First debris from Japanese earthquake/tsunami reaches Olympic Peninsula (Washington State)

The Peninsula Daily News ^ | December 14, 2011 | Arwyn Rice

[Stoat]

About a quarter of the 100 million tons of debris from Japan is expected to make landfall on beaches from southern Alaska to California, possibly in volumes large enough to clog ports, Ebbesmeyer said. 

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People should also be aware of the possibility of radiation contamination, he said.

The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant leaked a large amount of radiation into the water in the wake of the tsunami, and no one knows what levels of contamination there are in the currents, and the items being carried in those currents, he said.

Ebbesmeyer suggested local police take steps to have sensitive Geiger counters available to scan items — just to be safe.

The event was unprecedented, and no one knows yet what levels of radiation, if any, items have picked up, he said

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“Thought you might be interested” ping

[BipolarBob]

“Give us your poor, your huddled, your radioactive . . . . “

[DainBramage]

Froatsah

[evets]

[Lando Lincoln]

Dude looks like a wax figure of John Glenn.

[TigersEye]

The float that was found in Neah Bay sits well above the water, has a very shallow draft and is lightweight, exactly what Ingraham’s computer model said would show up first.

Scientists need computers to tell them that floats float better than non-floats. lol

[Eccl 10:2]

Oceanographer Jim Ingraham shows the tumor growing out of his back believed to have been caused by too much exposure to the radioactive debris washing up on shore from Japan.

[Jack Hydrazine]

I wonder what the chances of the debris still being radioactive? I am going to have to walk the beaches a bit more often on the north coast of Oregon.

What if we find a dead body in the middle of that debris? Who should we call?

[Stoat]

I wonder what the chances of the debris still being radioactive?

From the article:

The event was unprecedented, and no one knows yet what levels of radiation, if any, items have picked up, he said.

What if we find a dead body in the middle of that debris? Who should we call?

From the article:

Shoes with remains or other possibly human remains found on beaches should be reported to the appropriate authorities, either police, sheriff’s deputies or park rangers, he said.

[TigersEye]

I wonder what the chances of the debris still being radioactive?

Of the estimated 100 million tons of debris (did that come from a computer model too?) how much of it came from the nuclear reactor site? They make it sound like all of it did.

[RitchieAprile]

It looks like a watermelon to me.

[RitchieAprile]

Clallam Co Sheriffs or Makah Tribal Police in Neah.

[LucyT]

First debris from Japanese earthquake/tsunami reaches Olympic Peninsula (Washington State)

The black floats are seen in the middle of the Pacific by the hundreds, and are not something that has been seen on Eastern Pacific beaches before, he said.

The floats are included in masses of black blobs supporting huge rafts of debris that include fishing boats, houses and possibly human bodies, Ebbesmeyer said.

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Shoes with remains or other possibly human remains found on beaches should be reported to the appropriate authorities, either police, sheriff’s deputies or park rangers, he said.

[Stoat]

Thank you very much for pinging your list  :-)

 

 

[4woodenboats]

Oceanographer Jim Ingraham shows the tumor growing out of his back...

At 1st I thougt it was a floaty, but if Jim sez it's a giant tumor growing outta his back, who am I to argue?

Maybe he can get it lanced, no?

[Oatka]

What if we find a dead body in the middle of that debris? Who should we call?

"GhostBusters" (first thought.)
Local sheriff (second thought.)

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

How can they tell if a foot in a shoe is from the tsunami or from the usual disembodied feet that normally wash ashore in that area?

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/11/10/another-severed-foot-washes-ashore-in-british-columbia-unlike-other-12/

Authorities checked every IHOP with no luck in finding the owners.

[little jeremiah]

Pinging TLR.

I would think that ocean currents carrying radioactivity might have mixed with some of this debris, even though most of it would not have been radioactive (or any of it) when carried off by the tsunami.

[TigerLikesRooster]

It would make quite a scene if miles of debris show up near the beach. Debris covering the sea up to horizon.