Sign, sign, everywhere a sign…
April 27, 2008
Yesterday, the dh, sons, and I went on a short road trip from our home on the east coast of the island to visit my daughter on the west coast of the island. Along the way, we saw a couple black bears, a bunch of deer, and a ton of these:
If you like crazy nausea-inducing rides at amusement parks, you’ll like the road we traveled on.
The closer we got to my daughter’s home on the west coast, the more of these we saw:
They were all pointing away from my daughter’s place. Hmm…. I suppose living in the shadow of a potential natural disaster is a small price to pay to have a front yard like this.
We also passed a “wave hazard” sign, like a forest fire hazard rating sign but for wave height (it was moderate), but I didn’t get a picture of it. Cuz, you know, you can only yell “pull over” to take a picture of a sign so many times before your family thinks you’re a wee bit crazy.
We had a great day and a nice visit and dinner with our daughter. Then we loaded into the minivan again for the 3 1/4 hour drive back home. And thanks to the cute little guy on the plentiful signage, I will never forget to head for high ground in the event of a tsunami… but it doesn’t really look like the poor guy’s gonna make it. Climb, little man, climb!
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Careann | April 27, 2008 at 2:45 pm
You’re as creative with your camera as you are with your pen (oops,I mean keyboard)! Glad to hear you made it out to the west coast to visit and see dd’s new location for yourself — and didn’t have to join that little man on a quick tsunami climb.
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Amy | April 28, 2008 at 7:52 am
Those pics are fantastic. LOL on the little climbing guy….I agree, I think he’s toast.
Your DD’s front yard is GORGEOUS. I think I need her landscaper
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strugglingwriter | April 28, 2008 at 9:09 am
Nice pictures and sounds like a great time.
Those are some funny tsunami signs
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Careann | April 28, 2008 at 11:55 am
And did you hear there actually was an earthquake a couple hundred km off the coast of Tofino last night???? No tsunami though, so that little guy is safe.
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anonymom | April 28, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Hi Shari. Thanks for visiting my blog. I’ve bookmarked yours and hope to hear more good news about your writing endeavors.
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anonymom | April 28, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Well, I can never seem to sign in under my taralazar blog! That’s the one you visited!
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Shari | April 28, 2008 at 2:10 pm
Amy — yes, her landscape guy does some fine work.
Careann — yikes, no, I never heard about the earthquake. At least the little man is safe, as is my dd.
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chapterten | April 29, 2008 at 11:58 am
If the Ross ice shelf breaks off, worst case is a mile high tsunami that will roll up the west cost of south and north America around the Pacific Basin and across the Pacific to Asia.
I was recently told the safety zone in California, if such an event occurs, is 240 miles inland. I presently live a mile from the beach, have never seen any tsunami warnings anywhere along California beaches. Sacramento is looking more attractive all the time!
article of the Ross ice shelf…
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10412954
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Shari | April 29, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Hmmm, maybe ignorance is bliss??
240 miles inland puts me right about in the middle of Okanagan Lake, where the infamous Ogopogo resides. Heh. I think I’ll just take my chances here on the coast..