Crescent City & its Devastating 1964 Tsunami
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- History Hunters' Jeff & Sarah visit Crescent City to talk about the devastation of the March 1964 tidal wave that washed into downtown, taking the lives of some of its citizens and much of the business district.
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Another great episode of History Hunters. I visited Crescent City back in the early 90's and was able to get out to the light house. One of the stories the docent told us about the sunami of '64 was that the light-house keeper woke up early in the am before sunrise and was mystified why he couldn't hear the pounding of the ocean surf. The silence was deafening so to speak. He went outside and all the water was gone from the harbor. He looked out as far as he could see and all he saw was sandy beach. Apparently, this was the first phase of the sunami, drawing the water completely back for several miles, then pushing it back as a huge wall of water. I'll never forget hearing about that. Thank you for your great coverage of this tragic event.
The island that the lighthouse is on is so small, I'm surprised the tsunami didn't roll right over it. Apparently the lighthouse keeper lived to tell the story. I wonder if he was still inside the building when the tsunami hit?
i'm surprised that they dont have a bridge out to the lighthouse
@@oldermusicloverI grew up there and honestly there's not much need for a bridge. The lighthouse is maybe a 2 minute walk from the nearest shore and is accessible every day at low tides, shit even with a tide if you don't mind getting wet.
@@mrshady8111 thought with things being accessible to those who can't walk maybe they might put in one was the access to the lighthouse always like that?
@@oldermusiclover ADA compliant access is a very valid point. As far as I know it's always been the way it is, just a bit of sand and rock separating the lighthouse from the shore. What's keeping the city from putting one in is the general lack of funds, we spend an exhorbitant amount on road work and other public projects.
Damage also occurred all the way down in San Francisco Bay. Dad's commercial fishing boat capsized when the bow was wedged under the dock at the extreme low of the 'tidal wave'. Boat (50 foot wood salmon fisher) totaled. I was 11 years old. Devastated the family. No income for many months....then Dad finally got a Union job on the Tugboats, and clawed our home away from foreclosure. I learned a lot about life from this incident.
I 💡 natural wants to push these viruses call humans out of there😂😂😂😂
My Grandma lived in Crescent City, CA until she died. She lived through this. Heard about it my whole life. So glad you covered this event.
I am curious if you know the history of the Crescent Beach Motel? I have wondered if it existed when the 64 tsunami hit and was rebuilt or did it not exist then? Thank you for any help. I have tried looking up history for that motel and am not having any luck.
This was the first natural disaster I recall as a child. In Sacramento, it was front page news for a week or so, and it taught me about the area, and I moved to a tiny town nestled in the Big Trees behind Crescent City two years ago. I'm a history buff, and a 79 year old neighbor lent me a fascinating magazine commemorating the tsunami's 10 year anniversary. To say this event had a profound impact on the people who were here would be an understatement. The story of it is everywhere around town. My neighbor, a lifelong resident of the city (and former lighthouse keeper) says he is quite comfortable living where he is now, 10 miles inland behind a ridge..
My stepfather was Colonel in the Air force. He was stationed in Anchorage Alaska when this happened.
He was the commander of a base on Fire Island.. It took about 5 days to find out if he was alright. My husband and I were living in Medford, Oregon at the time. About a hour drive to Crescent City. My mom and younger sisters and brother were temporarily living with my grandmother in Medford, while waiting to be able to join him in Alaska.Thet had been due to leave that month, but we're delayed due to the quake. It was months before we could go to Crescent City.. We had a friend in Brookings, Oregon. Normally, you took a brief jaunt thru California, driving thru Crescent City and back into Oregon and Brookings. Had to take a round about way for awhile. Driving north on the coast highway now days you see many tsunami warning areas.
Thanks for sharing! Earthquakes can ruin life without warning along the pacific rim as we saw in California in 1989 with the Loma Prieta quake. We did notice all the tsunami warning signs that marked low lying areas of Highway 1.
Thank you for the History Lesson. Wish YOU were my history teacher. I would’ve passed.
Wow, thanks! I have often said history is being taught by the wrong people…people who aren’t into history.
@@jbenziggy, Jeff I'm in 💯% agreement with that statement! 😢
Jeff would you fulfill my request by visiting the grave of John philip sousa please and you are a sweet kind guy on youtube 🦃🦃
I remember. Worked for the Alaska Communication System.
