OMSI BrainStorm - "Tsunamis: How Science is Helping Us Prepare" January 22, 2008

Come to OMSI at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 22 for:

"Tsunamis: How Science is Helping Us Prepare"

with Dan Cox, Ph.D, Director, Hinsdale Wave Research Lab at Oregon State University http://wave.oregonstate.edu/About_Us/People/dancox.html

The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a massive fault running the length of North America, and the odds of it letting loose in the next 50 years are about 7 to 1. People on the coast will have about 15 to 20 minutes before water strikes. Suppose you're enjoying a weekend at Seaside and you feel the ground shake - what would you do? The current plan calls for you to follow a marked evacuation route downhill and across two rivers to a designated area 1-1/2 miles from the water's edge. Do you think you could make it? At night? In the rain? With the family dog in tow?

Join us for a discussion with Dr. Daniel Cox, associate professor at Oregon State and director of the O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, and watch a live demonstration of the OSU Wave Lab via videoconference.

$10 for adults (ticket stub good for $10 off an OMSI membership!)
$5 for students (with ID) and seniors
Free for OMSI members
Tickets available at the door, or purchase tickets online here: http://www.omsi.edu/brainstorm

Don't miss this new monthly adult discussion series! Focusing on current, newsworthy topics and featuring local and statewide experts, BrainStorm presentations will be followed by substantial time for Q&A and informal discussion among participants.

Official Website: http://www.omsi.edu/brainstorm