[new jersey mike]

I'm curious does Florida, county or your town have any designated high buildings in case of flood evacuations?

Is there a list or directory?

[beachmouse]

Flooding specifically, not really. But if you asked the county emergency planning office for a list of hurricane shelters, you're probably going to get close to the information you're looking for.

[new jersey mike]

The reason I'm asking this is that I monitor the USGS global earthquakes and volcano activity. During Japans event I looked up tsunami bouys and found that most are located in the pacific for good reasons and there are only 2 for the east coast. One of them during the spring was either missing or broken I forget. Although the atlantic ridge is not a subduction fault like the pacific it is active. But recently the volcanic activity in the Canary Islands is picking up and the atlantic is vulnerable to a tsunami if the a catastrophic collapse of a volcanic wall were to break off and drop into the ocean initiating a tsunami.

I would think a proactive update from the county EMO's of designated evacuation buildings for high water emergencies would be beneficial.

FYI
USGS sites
Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report | Map of Volcanoes Discussed this Week

Atlantic Ocean Tsunami Threat from Earthquakes, Landslides

[Rabflmom]

Originally Posted by new jersey mike

The reason I'm asking this is that I monitor the USGS global earthquakes and volcano activity. During Japans event I looked up tsunami bouys and found that most are located in the pacific for good reasons and there are only 2 for the east coast. One of them during the spring was either missing or broken I forget. Although the atlantic ridge is not a subduction fault like the pacific it is active. But recently the volcanic activity in the Canary Islands is picking up and the atlantic is vulnerable to a tsunami if the a catastrophic collapse of a volcanic wall were to break off and drop into the ocean initiating a tsunami.

I would think a proactive update from the county EMO's of designated evacuation buildings for high water emergencies would be beneficial.

FYI
USGS sites
Latest Earthquakes in the World - Past 7 days

Global Volcanism Program | Volcanic Activity Reports | Smithsonian / USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report | Map of Volcanoes Discussed this Week

Atlantic Ocean Tsunami Threat from Earthquakes, Landslides

Brevard County has looked into and planned a little for tsunami's Here is an article from earlier this year.

Brevard County Practices Tsunami Drill - Orlando News Story - WKMG Orlando

Some of the beaches have tsunami warning signs but basically they say just get off the beach and you should be fine. They figure no waves more than 4 feet or so and we sometimes get higher from storms.

If you look back through papers you will find some references to "fluke" waves back in the 80s or 90s. A wave hit Daytona by surprise one afternoon that covered all the cars parked on the beach . Had to tow a lot of cars out of the surf.

[new jersey mike]

Thanks for the article, I doubt the Puerto Rico fault would swamp florida or the east coast. I think it would be an event from iceland, canary islands or some other not so known danger.

Her is another site that combines many different types of events.

Natural Hazards Viewer | ngdc.noaa.gov