Both of my parents and my older brothers went through the Alaska earthquake, my dad was running a road grader, trying to drive it over a berm rocking the grader back and forth when he looked up and saw the trees swaying almost hitting the ground, he put it in neutral and stuck his head out the window of the grader and it was just idling as quietly as can be, yet rocking back and forth violently he went to his car and scanned the dial on his radio, he said he didn’t hear anything but static, he said it felt like I was the last man on Earth. all the water wells in that part of Alaska were stirred up and pumping dirty water for several days, grass mats growing on lake bottoms broke loose and floated to the surface turning lakes into swamps, other places land subsided and was inundated by the Cook inlet, killing whole forests.
The angle of the coastline along Crescent City made the tsunami impact stronger coming from the Alaskan direction. My home town of Florence Oregon got a tsunami but it was much less destructive and was under 5’ in height. We get 30’+ waves during winter storms here so…… my mother told me she stood on the Hyway 101 bridge to see a 3’ wave run up the Siuslaw River.
I didn't realize the Crescent City tsunami was that bad. My parents lived in Anchorage during the quake, my mom pregnant with my sister. Said there was a 200 foot crevice that opened up outside their front door. After my sister was born, they moved to Seattle to get way from the quake & aftershocks, only to be hit with the Seattle quake of 65.
I grew up in Fort Bragg, where we received harbor damage from the same surname that damaged the harbor and even put the Coast Guard cutter on the bottom of the harbor the pushed it into the upper mooring basin when the wall of water came back in. My uncle lost his 60' salmon trawler when water was sucked out of the harbor and was destroyed on the jetty a half mile away. The earthquake was bad, but very few buildings were destroyed. I guess we were lucky. Thank you for bringing back a memory of my childhood.
I was 13 yrs. old when this happened and my family lived in Marin County, just north of San Francisco. I babysat for a young couple in town. Her mother and brother were killed in the 1964 Crescent City tsunami. The mother and her husband owned a small shop of some sort in town. Sad to say that the 3 of them (husband, wife and their teenage son) survived the first wave. But being unfamiliar with the nature of tsunamis, the mom and son left their place of safety to return to their business. Then the next wave struck. My brother now lives about 15 miles inland from Crescent City. The little coastal town has never really fully recovered from this tsunami. It is a very depressed town these days. Thank you for this walk down memory lane.
Thank you for the history. I had a student move into my classroom in Rio Vista, CA from Crescent City just following that tsunami devastation. His father was a commercial fisherman and he relocated his family soon after this happened. My cousin was living in Anchorage and sitting in a waiting room at her doctor’s appointment when they earthquake hit. She watched as two blocks in front of the doctor’s office the earth opened up and swallowed whatever businesses were at the center. Her family immediately relocated to Ohio following that quake.
My son’s family lived in Crescent City during the 2011 Japan earthquake which sent another tidal wave to wash out the boats and the pier. He has since relocated to Arizona.
I suppose Ohio is safe but Arizona is never going to have a problem, there's no water there at all.
Quaint little seaside town. My heart felt condolences for all the troubles they've had to deal with and respect for their tenacity and determination to restore and rebuild 👍
Great story about crescent City and the 64 tidal wave.
I've been to crescent City many times it's one of my favorite places in California.
The year 1964 was very hard on Northern California.
Besides the tidal wave there was massive flooding in that part of Northern California and Oregon.
I lived on a farm on the outskirts of Vallejo California and I was 6 years old in 1964.
I remember the flood and I also remember seeing the giant fire that burned a good part of the Northern Napa valley all the way to Santa Rosa.
It rained so hard that winter the little creek on our farm turned into a raging river.
1964 was quite a year in California
It was also the year that Gene Mauch steered the Phillies to 2nd place with a ten game losing street to lose the pennant to the St. Louis Cardinals. Cards went on to win the world series. Jim Bunning pitched a perfect game in the summer of 1964 vs the NY Mets. I was 11 years old and was listening to my transistor radio about midnight in bed when the 1964 Earth Quake and tsunami hit Alaska and the water came into Crescent City. My cousins and uncles lived in Crescent City at that time and still do.
This was so interesting, but tragic. A 9.2 magnitude earththquake is almost hard to imagine! **Those poor people, in both places. I know it began in Alaska, but the devastation it produced so far away, shows its strength.Those pictures tell the horrific tale. Thanks so much, Jeff, for sharing this. 🌊❤️🩹
I had never heard about this tsunami. Thanks for the history lesson. I can always count on History Hunters for an interesting Sunday.
