Friday's devastating earthquake in Japan had a lot of similarities with one that occurred off the Oregon Coast 310 years ago.
202 -- "and this event is what we call a mega-thrust or subduction zone earthquake. Similar to, but probably smaller than the one that occurred off our coast on January 26th, 1700. And so I think it gives us a good cautionary tale of what could happen off of our coast."Dr. Ray Weldon is the head of the University of Oregon Geological Sciences Department. He says the geology is very similar, and the results, should there be a massive quake along the Cascadia Fault line off the Oregon Coast, would be similarly devastating.
201 -- "Believe or not, it's actually a subduction zone interface just as we have offshore here in Oregon."In fact, he says, things here could have been much worse this past Friday if the tides hadn't been so low when the tsunami surges began arriving.
203 -- "so these swings, these eight foot swings such as you see at crescent city, or four or five foot swings that you see at Port Orford, if that had happened six hours earlier at high tide there would have been substantially more damage. So we sort of dodged a bullet in a sense that we were at such a low tide."Both situations point out the need, say emergency officials, to maintain earthquake and tsunami preparedness programs along the Oregon Coast.
Harbors and marinas in California and Oregon bore the brunt of the damage Friday from the series of tsunami surges triggered by the Japanese earthquake. Boats crashed into each other, some vessels were pulled to sea and docks were ripped out when the waves finally washed ashore. Authorities in Brookings and Crescent City estimate the damages to be in the millions of dollars, but admit it isn’t anything like the damage in Japan where the death toll could exceed ten-thousand.
Forceful winds and heavy rains caused power outages and downed trees across a wide swath of Oregon yesterday afternoon. Trees fell across Highway 126 at midday in several locations yesterday temporarily blocking traffic. Power lines came down as well, triggering scattered power outages in Western Lane County as well as across much of the State.
Licensing fees for dogs in Lane County is a major source of revenue for the Lane County Animal Shelter. That's one reason why Lane County has now hired a License Compliance Officer who will be traveling door-to-door in unincorporated Areas of the county as well as in the City of Eugene checking for unlicensed dogs. Animal Services Manager Rick Hammel says the officer, working from a list of current and previous licensees, will provide pet owners with information about licensing and will be capable of issuing them on the spot. If unlicensed dogs are present and the license is not purchased on the spot, a ten-day grace period will be provided before a citation is issued. The cost of a one-year license is $15 for a spayed or neutered animal; $35 for an unaltered dog. That's far less, says Hammel, than the $287 fine that would accompany the citation.
Associated Press Regional News
CURRY COUNTY, Oregon (AP) - Curry County commissioners voted at special meeting Sunday to declare an emergency at the county's three ports - Port Orford, Gold Beach and Brookings - because of damage when Friday's tsunami hit the Oregon coast.
There's no estimate of the damage to docks and infrastructure. But Port of Brookings Harbor Executive Director Ted Fitzgerald guessed $10 million to $13 million. Brookings says it's the busiest recreational port on the Oregon coast. It also harbors commercial fishing boats.
KLAMATH, Calif. (AP) - A former Oregon man is believed to be the first person killed by a tsunami on the West Coast since 1964. Twenty-five-year-old Dustin Weber is thought to have been swept out to sea at the mouth of the Klamath River in Klamath, Calif., in a tsunami generated by last week's earthquake in Japan. Authorities
say he is presumed dead, though his body hasn't been found.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Power company crews were working overnight to restore electricity following a powerful wind and rain storm. Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman Patrick Stupek said about 12,000 customers remained without power early Monday, with most of the outages in Clackamas County. There were also scattered reports of downed trees blocking roadways.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) - Oregon lawmakers are nearing a vote on a bill designed to make it easier to open a charter school. The proposal by Republican Rep. Matt Wingard of Wilsonville is scheduled to go up for a vote today in the state House. The measure would allow proponents of a new charter school to appeal to the state Board of
Education if they feel a local school board isn't negotiating in good faith.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says harmful levels of radioactivity are not expected in the United States due to damaged nuclear reactors in Japan. Given the thousands of miles separating Japan and the U.S., including Hawaii, Alaska, U.S. territories and the U.S. West Coast, officials say no harmful
levels of radioactivity are likely after the Japan earthquake and tsunami.
Fresh off winning the Pac-10 Conference tournament, Washington has received a No. 7 seed for the NCAA tournament and will play Georgia in Charlotte, N.C., in Round 2
Friday. Last year, the Huskies were seeded 11th and played in San Jose, Calif. Now, they must cross the country and face a possible second-round matchup with No. 2 seed North Carolina in the Tar Heels' backyard.
PULLMAN, Wash. (AP) - Washington State has received a No. 2 seed for the NIT and will host Long Beach State in a first-round game. The Cougars will host the 49ers on Wednesday. The winner will face the Oklahoma State-Harvard winner in the second round. Washington State's hope for an NCAA tournament bid ended when the Cougars were
ousted by Washington in the Pac-10 tournament.
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Jason Vargas pitched four innings of three-hit ball, extending his spring scoreless string to seven innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat a Los Angeles Angels split-squad 2-0 yesterday. Vargas struck out three. He mixed in a
few curveballs against the Angels, then went to the bullpen to finish his day. The Angels' Ervin Santana allowed five hits and two walks in four innings.
Taking A Look Into Coast Radio Sports
College Men’s Basketball:
Oregon ended their Pac Ten appearance Saturday evening with a Semi Final game loss to Washington’s Huskies 69 – 51. Joevan Catron led the Ducks with 18 points, the Huskies went on to win the Pac Ten Title Saturday with a 77 – 75 victory over Arizaon…Oregon, Boise State, Davidson and Central Florida are among the teams that will host first-round games in the 16-team College Basketball Invitational. The Ducks will play Web-ber State on Wednesday at their new $227 million, on-campus basketball arena. Oregon, from the Pac-10, is the only school from one of the traditional power conferences in the CBI.
On the Schedule:
Will mother nature win out over the start of the prep baseball season? The Siuslaw Vikings open the 2011 prep baseball season this afternoon at home against Cottage Grove. This afternoon’s game airs at 3:15 on KCST, first pitch between the Viks and Lions is set for 3:30… The Lady Viks are on the road to face the Lions in non-league softball in Cottage Grove at 5 o’clock…both games are weather and field conditions permitting.
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