Tsunami destroys Crescent City Harbor 3/11/11 (HD)

[@Zoomer30]

Still shocking how much power it had after that far. Thousands of miles.

[@EphemeralProductions]

They travel pretty dang fast. Hundreds of miles an hour

[@thomaskilburn5312]

Sirens going off in the background. Sound of disaster approaching. Just a terrible sight. Unbelievable.

[@magellan6108]

The 1964 tsunami was far worse. It hit at night, and no one had any real knowledge of the phenomenon. The first wave tore things up, but everyone thought that there was only one wave. Many came down to the harbor as fast as they could after that first wave to inspect the damage. Unfortunately, the second wave was much larger. The third was less, but by then, many who had rushed to the harbor died. Others were swept away when the first and part of the second floor of the Surf Hotel was inundated. The wave destroyed everything in the business district near the ocean.

[@jeffvw1994]

I heard there was a bar where the trailer park in the bay is now with 8 people in it when it hit and all of them died.

[@magellan6108]

Jeff van wieren As I recall the stories, the bar where some people were swept away was the first floor of the Surf Hotel, but undoubtedly, there was more than one bar and certainly some of these were close to the shoreline. So, what you are saying could very easily be true. A friend of my father was at the Surf that evening. He survived while others did not.

[@magellan6108]

Andre Tucker not sure what you saying, but my point is that between the 2011 and the 1964 tsunamis in Crescent City, the 64 tsunami was worse. Overall, the Japanese version of the 2011 tsunami made Crescent City's look like kids play.

[@theboipuds]

@@magellan6108it still caused a lot of damage to the harbor which hasn’t been repaired until fairly recently

[@magellan6108]

@@theboipuds agreed, but the 64 tsunami reached to where Wells Fargo is now. i must admit that I am a bit disappointed that it took so long to repair everything. I do remember that the piers over by the Coast Guard station were still not repaired/replaced when I saw it six years after the tsunami.

[@1234lavallee1]

One would think with Crescent City's past experience with a tsunami that those who've come down to the docks would take the warnings more seriously,there's nothing you can do about the boats at this point nor should you except to evacuate to higher ground on the chance that the tsunami surge gets higher which can happen,true a tsunami loses some of its power when crossing an ocean but if the Japan quake had been a higher magnitude like 9.2 or more this situation could have gotten much more dangerous and the possibility of lives lost due to irresponsibility.

[@mikepowell8611]

Nah, we had plenty of warning and time for it to dissipate. Now we have a major fault right off the coast. That has a major slip and CC will be wiped out. We've had truely monsterous tsunami in the area before and it'll happen again.

[@greenvilla7]

1234lavallee1 which ever company or companies that was responsible for building the harbor are complicit with the destruction that occurred ... since Japan has a long history with regards to earthquakes and tsunamis

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

@@greenvilla7 You're far more likely to die in a freak car accident than by tsunami. Or win the lottery in some cases.

[@lostpuppy3955]

Each one of those boats are someone dream work or life ..

[@morgangrey4020]

pffft this is nothing compared to whats coming for the west coast....consider this a very small appetizer.

[@corsairzf2g]

We were there in July. Just an empty harbor now, no docks. Just one fishing boat. It really got hit hard.

[@notrombones5041]

This had to be the next morning (3-12-'11) actually around 8-9 AM. The waves took about 16 hrs to reach the west coast of the US all the way from from Japan.

[@Cameron1K]

Japan was 17 hours ahead of the U.S. West Coast on that date, so when the earthquake hit off the coast of Japan on the 11th at 2:46 p.m., it was 9:46 p.m. on March 10th in California. The tsunami waves reached Northern California on March 11th at 8:44 a.m., 11 hours after the earthquake.

[@notrombones5041]

@@Cameron1K - I stand corrected. Thank you.

[@hebneh]

This is why the best thing for boats like this is to be out at sea, offshore, during a tsunami. Out there, nothing will happen to them.

[@EphemeralProductions]

They’ll just get shoved inland on the wave wouldn’t they?

[@conniestary4499]

I went to the beach and watched the tide go out further than I have ever seen. I got pics of the boats smashed up. This is a powerful video. It sure stirred up the feelings. Thank God there were no deaths here.

[@zizwop]

There was one death, a guy in Klamath who came down to the shoreline to take pictures.

[@truthkeeperfilms]

Can you imagine? It took less than a day for the tsunami to come from Japan to the USA.

[@longbeach225]

Pretty intense for a tsunami triggered by Japan earthquake. I wonder what will happen when Cascadia subduction zone goes off.

[@luz1959]

The tsunami spread around in waves. These were the ones that went towards the east of Japan. That's why it didn't take long for them to reach the US coastline.

