That $16 mil should be spent on roads and infrastructure, not on nice-to-have warning systems for theoretical possibilities. I'd rather have secure bridges if the big one comes than a few minutes to pour myself a cocktail to enjoy the ride.
Do y'all even require residential seismic retrofitting? Might be a good first step.
@2 - There's already a tsunami warning center in place for the West Coast from Alaska to San Diego. I think what they want the money for is to monitor the Cascadia fault the way California monitors its on-shore faults, which has proven to work.
This should be funded by Property Tax.
If Sven Seattle and Wally Washington are too tight-fisted not to protect their own homes from a tsunami, then let them get washed away.
@2 - There's already a tsunami warning center in place for the West Coast from Alaska to San Diego. I think what they want the money for is to monitor the Cascadia fault the way California monitors its on-shore faults, which has proven to work.