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Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 10:43 AM Apr 2013

Fishing 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.html

CRESCENT CITY, Calif. — Federal officials say a fishing boat that washed ashore in Northern California is the first debris to reach the state that’s been confirmed as having come from the Japanese tsunami.

The 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 boat’s 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
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Fishing boat that washed ashore in N. Calif first debris in state confirmed from Japan tsunami (Original Post) Poll_Blind Apr 2013 OP
Looks to be in pretty bad shape. Lasher Apr 2013 #1
This illustrates what the currents are doing. PearliePoo2 Apr 2013 #2
The currents are bringing it around. Next up: Hawaii: Poll_Blind Apr 2013 #3
Let's not forget Agate Beach Oregon, where a large dock washed ashore last summer Bluenorthwest Apr 2013 #6
No, next up: Micronesia Brother Buzz Apr 2013 #7
Ugh. Here it comes. flamingdem Apr 2013 #4
This was predictable. LiberalAndProud Apr 2013 #5

PearliePoo2

(7,768 posts)
2. This illustrates what the currents are doing.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:10 AM
Apr 2013

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.

Brother Buzz

(36,213 posts)
7. No, next up: Micronesia
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:59 AM
Apr 2013

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)
4. Ugh. Here it comes.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:42 AM
Apr 2013

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)
5. This was predictable.
Fri Apr 26, 2013, 11:45 AM
Apr 2013

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.

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