[@smokymcpot5917]

You would think that before the waves hit people would be jumping in their boats and getting them out in the ocean.

[@jrc7045]

Was waiting to hear the Japanese person talking through the warning sirens 🙈

[@BearwoodBrown]

GREAT film just wondering where were the boat owners ?? did anyone take this event seriously??

[@Sshooter444]

somewhere safe, where they should be

[@budsutt]

Where the hell is Crescent City? Put it in the description for God's sake. What's so hard about that?

[@donuttheturtle5590]

Northern California

[@jmdegreyt]

the seagulls are like Meh whatever there just all chilled snd relaxed and were like weten our pants

[@eeyore.official]

Because some of 'us' have millions of dollars invested in watercraft, and when a 'tsunami' is inbound, we have reason to wet our pants.

[@jmdegreyt]

oh that make so much sense

[@grom7826]

At 1:23 the boat with the long ugly box built on the deck was for sale and the guy wanted $13,00 for it. I told him he would have too pay me $10,000 juts to take it off his hands. There was a lot of derelict dead boats in that harbor. Some of them sit on the ground, too expensive to repair, too costly to put in the dumps.

[@dwetick1]

Tally Ho is the only charter out of Crescent City...and he will also do funerals at sea (from his ad). Crescent city has been hit before by Tsunami, Alaska '64...and will be hit again.

[@tedsmith6137]

Hardly worthy of mention compared to what happened on the other side of the Pacific.

[@sanfranciscobay]

Holy Cow. Crescent City Harbor got hit hard. Did it get a wave like Santa Cruz Harbor or just a constant surge in and out? How many surges did it get? How high was each surge?

[@siskokidd]

8 years, a quarter million views later, and still no answers to your questions is telling.

[@tubbers20]

The water's even worse when it recedes as it picks up more speed.

[@mermaidcandy]

I took film of these boat docks 10/10, if you miss them. Is the mermaid still there?

[@fragick2066]

My dad shot this video when he was a photographer and we still can’t believe it has this many views

[@mig7287]

👍👍

[@jakesvarietychannel825]

I live in crescent city and I remember that day, it was terrifying.

[@jakesvarietychannel825]

Our harbor was entirely destroyed and many boats were destroyed as well

[@AmandaAdmire]

Approximately what time was this video taken on March 11th?

[@darktoadone5068]

Wow over 4,900 miles away and it travel the whole pacific.

[@explorer7937]

Since my grandma lives there she said it terrifies her to this day!!!!!!!!

[@Mike-01234]

I'm sure it was way more impressive in person then on a video.

[@szki272]

why not take the boats out to sea. It would seem like the damage is being caused by the boats hitting stuff.

[@kathyyoung1774]

Pork Chop Would be better. Don’t always have time.

[@morgangrey4020]

@@kathyyoung1774 They had close to 18 hours of warning.....they had plenty of time .....but complacency and not wanting to "Waste Fuel" was a bigger concern for them...i guess they won't need fuel now .If these people act like this during this event,i'd hate to see what happens when the Northwest subduction zone gives way..That fault has produced 9.0 earthquakes just like what happened in japan.

[@nslipknot]

I was in Crescent City a couple of days before this happened.

[@stonew1927]

+J.M. Cro OMG!!! Are you OK?!!! LOL

[@emmaathome2902]

nslipknot 9 I’ve never been there, but I was fine..

[@BakedBuddy]

Just moved to crescent city and not looking forward to the next tsunami 💀💀

[@annamariegarcia8728]

Just so everyone knows, a lot of the people who took these videos were owners of these boats. Luckily, it was only our harbor that was destroyed.

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Santa Cruz harbor too.

[@annamariegarcia8728]

I'm talking about in Crescent City. The Harbor was the only thing destroyed in Crescent Ctiy

[@SouthwesternEagle]

Annamarie Garcia Oh. OK. :3 Crescent City seems to get every tsunami generated in the Pacific, but none of them are ever strong.

[@roguebiscuit5282]

SouthwesternEagle the 1964 one was damaging

[@annamariegarcia8728]

The new one that's gonna hit is supposed to wipe out Crescent City. But nobody knows when it'll hit. Supposed to be worse than the one in 1964, from what I've read.

[@Cameron-ur2tk]

Nice boat hardly used New paint New fuel water seperator New batteries Carbs just rebuilt Must sell cause I am downsizing to smaller boat

[@theray2009]

Federal STH-10 siren going off

[@hzauke]

Awwwwww.. this happened on 3-11 day. That sucks

[@cakedoodle]

Wow! Holy moly.

