Zowopsya Kwambiri Zachilengedwe ku Malo a Seattle-Tacoma
Mosiyana ndi zigawo zina za dzikoli, Seattle alibe zochitika zowopsya zowonongeka chaka ndi chaka. Tilibe mphepo zamkuntho. Tilibe mphepo yamkuntho. Timapeza mvula yambiri ndipo nthawi zina timatha mphepo yamkuntho, koma izi sizimabweretsa mavuto aakulu (ngakhale mitengo yosagwa sizithunzithunzi ngati mukukhala pansi pa mitengo yamitengo yaitali).
Koma musapunthwitse-Seattle sungapewere ku masoka akuluakulu. Momwemonso, dera lino likhoza kuthetsa masoka akuluakulu achilengedwe ndi masoka achilengedwe, makamaka kuti dera lonse likhoza kuonongeka, ngati chochitika choipa kwambiri chikachitike (ganizirani chivomezi chachikulu cha Cascadia Subduction Zone ndi chivomezi choopsa cha 9.0). Kuyambira zivomezi kupita ku tsunami , mosasamala kanthu momwe mwayi uliri kutali, ndi bwino kumvetsa zomwe zingachitike ndi momwe angakonzekere.
01 ya 06
Zivomezi
Zivomezi ndi chimodzi mwa zovuta kwambiri komanso zoopsa zomwe zikuchitika pafupi ndi Seattle nthawi iliyonse pamene malo a Seattle amadziwika ndi mizere yambiri yolakwika. M'kati mwa mzinda wa Seattle mumalire ndi Seattle Fault, yomwe imayambira kummawa ndi kumadzulo kudutsa Puget Sound ndi kupyola Seattle, mofanana kwambiri ndi I-90. Kum'mwera kwa dziko lapansi, vuto la Tacoma (mbali zolakwika zolakwika) ndikumadzulo chakumadzulo ndipo limayenda kuchokera ku Allyn, kenako nthambi ku Gig Harbor, Ruston, ndi kumbali ya kum'maŵa kwa Tacoma , ndi Federal Way.
Kuchokera pamphepete mwa Washington ndi malo ochepetsedwa a Cascadia, pomwe mbale ya Juan de Fuca imakumana (ndi kuponyera pansi) mbale ya North America. Malo osungirako zida za Cascadia akhala nkhani yowonjezereka pambuyo poti nkhani mu New Yorker mu 2015 inafotokozera kuti kuthekera kwa chivomezi cha megathrust 9.0 kuchokera ku chigawo ichi chachisansiki.
Zolakwitsa izi komanso zovuta zina zapanyanja, zomwe zilipo zambiri, zimapangitsa kuti zivomezi zitheke ku Seattle.
02 a 06
Mapiri
Ndi mapiri asanu akuphulika mapiri ku Washington-Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams ndi Glacier Peak-chiopsezo cha kuphulika kwa mapiri ndi kochepa, komabe nthawi zonse. Seattle ndiwotheka kuwonongeka ndi phulusa lakugwa kapena mapulusa (mudflows, mwamsanga). Pamtsinje wa Duwamish kuchokera ku Mt. Rainier akuphulika. Tacoma ndi midzi ndi midzi m'munsi mwa Mt. Rainier ali pangozi yowonongeka, phulusa ndi zoopsa zina-Mizinda ina ya Pierce County imamangidwa pamwamba pa matope a m'mbuyo. Mizinda ya Pierce County monga Puyallup ndi Orting ili ndi zizindikiro za njira yopulumukira ku Volcano ndipo ndibwino kudziŵa njira yanu yopulumukira.
03 a 06
Tsunami
Anthu ambiri a ku Seattle sangaganize kuti tsunami ndizovuta ngati Seattle sali pamphepete mwa nyanja. Komabe, maphunziro a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) asonyeza kuti nkotheka kuti tsunami ikhoza kuchitika chifukwa cha chivomerezi ku Seattle Fault, yomwe ikuyenda pansi pa Puget Sound. Tsunami yoteroyo ikhoza kukhala yaikulu kuposa mamita asanu ndi limodzi, zomwe zingayambitse mavuto akuluakulu m'madera akumidzi ku Seattle komanso mpaka ku Tacoma.
04 ya 06
Chigumula
Malo onse a Puget Sound alibe madzi okwanira pa tsiku labwino. Pamene tipeze mvula yamabuku kapena zochitika zosavuta monga mafunde a mfumu, kusefukira ndi masoka achilengedwe. Malingana ndi komwe mukukhala, kusefukira kungakhale kovuta kapena sikungakhale vuto lomwe lingakhudze inu ndi nyumba yanu. Ngati mukugula nyumba, ndi bwino kufufuza mapu a FEMA, FloodSmart.gov, ndi malo a chigawo kuti mudziwe ngozi yomwe ingadzabweretsere musanagule. Mukapeza kuti nyumba yanu ili m'madera okhudzidwa mutatha kale kukhala ndi nyumba, mukudziwa zomwe mungachite ngati chigumula chili bwino kuti muwerenge pasadakhale!
05 ya 06
Mkuntho
Puget Sound malo sadziŵika chifukwa cha nyengo yamkuntho, koma okhala m'derali nthawi zonse amakumana ndi mitundu iwiri yovuta ya mkuntho-mphepo yamkuntho ndi mphepo yamkuntho. Ngakhale kuti Seattle sakhala ndi mphepo yamkuntho, mphepo yamkuntho imatha kubweretsa mpweya wa mphm 80 mpaka nthawi zambiri kugogoda magetsi ndikusiya nthambi ndi mitengo yakugwa mukumuka kwawo. Mwinamwake, mphepo yamkuntho ndizosautsa. Poipa kwambiri, mtengo ukhoza kugwera pa katundu wanu kapena kugogoda mphamvu yanu. Mu 2006, mphepo yamkuntho inatulutsa mphamvu kwa makasitomala 175,000 a City Light!
Zomera zachisanu ndi mvula yamkuntho zimabweretsa mavuto osiyanasiyana ndi iwo. Chipale chofewa mumtundu wa Puget nthawi zambiri chimagwa ndi kusungunuka posakhalitsa, koma ngati chimagwa ndipo nthawi yomweyo chimangotentha kapena kusungunuka masana ndi usiku, misewu yambiri ya ku Seattle ndi Tacoma imakhala malo oopsa!
06 ya 06
Mmene Mungakonzekere
Ngakhale kuti Seattle ndi Northwest ambiri ali ndi masoka achilengedwe omwe amawopsa kwambiri omwe angachitike, njira yabwino kwambiri ndikutsimikiza kuti mwakonzeka. Masoka ambiri, yankho ndikudziwiratu zomwe mungapezeko, kudziwa momwe mungayankhulire ndi achibale anu kapena abwenzi ngati makanema a foni akupita pansi, ndikukhala ndi zina zowonjezereka. Osatsimikiza kuti mungakonzekere bwanji? Red Cross ili ndi uthenga wabwino, kuphatikizapo mndandanda wa zopereka zofunikira, kuthandiza aliyense kukhala wokonzeka.