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Then we send out the exploding whales to take out the robot sharks.

And we all know what happens then, right?

Most of the beaches around here aren't very wide... maybe 50-100 yards on average. (Bigger here, smaller there.) They also aren't very crowded at all... don't really need to fear crowds getting bottlenecked at escape points.

Speaking of which, no bridges or anything like that. Beaches aren't really developed at all. You might have to run up a sand berm (full of dune grass), dirt trail, or clamber over some rocks to save time (instead of heading for a regular path)... but most places it's easy to get on/off of the beach itself.

At any of the beaches I frequent, You also gain elevation pretty quickly. Once you hit the edge of the beach, you are going up... could gain 30-50 feet in less than a minute. In some places 100 or more, if you can hack it.

In other words... you'd have to run for it, but you MIGHT just stand a chance, depending on where you are and how big it is. A 30-50 footer might get you wet, but given a minute or two you have a chance at getting to someplace where it might not kill you. Anyone know how long you get once that water starts heading out? ;)

Everywhere else I go you don't need to run... you're already looking down at the ocean from a few hundred feet above it. :)

Here are some examples of our beaches:
http://www.picturesof.net/_wallpaper/brookings_gb_ coast_87n_WP.jpg
http://www.geomembrane.com/040227%20Oregon%20Coast %20029.jpg
http://www.rawdonsbar.com/charliegallery/images/no rthwest/nw-oregon%20coast.jpg
http://www.htmlhelp.com/~liam/Oregon/Coast/Newport /beach1.jpg

Here are some pics of my favorite beaches... Sunset & Simpson Coves. (Collectively referred to as Shore Acres.) Most of the shots don't show the beaches themselves... you mostly see just the cliffs around them. (You've gotta hike some unmarked trails to get to where some of these shots were taken). But one is looking back at Sunset Cove from a tidepool area off to one side. (Note, I took none of these. Just found 'em at google. Apparently a few photographers know my spots!)

http://www.naosmm.org/confer/port-or/gifs/jackpics 2/12.jpg
http://www.naosmm.org/confer/port-or/gifs/jackpics 2/29.jpg
http://www.jobo-usa.com/gallery/images/surf_at_sho re_acres_high.jpg
http://www.hackstadt.com/adv/1998/195b-shore-acres .jpg

Some more good ones here:
http://www.coos-bay.net/coastalphotographs.html

Isn't there a Nuke lying somewhere of the coast of America?

If I remember rightly, they have also left it there rather than disturb it and possibly set it off.

The thought of a huge mud flinging explosion is also somewhat reminiscant of the rotting whale carcass left on the beach.
They decided to use 1/2 a tonne of dynamite, and in the reports words:
"the blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds."

There was the Exploding Whale

Hey, at least they didn't blow it up.

Jeez, man. THINK!

They already tried that in Oregon. Didn't work, tho'. They just ended up with large chunks of blubber crushing cars. This is the unknown first catastrophic result of NASA's higher, faster, cheaper.