Head for the Hills - Tsunami Warnings

A tsunami is a large wave created by the sudden upheaval or collapse of the seafloor by an earthquake, underwater landslide, or volcanic eruption. It can travel great distances across the sea, undetected and deadly. When it reaches land, the water may be forced upward into a tremendously high wave that crashes onshore destroying property and killing people.

Once each month at noon, a practice tsunami warning wails from Homer's fire hall - a shrill yet humble reminder we live with unpredictable seismic and volcanic forces. A massive landslide during an eruption of Mt. Augustine could generate a tsunami that inundates Kachemak Bay shorelines and the Homer Spit.

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