Playing Catch-Up

Border Survey. Got an email message from the psychology professor conducting the border survey which (1) explains the question that particularly puzzled me (as to how knowledgeable the survey taker was about effective border policies); and (2) advises about the surveys’ soon-approaching deadline. Second things first: take the survey NOW because it will become ‘inactive’ on Monday (21st). I don’t know whether that’s the end of Monday or the beginning of Monday. Another reason to go over to it NOW. I went back and found it very rewarding to fill out.

First things second: Dr. Cvetkovich says that question is meant to assess “how people evaluate their own knowledge about what is happening regarding security at the border.” That definition makes the question much easier to answer.

Tsunami Warning Signs.
I toured around the Point to see if there were multiple tsunami warning road signs and indeed found a total of eight more such signs (and there may be more I missed, of course.). They are of two types: the first indicating a ‘tsunami evacuation route’ and the second indicating a ‘tsunami hazard area’ (in case of earthquake, go inland). Interestingly (and this will be meaningful only to those who know the Point’s geography and street names, alas), I found few signs near the south or west-facing beaches, which presumably would bare the major brunt of a tsunami wave. On South Beach, just off APA, there is one ‘hazard’ sign and a second hazard sign near Lighthouse Park on Marine. There may be signs on the beaches themselves but I did not see any. In addition, there is a ‘hazard’ sign on Tyee at APA heading south toward the marina and, for the east facing Maple Beach, there is a ‘hazard’ sign high up on the hill on Boundary, which would probably not be a hazard area because there is a distinctly steep incline at that point down to the water.

Tsunami evacuation routes are identified on Boundary heading south toward Benson and then no more markers. So after Benson, you are on your own. Marine Drive at Lighthouse Park is marked as an evacuation route up to Gulf and then right straight up Marine to Roosevelt. It's a little daunting when you come to the sign that says Roosevelt is closed because it would appear that you need to evacuate via Roosevelt, but you are eventually directed to McKenzie Road and then back out to Tyee. Along with Tyee itself, those are your major evacuation routes. This may have been brought to you as a public service, but it does seem to me that the signs might just as well have read:

In Case of Earthquake or Tsunami Report, Go to Canada!