From the Beaver State to the Golden State
March 11, 2011 was a milestone date for me. It was my 40 th birthday. It was also the same day of the magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck the Tohoku Japan coast. The tsunami that followed had a devastating effect among so many communities in the Pacific, and caused terrible destruction in Crescent City, California. Six-plus years later, locals were still discussing the impact of the roiling seas upon their marina, boats, and fishing industry. I am including links to several videos I found from that day online here: Raw video from youtube Raw youtube video with sirens Aerial view from a helicopter Prior to leaving Oregon, while we were still in Newport, we visited a “dock” in the downtown area that came from Japan! It made it's way across the Pacific over one year after the earthquake and settled on a Newport beach. Meanwhile in Crescent City, although they rebuilt much of the marina, the area still seemed “off” to many because of the aftereffects of the tsunami