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Author: Beverly J. Raffaele
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2009-02-07
Total Pages: 57
ISBN-13: 0557044111
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The true story of the Gee family who survived the biggest tsunami to strike the main land of the United States. It struck on a beautiful night with a bright full moon, on good Friday in 1964. You'll hear the children and their heroic Dad.
Author: Dennis M. Powers
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Published: 2004-04
Total Pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780786017515
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Uses historical research and personal accounts of survivors to tell the story of the tsunamis that hit Crescent City, California on Good Friday, 1964, which damaged hundreds of homes and businesses and killed eleven people. Includes some information about Alaska.
Author: Reuben Kachadoorian
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A description of the property damage and loss of life due to earth-quake induced seismic sea waves and regional tectonic subsidence at Kodiak and nearby communities.
Author: Edwin Butt Eckel
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 68
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A summary of what was learned from a great earthquake about the bearing of geologic and hydrologic conditions on its effects, and about the scientific investigations needed to prepare for future earthquakes.
Author: W. J. Tudor
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 134
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A survey of water wave damage to waterfront facilities at Kodiak, Alaska, and Crescent City, California, made about one week after the 27 March 1964 Alaskan earthquake of about 8.3 Richter scale indicates light to moderate damage from four to ten feet inundation and heavy damage from impact by wave-driven ships and debris. The series of six seismic sea waves at Kodiak had crests ranging from 15 to 24 feet above MLLW and periods varying from 27 to 90 minutes. The largest wave at Crescent reached 21 feet above MLLW and had a period of 55 minutes. It is concluded that at Kodiak and Crescent City: Piers with moored ships had decking damaged; piers with adequate deck-pile connections did not have decking uplifted; lines to large buoys not designed for full submergence; fishing boats moored in harbor were damaged by breakaways, grounding, and sinking; single-story, light-frame structures did not survive well; multi-story buildings demonstrated good resistance; powerplants, communication lines, equipment and vehicles had functional failure when submerged. Reconstruction of all low-lying sections of cities and ports should consider defense against tsunami. (Author).
