Tsunami evacuation buildings: another way to save lives in the Pacific Northwest

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 06:00 in Earth & Climate

Some time soon, a powerful earthquake will trigger a massive tsunami that will flood the Pacific Northwest, destroying homes and threatening the lives of tens of thousands of people, says Yumei Wang, a geotechnical engineer at the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in Portland...

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