When the' 64 earthquake hit Alaska it produced a lot of Tsumani activity. What I found interesting was talking with folks here in Southeast Alaska who recount stories of the event. In southeast it was not a wave but instead the tide became extremely low and then higher than anyone had ever seen. A friend who was in a fishing boat said his only clue somewtimes had happened was when he went to anchor up that evening that the bay was full of old logs the high tide had pulled from the forest. The record Tsunamis occured in Lituya Bay (southeast of Yakatat Alaska) An earthquake caused a landslide which created a wave that damaged trees 1000 feet up on the opposite shore. Three fishing boats were in Lituya at the time ,one sunk, one disappeared but the third survived. The captain reported being washed over and island and back! He saw the tree tops pass under his boat! Happy Paddling Bob Sitka *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Nov 11 1999 - 13:54:27 PST
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