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itsrobert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 02:50 PM
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Waves sweep 4 out to sea in Crescent City as tsunami surges reach west coast
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Hell Hath No Fury Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 02:53 PM
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1. Holy shit!
It was said they were going to get the brint of the hit. :( At lease the damage in Santa Cruz was just property.
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 02:57 PM
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3. Crescent City took a big hit
in 1964, also, when the Good Friday quake struck Alaska. That seems to be a particularly vulnerable spot.

We got the tsunami warnings here on TV last night around midnight for the Aleutians and Dutch Harbor. I think the waves were about five feet out there.
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 02:55 PM
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2. There were ample warnings to evacuate the shore
Were these people just looking for a thrill?
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somone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 02:59 PM
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4. Many people don't realize the energy being released:

A representation of the maximum wave amplitude calculated by the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research using the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami) forecast model.

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Gregorian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-11-11 03:32 PM
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5. No wonder the roads are closed here.
Edited on Fri Mar-11-11 03:33 PM by Gregorian
I just tried to go to the store, and ran into a barricade. My realtor couldn't get home to eat lunch.

A 9.0 on the Richter scale is huge.

Oh yeah, and people were getting personal phone calls. Mutliple calls from some agency to evacuate. Pretty amazing.
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