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“They are so broad that in j
tbe open sea they are not ortfin- '
anly pei ceived; but on approach- ■
ing a coast those of large size
pile up in huge breakers and,
sweeping far inland, cause enor
mous damage and loss of life.
jThey move with tremendous |
speeds, ranging from 300 to 500 j
miles per hour. Some that origin-1
!ated near Japan have crossed
the Pacific in about 12 houis.
“After they have traveled |
thousands of miles their heights 1
are commonly only a few inches
—but they ebb and flow like
I small tides n peiiods of 15 to 30
minutes, and these variations are
I registered as undulatory lines on
the record of a tide gage.”
So toe seismic wave aid come
I to Kodiak in the form of a rise
I and falling of the bay. One man
I on a boat at Erskine’s dock said
| his boat swiftly rose with the
| water about 4 feet and swiftly
'sank back down again. On that
j Monday afternoon others notic
ed the water rushing in on the
beach and covering objects and
as sudden'y rushing out again,
jwhen all the time the tide was
1 supposed to be going out.
The Mirror on Monday sent
two Navy press releases to Asso
ciated Press—the first telling of
• the damage at Scotch Cap light
house with loss of personnel—
the second telling of he minor
wave at Dutch Harbor that d d
some damage to small boat in
sta'lations and pilings,
j The Navy that evening decid
ed to issue a stand-by waning
in case an “indicated” wave did
come here, especially after 45 ^
earthquakes, 5 of them major, \
were reported in the 24-hour I
period in the Aleutian area, as
| recorded in Seattle.
I Everything wou.d have been
! fine if it hadn't been for the er
I roneous report, originating in
Anchorage that a definite “100
foot” wave was a few minutes!
jfrom Kodiak!
The Navy after the false alarm
at 10:50 pm, spent the rest of
the evening broadcasting a refut
ation of the “grossly exaggeiated
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