Coastal school district could take big step toward tsunami safety

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Voters on the Washington coast are deciding whether to build tsunami safety zones at two schools and move a third school to higher ground.

The North Beach School District wants to create refuge areas at two schools in Ocean Shores, and build a new elementary school on higher ground to replace the school in Pacific Beach.“It would allow us, with a single flip of a switch, to go from one of the least safe tsunami-ready districts in the State of Washington to maybe the safest in the United States,” said superintendent Andy Kelly.

The first elevated tsunami evacuation area in the state is in Westport, and a new tower is now being built in Tokeland.

 

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