Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Eric on March 16, 2011, 20:04:49 PM
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The answer is a resounding yes, but don't worry tooooooo much about it. An interesting article below, via Fethiye Times. Makes a mockery of the Baskan of Fethiye's comment a couple of years back that "there is no threat to Fethiye, in the event of a Tsunami, as Chevalier Island would provide a protective barrier"
http://www.euronews.net/2011/03/16/scientists-work-on-tsunami-alert-system-for-med/
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God forbid it does Eric.
Interesting article. Hopefully the work the scientists are doing will help save lives if not buildings.
The devastion in Japan is truly awesome:(
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Very interesting. Thanks Eric.
Bruce
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Oddly, I remember hearing reports of earthquakes since my childhood yet, up to the Indonesian one, I had never heard of a devastating tsunami. I have some memories of the term "tidal wave" but never anything as catastrophic as Indonesia or Japan. Is this the same for many others [?] or have I just lead a sheltered life [?]
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Same here Ken - I had heard the word only because it was in a Manic Street Preachers song title and even in that I got the impression it was probably something quite pleasant. I learned about earthquakes, volcanoes and glaciers in geography but never once do I recall even mention of the word tsunami.
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A very interesting observation Ken. Maybe they are called something else but, even if they were, I certainly don't remember knowing that tidal waves could cause such devastion.
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My son was asking a similar question the other night. The first time I heard of a tsunami was the Indonisian one on Boxing day in 2004, bearing in mind I was the ripe old age of 39 at the time I thought I must have led a sheltered life.(if only) ;)
I had to google the word to find out what exactly all the hype was about. :-\
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This is indeed very interesting - what is the most practical advice for those who may be staying in the area and unaware of the local evacuation procedures should there be an emergency.
Like most people I probaly have some awareness of what to do in an earthquake, but tsunamis add another dimension. How would the early warning system work?
Jac
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This is the thing - having experienced a few earthquakes in Turkey, I know that you should if possible get downstairs, get outside and get somewhere open. But if a tsunami is coming I want to be as upstairs as possible, not downstairs? It's a frightening combination - and if you haven't experienced an earthquake let me tell you that even the smaller ones are horrible - so a combination of two massive major natural disasters in succession is truly terrifying.
Upstairs or downstairs isn't the only conflict of this natural combination either - as we see, the flexible timber based buildings that can seem quite primitive but cope with earthquakes so well are nothing more than matchsticks when the tsunami hits.
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Seems if you are indoors, stay there. So, maybe stay upstairs?? That way you have the Tsunami covered as well (Insallah)
http://www.fema.gov/hazard/earthquake/eq_during.shtm
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One positive for Calis/Fethiye, if there is such a thing, is it's proximity to high ground. Assuming there is some sort of warning, getting high isn't a massive distance away.
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Sorry Kieth, but if you haven't got transport, getting high is quite a fair distance away from Calis and so one would need quite a bit of warning. One interesting fact to note with the devastation in Japan is, most of the buildings there are almost wholly constructed from wood and so getting upstairs, in Calis, might , should the need ever arise, be a very good idea. Anyway, it doesn't bear thinking about and it won't be high on my list of worries when I next visit.
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Considering the age gap between myself and a lot of you guys here, even only I had heard of tidal waves when I was younger though I had some DK science encyclopedias which I remember mentioning the possibilities of a 'tsunami'. Having not known of one until 2004 I thought it was just a science prediction of something that could happen.
Same as Baznshir though, I won't be worried when returning this summer :)
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The proximity of mountains to the coast has nothing to do with whether you have a car. My point was simply that you are better being in Calis than Norfolk or the Maldives, in the event of a Tsunami in the local area. Incidently, from personal experience on whether to go upstairs, downstairs or outside in the event of an earthquake, I found that I, and most people I know were immediately overcome with confusion and a total inability to recall what to do - and when we finally did, it had finished anyway. So like you, I don't let it concern me too much.
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The last notable earthquake that we were in was in Jan 2005 Kieth. We were in bed at the Didiman Hotel in Antalya and Shirley paniced and asked, 'what do we do now'? The answer was that we stay where we were as we were far too many floors above ground level to worry and it was over in no time at all but the beds certainly moved and we were not doing anything that we shouldn't have been doing. Like you say, confusion takes over and by the time that you have got your thoughts together, it is usually over and done with.
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Yes Jan 2005 was the one we remember as being a bit worrying too Barrie - that was also my first. I remember hearing things falling and smashing, but all next door, nothing in our place. The house seemed to shake from bottom to top in the style of twanging a comb or ruler - huge lateral movement, then quickly it finds it's middle and the movements seem to get quicker but shorter till it all goes quiet again. Something like a tall steel reinforced jelly rather than concrete. One of the kids got up and asked what had happened and we decided (in our shocked state) to say it was nothing. At 4 years old the reply came back "well if it was nothing, why are the lights still moving?".
The other thing I remember is how everyone's recollection of events differed. I think it went on for about 15 seconds; I heard everything from a few seconds to 15 minutes! Some people noticed the birds stopped singing, others claimed dogs started barking before it struck, several of those types of observations. My main observation remains that there is nothing I have experienced in all my life that is as scary - you can't prevent it, you can't choose to opt out of it and you can't fight it. When it comes you are just as well just standing where you are and seeing how you fare.
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My sentiments entirely Kieth. What will be will be!
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For anyone interested, here is the topic "as it happened" from CBF, January 2005...
http://www.calis-beach.co.uk/forum/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=3845