Tsunami Bouy Stations

[cycloneye]

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/dart.shtml

I didn't know where to post this as it's not directly weather related so I posted it at off-topic.Good that around the West U.S coast,East U.S coast,Caribbean Sea and North of Puerto Rico there will be detecting tsunami bouys to alert the population about any threat.

[Janice]

Great to hear, thanks. We did have a tsunami here in the early 1900's. The only bad thing is, where in Puerto Rico would be a safe place to go? I really doubt there would be enough time to get in the cars and go somewhere. So, how will we be alerted? It would be nice if someone would tell us.

[Aslkahuna]

The rule of thumb for people living on an island is that if they feel an earthquake (especially a strong one), run-do not walk to higher ground. Seismically generated tsunamis will usually run up to 10-30 meters in height so one should be at an elevation of 30+ meters above sea level. In well constructed high rises, vertical evacuation to above the 10th floor should suffice. Driving wouldn't be a good thing unless you had a warning time in hours. This latter case would be for a tsunami that was generated by a shock too far away to feel but most Caribbean tsunamis are local in origin and reach shore soon after the shock is felt.

Steve