[@tristanjennings7013]

I remember this I live there

[@ortiz50114]

Has the water ever gone so far in that it has torn up houses??

[@stevenreeder1495]

Carlos Ortiz Yes, check KZbin for "Crescent City tsunami 1964"

[@tenorlove]

Yes. The particular topography of Crescent City's harbor makes it a tsunami magnet. Zoning laws after the 1964 tsunami banned building homes right on the harbor.

[@clarkewi]

Is that worse than '64?

[@jeffvw1994]

In 64 the waves made it up to a quarter mile into town.

[@mikepowell8611]

No not by a longshot.

[@clarkewi]

@@mikepowell8611 I visited Crescent City many years ago and went to the library and they showed me a huge harbour jack that now rested right in front of the library. Must have been very deep water there where the library is.

[@m.c.ruckus2032]

Did he just say, "GEE WHIZ"?

[@clarkewi]

Look at that current. Don't fall in.

[@bd9712]

And Forrest Gump started cashing it in !!!

[@noncopyrightedmusic1155]

I live here

[@LitbyNoonProductions]

Godzira!!!

[@stonew1927]

Like ghost ships taking a little cruise around the marina. Don't suppose the owners of the marina had tsunami insurance ....

[@notrombones5041]

This is a kiddy-ride compared to Japan's E-Ticket.

[@glenkelley6048]

Where TF is Crescent City?

[@Mullay2]

Crescent City is just south of the Oregon border in extreme Northern California.

[@joegardner3083]

You stupe, just google the name, u mory and it will pop up and c city is in the heart I f the weed world.

[@kingjesus872]

Commiefornia

[@johnguz76]

Looks like some of those boats should of been scrapped.

[@user-rr5zk6qe2y]

23 اوكل الله جل في علاه بكل شئ ملكا : فهناك ملك الجبال وملك البحار وملك السحاب وملك الرياح وباستطاعته ان يامرها بما يريد ان زلزلوا او احرقوا او دمروا او حطموا او اغرقوا فينتقم الله ممن يشاء ولا يستطيع اي مخلوق في هذا الكون منع قضاءه جل وعلا ويقال ان صوت الرعد حسبما ورد في الاثر انه صوت الملك الذي يزجر به السحاب ويسوقه حيث يشاء بامر الله عز وجل ... والله اعلم قال تعالى ( وما تاتيهم من آية من آيات ربهم الا كانوا عنها معرضين ) وقال تعالى ( فأرسلنا عليهم الطوفان والجراد والقمل والضفادع والدم ... ) وقال تعالى ( وان يروا كسفا من السماء ساقطا يقولوا سحاب مركوم ) وقال تعالى ( فلما راوه عارضا مستقبل اوديتهم قالوا هذا عارض ممطرنا بل هو مااستعجلتم به ريح فيها عذاب اليم ) وقال تعالى ( ولو شئنا لرفعناه بها ولكنه أخلد إلى الأرض واتبع هواه فمثله كمثل الكلب إن تحمل عليه يلهث أو تتركه يلهث ذلك مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بآياتنا فاقصص القصص لعلهم يتفكرون ) وقال تعالى ( مثل الذين حملوا التوراة ثم لم يحملوها كمثل الحمار يحمل اسفارا بئس مثل القوم الذين كذبوا بآيات الله والله لا يهدي القوم الظالمين ) وقال تعالى ( قل ياأهل الكتاب لستم على شيء حتى تقيموا التوراة والإنجيل وما أنزل إليكم من ربكم وليزيدن كثيرا منهم ما أنزل إليك من ربك طغيانا وكفرا فلا تأس على القوم الكافرين ) يَـأَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ كَثِيراً مِّمَّا كُنتُمْ تُخْفُونَ مِنَ الْكِتَابِ وَيَعْفُواْ عَن كَثِيرٍ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ مِّنَ اللَّهِ نُورٌ وَكِتَابٌ مُّبِينٌ* يَهْدِي بِهِ اللَّهُ مَنِ اتَّبَعَ رِضْوَانَهُ سُبُلَ السَّلامِ وَيُخْرِجُهُمْ مِّنِ الظُّلُمَاتِ إِلَى النُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَى صِراطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ وهذا ما سيحدث لامريكا كثيرا وستدفع الثمن باهضا انتهت امريكا وكل شئ انتهى ولا يستطيعون فعل اي شئ اللهم عليك بهم فانهم لا يعجزونك حقيقة اعصار التورنادوا : هو في الاساس رباني ومن غضب الله الجبار ومن شدته انه اذا مر على نهر شقه نصفين ورفع قاعه الطيني وذر ترابه في الهواء وكذلك يقتلع البنايات والبيوت والاشجار ومن ثم رميها في مكان بعيد مهما كانت ثقيلة وعظيمة ويحمل الجسور والقناطر والخزانات الكبيرة ويدور بها وكانها عود ثقاب ويلفها كالمروحة من شدة قوته العنيفة ويحمل معه الحيوان والانسان الى عنان السماء ثم يلفظه خارج الغلاف الجوي او الكرة الارضية وكانها عملية تفريغ اي شفط نحو الفضاء الخارجي مما يتسبب بخسائر مادية جسيمة وهائلة تقدر بتريليونات الدولارات وهذا غيظ من فيض وهذا بعض ما يجري في امريكا ان الذين كذبوا باياتنا واستكبروا عنها لا تفتح لهم ابواب السماء ولا يدخلون الجنة حتى يلج الجمل في سم الخياط ...