Another Excellent story, thank you Jeff!
Thanks for listening!
Thanks to you and Sarah. Never really knew about this city. Knew about Alaskan earthquake. Thanks for the history lesson again!
Our pleasure!
I sure do appreciate your channel and all the places you visit and the history 'lessons' that goes with the visits!
Our pleasure! Thank you!
Wish you two made it across to the lighthouse ,such a beautiful beach scene 👍
Yeah we were bummed! I got to visit it in 1993 but not this time!
I remember my dad saying that the first couple of streets closest to the ocean in Anchorage we’re actually sunk underwater and are still there to this day.
Your archival material is excellent. Never confuse a tsunami with a tidal wave. Two very different things.
I couldn’t imagine how scary this must have been. 21 feet high on the last wave. I’m surprised anything survived this Tsunami. I wonder how the headstones in the cemetery held up? How fast was the water moving?
I can see why this community is in poverty, cyclones and tsunamis. People moving out & on.
History seems to repeat itself there.
I love love Cresent City. ❤
Great sad story 😢thanks Jeff
Amazing not more people perished. Ive been to Crescent City...love it
Thank you Jeff & Sarah for another fascinating history lesson. You guys certainly had a fantastic summer crisscrossing the country, well done. Have a great Sunday and week ahead.
Our pleasure!
The tsunami on Japan flowed 5 miles inland. Good job you guys.
As a former Alaskan I’ve seen dozens of photos from there and have heard story after story about the quake from people who lived there then. And I have certainly heard stories about the tsunami hitting this city but nothing as extensive as you have shared and I have never seen photos. Thanks for the info
I have visited Crescent City several times, It's a beautiful area, I love it!!!
I totally agree!
Another video that the two of you have so professionally researched. I only follow two specific youtube vlogs. Yours is the first one that I follow. The two of you have taken me on many journeys. Thank you for that.
Thank you for this look back in history. I was a senior in high school on the East coast, and remember hearing about the earthquake, but not the tsunamis. This is a reminder to be “better safe than sorry,” and heed the warnings. Very sad that Crescent City is a poverty area-it looks like it could be a nice tourist destination.
My family and I go there often. Its not too bad.
Excellent as usual! Thanks Jeff & Sarah for this content! We really miss the Northern California coast! This event is just a fading memory for some. Great job! Your biggest Tennessee (formerly California) fans! I can’t tell you how much my heart aches for the Pacific Ocean… *sigh*
Sounds like you guys need to plan a trip to California in 2023! Thank you for being our biggest fans in Tennessee!
@@jbenziggy ♥️
I found I just couldn’t leave this coast. I went to grad school in the midwest and I pined for it, and sourdough bread🙂
Good job... Tragic and heartbreaking 💔🙏☝️🕊️
Im amazed that more than 12 people didn’t lose their lives that day.
RIP to those unfortunate 12 people. The terror 😬 that town must have felt. ❤️Jodie 🇦🇺
Yeah, it is very surprising to learn that there were very few casualties for the amount of damage that was done. I guess when people saw the waves finally arriving, they hightailed it to dry ground.
@@jbenziggy I think that the narrator said that this town only had about 6600 people living there. So 12 out of 6600 people is a lot of people in terms of percentage.
My mom's family is from Crescent City. She was in high school when this happened. My grandfather worked for Caltrans at the time and ran a shovel during the clean up. His cousin owned a gas station and rode out the event in a car on a lift in the garage of the station.
Wow never knew Alaska had the biggest earthquake. 300 thousand to clean up in 1964 is 2.9 million in today's money. What a great story thanks for sharing Jeff and Sarah.
Lived in Cresent City, CA for a month. Windy, right at sea level. I remember this well. In Eureka, CA was a flood everywhere also in 2964! EEL river was at an all time high flood stage. One man was in a bar & water just wooshed him out in Crescent City!
Woops flood occured in 1964.
1964 was the year of the Christmas Flood- it devastated communities from Washington down to California.
My goodness, what terrible things can happen with weather. They were completely at the mercy of wind and water. I had no idea Thank you Jeff
Hello Jeff and Sarah, Thanks for sharing this story and history. How sad it was for the people who lost their lives. Again, thanks for what you do. Have a wonderful day!
Great documentary! I was born and raised in California and this was a great history lesson i never heard of until now-and ill be 50 next year. Thanks for the education.
