibonelelo esiphuthumayo ngesandla. Ngaba ungaqinisekanga njani ukulungiselela? UMnqamlezo obomvu unolwazi olukhulu, kubandakanywa uluhlu lwezinto eziphuthumayo, ukunceda nabani na ukuba balungele.