Comments of the Week: Green, Tsunami Talk

The Greenius Zone column sparks discussion and residents weigh in on early warning siren systems for our area—from an earthquake to tsunami.

Here are some of the reader comments Hermosa Beach Patch received this week.

Check In: Carbon Neutral Effort

Now that the Hermosa Beach Carbon Neutral City Committee has reached its one-year anniversary, Patch columnist Joe Galliani wrote in on Tuesday that it’s time for the group to revisit its effort to push the city toward carbon neutrality.

One reader was in full support of the green effort:

• I think our city leaders would be surprise at how much support they would get if they became more pro-active. And the promotional benefits of actually achieving carbon-neutral status are undeniable. I, personally, would come vacation in a city that was not contributing to my future grandchildren's early deaths from air pollution and global warming! — wrote

Tsunami Siren System

In wake of the tsunami that hit Japan, to order a report on the feasibility of a tsunami siren warning system for local coastal areas.

One Patch reader commented that the report and consideration is a waste of money. Others would prefer a warning system for earthquakes:

• More important than a tsunami warning system is an early warning system for a large San Andreas quake. A magnitude 7.5 quake near the Salton Sea would begin nearly two minutes before strong shaking hit the South Bay. Think of how much you could do to prepare for an earthquake with 90 seconds notice. — wrote .
• The 8.9—9.0 quake such as the one in Japan was due to a subduction fault. The Cascadia subduction zone, a 680-mile fault that runs 50 miles off the coast of the Pacific Northwest—from Cape Mendocino in California to Vancouver Island in southern British Columbia is the leading contender for a massive quake of that kind. Not close—but too close for comfort. I should also mention that there are some scientists that think the San Andreas fault in Southern California, a strike-slip fault thought to have a limited intensity of 7.5 occasionally can create a subduction type of earthquake. Fort Tejon and Wrightwood are thought to be the most likely areas for this to occur. — wrote .

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