Oregon Coast Tsunami Damage

[sandnsea]

I'll be adding some more articles and videos as I find them. Crazy Stuff!! The Register Guard article is particularly good.

http://www.registerguard.com/web/newsloc...n.html.csp

http://www.pacific101.com/oregon/oregon.htm

I wish I understood more about the radiation although I still don't think it can be that damaging coming all the way across the Pacific. Is that right?

[Cha]

That is a good article, sandnsea..thanks for posting.

"Tsunamis are unpredictable forces of nature, said Rob Witter, regional coastal geologist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, and there are several possible explanations for these waves’ capricious attack on the coast.

The 8.9 earthquake that originated in Japan created a tsunami that threw out its energy in a beam shape, pointed at the tip of Southern Chile. That’s part of why the water’s intensity was more focused farther south along the Oregon coast. Had the tsunami originated in Hawaii — or, worse, along the Cascadia subduction zone that runs between 50 and 70 miles offshore the entire length of the West Coast — the Beaver State would have fared much worse."

[sandnsea]

(03-12-2011 02:21 PM)Cha Wrote:  That is a good article, sandnsea..thanks for posting.

"Tsunamis are unpredictable forces of nature, said Rob Witter, regional coastal geologist with the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, and there are several possible explanations for these waves’ capricious attack on the coast.

The 8.9 earthquake that originated in Japan created a tsunami that threw out its energy in a beam shape, pointed at the tip of Southern Chile. That’s part of why the water’s intensity was more focused farther south along the Oregon coast. Had the tsunami originated in Hawaii — or, worse, along the Cascadia subduction zone that runs between 50 and 70 miles offshore the entire length of the West Coast — the Beaver State would have fared much worse."

Yeah, we know if we feel an earthquake to head for the hills, literally. I found the description of the turbulence really interesting, and the fact that there were damaging waves as late as noon. The local emergency people really need to differentiate between beach danger and city danger, because some people didn't know why we still had warnings when there was a low tide and clearly no homes were in danger.

[Cha]

Brookings got worse damage than we did on the West Coast of Kauai which speaks highly of the unpredictable factor!

This article says we were the first Island hit but little damage. and I don't see anything about the Big Island here

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Tsunami hits Hawaii, but does little damage

HONOLULU - Tsunami waves swamped Hawaii beaches before dawn Friday but didn't cause any major damage after devastating Japan and sparking evacuations as far away as the U.S. western coast.


Kauai was the first of the Hawaiian islands hit by the tsunami, which was caused by an earthquake in Japan, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Water rushed ashore in Honolulu, swamping the beach in Waikiki and surging over a break wall in the world-famous resort but stopping short of the area's high-rise hotels.

Waves about 7 feet high were recorded on Maui, and 3 feet in Oahu and Kauai. Officials warned that the waves would continue and could become larger, and a scientist at the tsunami warning center said there was likely damage to mooring facilities and piers.

"We called this right. This evacuation was necessary," said geophysicist Gerard Fryer in Hawaii. "There's absolutely no question, this was the right thing to do."

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/03/1...1994.shtml

Wow! Here's something on the Big Island's damage that wasn't hit first and speaks to that unpredictability!

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County Police, Fire, Public Works and Environmental Management crews worked with State Highways, the American Red Cross and the county Office of Housing and Community Development to conduct preliminary damage assessments in the County of Hawai‘i today. Their findings include the following reports:

•Seven homes suffered extensive damage on Manini Beach Road near Kealakekua Bay. Power lines also were downed in the area.
•One two-story home at Kealakekua Bay was reported completely washed away, and a number of vehicles in the area were damaged.
•King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel on Ali‘i Drive suffered extensive water damage to its ground floor, and observers reported possible damage to the Ahu‘ena Heiau on the hotel grounds. Shops across Ali‘i Drive from King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel also suffered extensive damage.
•Large amounts of asphalt, concrete and other debris were thrown onto Ali‘i Drive near the hotel and near the breakwall at the edge of Ali‘i Drive. About a half-mile of Ali‘i Drive remains closed, from the King Kamehameha Hotel to Hualalai Road.Crews are at work cleaning up debris, and Alii Drive is expected to reopen later this afternoon.
•Large amounts of debris were also deposited on Kailua Pier, and two vehicles left parked on the pier were damaged when the tsunami pushed them across the pier.
•A hall at Pu‘uhonua Road suffered severe damage, while the Puu O Honaunau National Historic Park (City of Refuge) also reported flooding.
•There were no sewer spills reported, but the county Department of Environmental Management reported water damage to a sewer pump station near King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel.
•Extensive damage was reported to businesses on both sides of Ali‘i Drive, including the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, the ground floor of the Kona Reef Hotel, and the Kona Inn Restaurant.
•The last open county shelter was closed at about noon today after guests who had been evacuated from the King Kamehameha were relocated to a new hotel.
•In Kailua-Kona, crews reported one single-family home was destroyed, and one suffered major damage. Six Kailua apartments or condominiums suffered major damage, and 19 had minor damage.
•The Kona Village Resort had 20 guest units damaged when they were lifted off their foundations. Two restaurants at the resort were flooded.
•The Four Seasons Resort Hualalai reported water damage to utility buildings, pools and damage to a restaurant at the resort.

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http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2011/0...-hit-hard/

Shout out to our Kona!

[Capn Sunshine]

Obama should have seen this coming. Primary him now!

[jaxx]

Thanks for the info, I wondered how the coast fared in the tsunami. I heard earlier that the aftershocks/and or new quakes were causing more tsunami effects. This was so huge, it's hard to tell when it will settle down.

Glad you all are ok.