Tsunami Evacuation Buildings (TEBs)

Tsunami Evacuation Buildings (TEBs) have been in widespread use in Japan for years. This January, Washington state began constructing the first TEB in the U.S. at Grays Harbor, WA. It will be a school as well as a vertical evacuation structure.


The nation's first tsunami vertical evacuation center breaks ground


This is an artist's rendering of the newly-constructed school and vertical evacuation center in Grays Harbor, Washington. 

This link to a HeraldNet article shows a picture of the building under construction on Oct. 8th, 2015


Link to HeraldNet article


A purpose-built TEB in Japan, along with the identification sign. As you can see, the Japanese are serious about this stuff. I'm sure we will be, too, hopefully before the next Full-Rip 9.0 earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone.

The City of Cannon Beach, Oregon is serious about the risk of a tsunami from an earthquake on the Cascadia Subduction Zone. So, if you spend time on the coast (No. CA, OR, WA or B.C.) maybe you should be serious about it too. Here's a proposal for a Tsunami Evacuation Bldg (TEB) in Cannon Beach. The proposed structure would be a City Hall as well as a Tsunami Evacuation Building (TEB). 

Link to the City of Cannon Beach webpage