Tom
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I've been watching live helicopter news feeds of the Tsunami reaching the Santa Cruz harbor. A number of vessels broke away from their moorings, a couple of vessels sank, one was carried out to sea, and several docks were damaged. The largest of the first 3 reported surges was 6-8 feet at a speed of 14 knots.
Anyone who has moored at Santa Cruz knows that, due to its design, this harbor is continually subject to 1-2 feet surge. But locals were caught unprepared when they ignored the tsunami warning issued for 7-8 am today.
Further north, Pillar Point harbor at Half Moon Bay was bracing for a large surge, but it turned out to be minimal.
I heard that Crescent City had some serious surge, but haven't seen/heard any details.
This tsunami was catalyzed by yesterday's large earthquake off the coast of Japan.
Anyone who has moored at Santa Cruz knows that, due to its design, this harbor is continually subject to 1-2 feet surge. But locals were caught unprepared when they ignored the tsunami warning issued for 7-8 am today.
Further north, Pillar Point harbor at Half Moon Bay was bracing for a large surge, but it turned out to be minimal.
I heard that Crescent City had some serious surge, but haven't seen/heard any details.
This tsunami was catalyzed by yesterday's large earthquake off the coast of Japan.