As a matter of fact, my cousins lived in Crescent City and we were visiting them when the wave came in. Thier house was on the bluffs so we watched it roll in. What an awesome sight!!! My cousins worked at Seaside hospital and her husband was the past postal master for the area. Needless to say, we didn't get back home to Requa CA till the next day. I remember it all so clearly from back then.
Were you folks scared from that wave hitting their town?!
@@jbenziggy Yes, but where my cousins house sat was much higher and overlooked the ocean not the harbor. It was a huge mess. Then that same year came the 64 flood that took out a lot of Klamath, and the highway 101 bear bridge. We lived in Requa CA which is at the mouth of the Klamath River, it to sat upon a hill overlooking the river.
My Great Aunts and Uncle were living just outside of town (one Auntie was a former teacher in town) and described the mayhem of the tsunami. Fortunately their area was too far inland so they were spared damage personally. I was there visiting them with my parents, a few months after, and it was terrible in town still.
I have a friend that moved there in recent years and she love it but I don’t know if I would have the courage to live there with all the disasters that happen there. Thank you so much for bringing this history to us because I had no idea how devastating the weather had been to that area.
Excellent video and historical facts that I was not aware of. Thanks for doing this.
Jeff that was some real natural disasters on the Cresent City. Had no Idea . A great lesson and historical video. Thank you for your work.
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Hey Jeff and Sarah thanks for taking the time to come my town. You guys did a great job telling are history of tsunami. There is alot of history here. I hope you come back soon. Good job guys keep it up.
My Aunt Dorothy lived in Anchorage Alaska at the time and came home just 15 minutes before the earthquake. I still have the letter she wrote to my mother after the earthquake. I didn’t know about the tsunami in California. We lived in Iowa back then. Thank you for this information.
I was born and raised in Crescent City and witnessed this event and the immediate aftermath. Our house was just a few blocks above the run-up (where the water stopped), and my dad and I went downtown about 2:30AM just after the last wave to see what had happened. Of course, now we know the sensible thing to do would have been to go to higher ground and stay there for at least several hours in case another and bigger wave was coming. My mom took 4 of the photos of the aftermath that you used several times in the video, and the 1925 photos of the waterspout damage are also from my family collection. I've posted them online in a few places and you are welcome to use them - I'm just giving myself a little credit where it is due. The old house in the photo that appears at 6:03 minutes in and again at 6:42 minutes was where my grandfather was born in 1889. Back then it was the home of the town midwife, and many babies were born in it in the late 19th - early 20th centuries. Just one little bit of the physical history that got wiped out that night. And BTW, the name of the county is pronounced "Del Nort" and not "Del Nor-tay." This pronunciation may have come from the particular dialect spoken by early Portuguese settlers.
My uncle was Lyle Griffin...the CC Fire Chief at the time this tsunami hit....His house survived but has been replaced by the Home Depot parking lot...Asbury's Trucking is gone as well.....Spent many summers there
This is interesting, just a few weeks ago our daughter was visiting and we took her over to the coast in Brookings, and we were talking about Crescent City getting hit by tsunamis. I'm going to have to send her this video.
We love Crescent City. We go to Sea Cruise every October. I had no idea about the other disasters there. We were hit in British Columbia by the 1964 tsunami also. Nancy
Great job Jeff !! Thank you !!!
History was my favorite class on High School. It's the only class I maintained a grade above 90.
I’ve driven through crescent city dozens of times and had no idea the history. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow! This is one of my earliest memories. I was 3 years old. My father commanded the radar station in Requa. I remember driving through the redwoods. I had my head turned up; the height of the redwoods always mesmerized me.
We got into Cresent City and I remember turning my gaze to the harbor but there was nothing from the highway to the harbor. It was flat and muddy.
I then saw fishing boats lying to my left close to the highway. I remember thinking 'Why did they park their boats up here?'
The mind of a child. It's so surreal to see this Cresent City film now.
Thank you for the history lesson 👏🏻👏🏻!!
You bet! Thanks!
I visited Crescent City two years ago. I didn't realize the city has taken such a beating for the last 100 years?!
Always great content, Jeff and Sarah!
I met a woman at work once, years ago, she told me she had been in the earthquake in Alaska in 1964. When I saw the title and started watching, it went through my mind but I dismissed it. I was only a kid and never heard of either disaster.
Wow, sad and scary! Thankyou Jeff & Sarah for the video to share it's history. I always enjoy learning from you.🙂
Our pleasure! Thank you!
