Tuesday, March 15, 2011
TSUNAMI IN CALIFORNIA
A little wave of tsunami hit crescent city california about 20 miles to the south at the mouth of the Klamath River on friday.it took a young man's life who was on the beach with friends taking pictures.The waves also roared into the boat basins, ripping up docks, sinking 11 boats and damaging 47, causing untold millions of dollars in damage.According to Chris Goldfinger, professor of marine geology and ocean geophysics at Oregon State University----"Crescent City gets hammered time and time again because the basic configuration of the place never changes," he said in an e-mail. "The harbor is very small, so the waves are trapped inside and bounce around, making a chaotic flow inside as more waves arrive and do the same thing, adding to the mess. Other larger harbors tend to absorb the energy." I strongly hope this is the last of the waves.
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