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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFishing boat that washed ashore in N. Calif first debris in state confirmed from Japan tsunami
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/fishing-boat-that-washed-ashore-in-n-calif-first-debris-in-state-confirmed-from-japan-tsunami/2013/04/26/a63c3a0a-ae7d-11e2-b240-9ef3a72c67cc_story.htmlThe Del Norte Triplicate reports (http://bit.ly/15MeRTl ) that the 20-foot vessel belongs to the marine sciences program at Takata High School in the town of Rikuzentakata in the Iwate prefecture. It washed ashore in Crescent City on April 7.
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration confirmed the boats origin on Thursday with help from the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco.
A bit more at the link. This stuff doesn't just magically go away. It's still out there, out in the water.
PB
Lasher
(27,500 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)It's interesting that IIRC, the tsunami debris first showed up in Alaska, then British Columbia, then Washington State and now California.
The debris is also host to some non-native species which is a big concern.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)PB
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,213 posts)We lost a racing sailboat off San Francisco. It turned up on Nomwin Atoll, part of the Hall Islands, fourteen months later. It was sold to the happy islanders for one dollar and a handshake, and converted into the slickest fishing boat in the area.
flamingdem
(39,304 posts)I haven't found any reliable information about what this detritus means for the coast. From what I understand, the radiation that will arrive in the water will rain out and get into crops, etc.
Does anyone know more?
LiberalAndProud
(12,799 posts)OT, just because I found it remarkable: I wonder if the US has any high school that offer a Marine Science curriculum. My guess would be no.