Wow, I didn't know anything like this happened in CA! We live in the Central Coast of CA. I remember hearing of a tsunami warning after first moving here. We ran for the hills, literally, and stayed the night at a hotel about 30 minutes from town, lol! I'd love if you'd cover topics in the Central Coast. Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks again for sharing, Jeff (P.D.) and Sarah
PD? Ha ha ha. Not again! 🤣
Before and after photos are awsome. Its a pity people become complacent with warning sirens but we do. Those tsunamis are so powerful.
Once again, a great episode.
When I was in grade school we had an assembly and the speaker was an Alaskan earthquake survivor, I found it fascinating. Today was the first time, hearing how far and wide the damages were. Thank you History hunters.
Thanks, Susan! California is earthquake country all its own! Our part of California is relatively safe from fault lines!
Thank you for sharing this story. I have stayed there on a few motorcycle trips. I didn't know the details of the tsunami before. Thanks for filling in the blanks...
Thank You Jeff & Sarah for another very interesting episode of History Hunters on one of my fave places in Northern California, Crescent City,Calif. the city installed the break waters in 1957...? Lot of Good it did em in 1964. Main reason I don't live in Eureka or the Crescent city area is I don't feel like going for a swim in the very cold water there but I still do enjoy going there for a visit once in a while. I'm so close but yet far enough away so I don't need to swim home after a few at the local tavern. So many cool old classic cars and buildings destroyed by Mother Nature, Again. Dang it.
I remember this, I was 14. My aunt & uncle lost their home also, they lost everything but their lives. We had moved 2 years prior. I’ve never seen this, very interesting ! Thank you.
That's always tragic when someone loses their home. I appreciate you sharing!
Gosh. What devastation that town experienced. I seen some good collectors items in those pictures some were the gas signs and some Chevy cars. As always you did a nice job at presenting this week's " History Hunters"
I remember that event in 1964. Thanks for the visuals and story
I love learning history. Thank you
Our pleasure! Thank you, Gayle. Sending our holiday wishes for a great one!
Loved the video! I've been watching for a long time now. I started a channel this summer and now I really understand and appreciate the work you put into it. Maybe with some more time and experience I will be able to match your quality. I would love to do more history like this. Who knows, I might be able to do this full time eventually. Keep up the good work!
Never knew much about cresent city....thx
Good story. I worked for the California Conservation Corp at Del Norte center in the early and mid 90's and lived in Cresent City for a bit afterwards.
Hi Jeff and Sarah, my family and I are from Oakdale. We moved to Humboldt in 2015. Really appreciate your channel and content. We started our own channel in Humboldt.... Humboldt Axe... You've been a significant inspiration to us in stepping out of our comfort zone and start our channel to share our perspective on our home in Humboldt... Dock...
That was something back then. Great pictures Jeff. Hope you and Sarah had a really fun trip.
Thank you for a great insight on what happened here in 64
Thanks for bringing back memories.
You bet! Thanks for watching!
I don't think I would live there, that same disaster is likely to happen again. 😢 I had no idea that this happened. Thanks for Sharing. 😊
Visited the area in 2010 and was amazed at the long, flat beaches at low tide in the area. No wonder there was nothing to slow the tsunami.
Another excellent video. Thanks for digging up all those old photos. Boy, Crescent City sure had its share of disasters. Thanks again.
It sure did! Area there is too low which makes it prone to tidal waves!
I grew up in Humboldt County and remember my one friend's dad say he was alive because his parents and his friends parents wouldn't let him and his friends go down to beach and watch the tsunami in 1964, they were teenagers. I remember driving by Crescent Beach on 101 right after the 2011 tsunami and seeing the solid wall of driftwood right up to the fog line on the beach side.
In 1964 I was 10 years and living in NYC when the Alaska earthquake and subsequent Tsunami happened. I was fascinated by the whole event. As an adult I traveled up and down the west coast 5 or six times and visited Crescent City. Very beautiful coastal scenery to drive through. I always wondered why Crescent City got hit so hard by the Tsunami when the rest of the west coast seemed largely spared. My own theory is that Front Street, and what was the downtown area, was right on the harbor, probably only about 5 feet above high tide. Most other places didn't seem to be so vulnerably exposed to the ocean.
