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    Tsunami
    Washington State Emergency Management Division
An assessment from the University of Washington suggests the Ocean Shores peninsula needs 23 vertical evacuation structures to survive 95-99% of the population.
    Ocean Shores faces big decisions as tower talks...
    By Clayton Franke • May 18, 2023 11:00 am

    District exploring its own tower at elementary, city still searching for funds

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    The Copalis Ghost Forest remains from the last major earthquake and subsequent tsunami to hit the coast, back on January 26, 1700. (Kelly Calhoune / North Beach Museum)
    Plan the flight, fly the plan: tsunami specialists...
    By Michael S. Lockett • May 10, 2023 2:30 am

    A major tsunami could occur with mere minutes of notice

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    Quinault Indian Nation
King tides in January 2022 breached the seawall in Taholah, forcing the evacuation of homes and public facilities.
    State money supports “crucial” parts of Quinault relocations
    By Clayton Franke • April 5, 2023 1:30 am

    Proposed capital funding would kickstart Queets project, provide infrastructure in Taholah

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    Ocean Shores Elementary School teacher Haley Stoney holds the inundation map of Ocean Shores during a school board meeting on March 21. The construction of a tsunami tower for the low-lying school has proved contentious with the public. (Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World)
    Ocean Shores, state work to move forward on...
    By Michael S. Lockett • March 23, 2023 8:30 am

    The tower remains fiercely contested in the public, with supporters and detractors speaking passionately

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    Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World 
Ocean Shores Mayor Jon Martin speaks to the North Beach School District about a project to build a tsunami tower near Ocean Shores Elementary School on Jan. 17.
    School board votes against allowing state funding of...
    By Michael S. Lockett • January 19, 2023 2:30 am

    The tower would have been located near the elementary school in the vulnerable city.

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    Clayton Franke | The Daily World 
Liz Newman (left), fifth grade teacher at Pacific Beach Elementary, watches over her students as they participate in the “shelter in place” portion of Thursday’s earthquake and tsunami preparedness drill.
    Hiking to high ground
    By Clayton Franke The Daily World • October 22, 2022 1:30 am

    Pacific Beach Elementary students practice tsunami preparedness in “Great Shakeout” drill

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    Michael S. Lockett / The Daily World 
Students at Ocosta Junior-Senior High School walk to the adjacent vertical tsunami shelter on Oct. 20 as part of the Great ShakeOut, a statewide tsunami drill.
    Washed away, not today— Westport schools participate in...
    By Michael S. Lockett • October 21, 2022 2:30 am

    Drones and computer models and tsunami towers, oh my.

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    The county will take place in the Great Shake Out, a tsunami drill, on Thursday morning. (Courtesy photo / Grays Harbor Emergency Management Division)
    Grays Harbor readies for tsunami drill
    By Michael S. Lockett • October 19, 2022 2:30 am

    The concern is real; a tsunami advisory was issued months ago.

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