B.C. spared major tsunami damage
By: CTV.ca News StaffDate: Friday Mar. 11, 2011 4:05 PM PT
Tsunami brings storm-like waves to Wash. coast
The Associated PressFriday, March 11, 2011; 12:15 PMMOCLIPS, Wash. -- Active waves similar to any stormy day on the coast were the only sign that a tsunami had arrived in Washington.
Oregon Coast tsunami: Serious damage reports from Brookings, Crescent City ports
By The Oregonian
Friday, March 11, 2011, 2:30 PM
Reports of serious damage are coming from the Port of Brookings-Harbor in the wake of Friday's earthquake-tsunami in Japan.Chris Cantwell, the port's operations supervisor said 70 percent of the port's commercial basin was destroyed."A third of our sports basin destroyed. We have boats on top of another. Probably half-a-dozen sunk," he told The Oregonian.Cantwell said the first wall of water came in about 8:05 a.m. Friday. Three waves in all came in before 10 a.m. The third one inflicted the most damage."We had one fatality ... dead body found in a boat. Not entirely sure the guy died during the tsunami. Possibly before," he said.Read the rest of the story here.
Tsunami: Docks ripped out in Fort Bragg fishing community
March 11, 2011Surges of water hit the tiny town of Fort Bragg, 200 miles south of Crescent City, witnesses say, ripping out docks and filling the water with debris, and closing off exits and entrances to the port.Fort Bragg is an epicenter of California's fishing community, and dozens of boats leave from there to fish crab, black cod and salmon."It's pretty brutal," said Charles D. Smith, a fisherman who owns a boat called the Miss Smith. "The ends of the docks are floating around all over the place."Smith got down to the harbor early in the morning and battened down his hatches. Other fishermen sailed to sea earlier Friday to escape damage in port. There won't be anywhere for them to dock when they return, he said.Read the rest of the story here.
Crescent City harbor destroyed; 4 people swept into sea, 1 feared dead
By Mike Anton and Shan LiLos Angeles Times Staff WritersMarch 11, 2011, 12:01 p.m.Eight-foot waves from the Japan tsunami destroyed much of Crescent City harbor, battered boats, closed the 101 Freeway and left one person missing.KDRV-TV reported that four people were washed out to sea Friday. Three were hurt and one is feared dead.Local residents reported that about three dozen boats were "crushed" in the harbor and that surging waters significantly damaged or destroyed most of the docks. Ocean water surging up Elk Creek north of the harbor reportedly lapped up to front doors of the community's cultural center.Read the rest of the story here.
Waves destroy Crescent City Harbor docks
Times-Standard
Posted: 03/11/2011 10:03:13 AM PSTOfficials in Crescent City are reporting damage after tsunami waves began hitting the harbor this morning."The harbor has been destroyed," said Crescent City Councilman Rich Enea in a phone interview at 9:45 a.m. "Thirty-five boats have been crushed and the harbor has major damage. Major damage."Del Norte County Sheriff Cmdr. Bill Steven said most of the docks at the harbor are gone. Additionally, a recent surge filled the entire harbor and they are expecting that some of the other waves could send water into the harbor's parking lot, Steven said.Enea said no injuries have been reported at this point, which he attributed to plenty of tsunami preparedness exercises and the diligent work of first responders in sealing off the harbor.The councilman said he's heard about 100 people have shown up to a Red Cross shelter at Del Norte High School. He said tsunami waters have made it near the doors of the Crescent City Cultural Center, and he fears the worst is yet to come.Read the rest here.