There’s a few cities on the Oregon coast that I wouldn’t want to be in… if the earthquake took place in the southern curve of the Aleutians. Or just where the Juan deFuca plate hits the continental plate. Seaside, northern Oregon coast… most people vacation on a peninsula with maybe a handful of bridges over the Necanicum River. Only a couple roads really go south towards 101, and 101 a little further south would be in at least as much trouble.
Crescent City is situated in a spot that is “northwest-facing,” so it’s likely to get a direct shot from a shockwave out of Anchorage. Something coming from Southern California or Hawaii would be far less likely to be problematic.
What an interesting story, Jeff! I especially enjoy your longer trips, by yourself or with Sara. Thank you for your detailed research and background music. Your story on Patrick Duffy was very unique! He could have answered your question. Your cheekbones and eyes resemble his as a young man. You’re still good looking! Can’t say the same for Patrick! Take care!
Thank you for the compliment!
I had not heard of this town or the tidal wave. Thanks for sharing this story. I love your details. I bet Sarah was disappointed not to go see the lighthouse.
Thanks for watching! I too was disappointed!
I was just going to ask you Jeff if you were a history professor! You know more than any teacher I have ever heard. Sarah is smart enough to join in on this never ending education also. I think your show is expanding many times to help young and old people get more informed every day! Thanks Jeff & Sarah!
May it never happen again but most likely will. Lovely video Jeff and Sarah Thankyou
Great video full of information on Crescent City. Insane how an earthquake so far away can produce such strong waves. The power of water is insane in itself. Too bad Sarah and you couldn't make it across to the lighthouse, high tide won that match. Crescent city has had some natural disasters rip through, man has prevailed. 👍👍
Thank you for sharing. Take care Jeff and Sarah. 🇺🇲
Thanks! Love the thorough comments! Water is powerful! Appreciate your TH-cam handle too! America!
Liked this episode very much.
Great to hear! Thanks!
Thank you for taking us along ,very interesting ❤❤❤❤
Thanks for visiting!
Great story, Jeff, I've never heard this one before, so that was very interesting. The tsunami that hit there in 2011. I wasn't aware that California had gotten hit. Thanks for sharing, and a great story as usual.
Thanks for the great video Jeff and Sarah!
Our pleasure! Thank you!
thanks, Jeff!
Another very interesting video. I certainly remember the Alaskan earthquake but did not hear the story of Cresant City. Those folks who stayed, rebuilt and continued to live there are a hearty bunch!
I remember this. I had friends who lived in Anchorage and, a Cousin who lived in Crescent City, at that time. They all survived, but one lost their home, the other lost their Business. Thanks for History!
As always Jeff, your videos are so well-made and so informative! Please continue your great work.
Thank you very much!
Excellent presentation! I live in Crescent City, born the same year, but many months later. You did a great job.
Thank you!
How weird to come across this video, we were just there the week of October 24 for our anniversary. We had spent the night there 9 years ago and we wanted to go back so we went this year. Our trip was cut short because of airline delays and we lost some sightseeing time. We loved it so much we are going again next year for our 20 year anniversary and are going to stay at the hotel we stayed at in 2014. This time we stayed at a hotel just on the other side of where the big foot statue is but we like the other hotel much better. I wish I could have seen this video before we went so I could look out for some of the stuff you mentioned, I’ll watch it again before we go next year. I do say that I did get some pretty epic night pictures of the lighthouse from our hotel. Thank you for sharing the info of Crescent City, now I know all those signs of tsunami zones are pretty serious. I would absolutely love to live there.
I remember hearing about it. I didn't realize it was that bad. Thank you.☮️💖🎶
Interesting video. I lived in Grants Pass, Or. for about 8 years and we went to Crescent City many times. I didn’t realize the tsunami was that bad.
Always wanted to go there, thanks for the great video!!
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated, Phil!
Another great history lesson, Jeff. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so much Bart!
Hi! Jeff and Sarah: Thanks for this video. I had a cousin and family living in southern Alaska, Tanana Crossing at the time of the big quake. Her husband and two girls were on the frozen Tanana River when the big earthquake struck. Her husband had felt earthquakes before in Japan. So he knew they needed to get off the ice. They made it in time. So we were focused on the effects in Alaska. I don't recall hearing anything about the tsunami hitting Crescent City. If we did, Alaska far over shadowed any other reports for us.
Thanks again. You showed me some history I had missed. Crescent City looks like a nice place to live. Except for the threat of huge waves reaching the town again some day. It reminds me the coast is a nice place to visit, but I don't want to live there.