[@daro2262]

Cool a few boat's got jacked good oh well it's only boat's☺😁😂😀😊😬☺😸😈

[@v8sekkusu677]

I was leaving crescent city that morning and looked at the news when we got to a motel and it said a tsunami hit and showed video footage of flipped boats. Pretty fucking lit

[@BaffinSailor]

I so happy to watch these boats get AFU. I will never cry at rich peoples demise.

[@theowlfan9050]

a sth-10. replaced a e57 years ago

[@paulmavric887]

Time to move don't ya think guys and girls🤔

[@Chillkitty666]

😢

[@scorpiorrz12]

Was flew out there to respond

[@xxgameingxx-swift9295]

I live there

[@djtundettundet]

Ya tuhan jauhkan lah sunami ini dari umat mu ini 👉👍😍😄🙏👏

[@sleepyjones9625]

I understand having a city that gets hit with hurricanes tornadoes and earthquakes but waves come on just move Inland a few feet

[@justplainpossum]

Destroys the harbor? Type in Tsunami Ascending the River in Kesennuma for a little perspective.

[@stonew1927]

+justplainpossum Whatever. The title for THIS video, and THIS place is appropriate.

[@justplainpossum]

Some boats were banged up, or loosened from their moorings. The harbor was not destroyed.

[@annamariegarcia8728]

The harbor was destroyed. I went and saw it myself the next day. Docks and boats were washed up on shore. I have pictures to prove it

[@morgangrey4020]

@@stonew1927 That was not destruction....90% of the boats there were fine and only half the piers were messed up....wait till the northwest subduction zone goes...THEN you'll see what destruction is.

[@user-kx3pt9cb5e]

碰碰船😄😄

[@slit4659]

isn't anyone going to start thanking God

[@morgangrey4020]

Sure ..Thank God those waves weren't like the ones in Japan....or thousands of onlookers would become the story and not just watching it.

[@patrickreedy6027]

who the fuck says geese wizz??

[@taichi2924]

why are people laughting while see this destruction? now the reason i ask is A. anti-logical, B. disrespectful/abusive towards rights,and C. there watching the start of destruction...

[@kathyyoung1774]

TAI CHI Probably nervous laughter, which is how many respond. Not necessarily disrespect.

[@BaffinSailor]

Mostly pay back for being rich jack holes.

[@kaitlin12336]

@sanfranciscobay well my mom said they got up to 8 feet or w_e

[@power9955]

Bruh i fuckin remember this and going back to the dock to look at the sunkin boats.

[@melted_cheetah]

Totally not prepared despite the warnings. USA is more f'd than Japan. Japanese atleast prepared defenses.

[@morgangrey4020]

Japan gets 100 times more Tsunami's than the US by far,so of course they are prepared...but even this time they were not prepared for the incredible size of it.

[@undercover227]

the seagulls r like SHITTT

[@kaitlin12336]

@jmeove omg ahaha i was reading that right when he said that

[@harrykuheim6107]

Cali deserves this....

[@rsmith155]

Gee whiz!?

[@user-pn3fw5ix7c]

日本からの津波が…

[@kimberlylongman8299]

It is gona happen again and and again!!

[@andrewcooke8222]

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[@flame19719]

OOOOHHHHHH NOOOOOO PLZZZZ, DONT DESTROY MY SUPER DUPER COOL TOWN, why cant the ocean wipe out sumthing un-important, like the courthouse............

[@kimberlylongman8299]

Doesn't anybody call it INSTANT KARMA!

[@michaeldeierhoi4096]

Six years later the response is still WHY?????

[@kimberlylongman8299]

I am laughing my fucking ass off!

[@brian.7966]

why ??? you would not laugh if it happened to you.

[@kimberlylongman8299]

SHIT HAPPENS!!!!