But Portland’s a port.
“But Portland’s a port.”
So it Is.
It was made a very successful international port by Blake Herring in the early 70’s with the rise of Sea-Land and container ships.
All a ship has to do is cross the Columbia River Bar (the single most difficult Bar in the world with more than 450 SOS calls from boats/ships each year).
Then the ship has to travel 70 miles up the Columbia, turn South and navigate the Willamette for a short distance...
Any tsunami wave would be dissipated by this time.
I grew up on the beach in Northern OR and lived for a time in Portland. While growing up I spent many days and nights in Portland with friends.
When St. Helens went ‘BOOM’ I was in Eugene, then back to the coast.
I’ve lived through three ‘tsunami alerts’ (leave home and head to the costal mountains).
Additionally one summer evening, while walking with a friend on the beach at 10:00 PM one evening we heard an unusual sound from the water. The moon was full and though the water was several hundred feet away a large swell (rouge wave) was on it’s way. We ran as fast as we could away from the water, probably ran 300’ or so, then jumped (luckily) onto a large tree (drift wood). The water sprayed over us and went at least 200’ further up the shore. Then receded.
We were ok, not so much the two old ladies South of us in Seaside, OR who had decided to take a walk on the beach after seeing a movie. They both were drowned.