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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2015
Tides will be key when the Tsunami hits
Scientists
foresee possible
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along the estuary
By KATIE WILSON
EO Media Group
COLUMBIA RIVER —
Tides, not the amount of wa-
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er, will likely determine how
much havoc a tsunami will
unleash on Columbia River
communities, according to a
new study by Oregon State
University.
A tsunami that hit during
the highest tides of the year
would, in general, do the
most damage of all.
While water from a major
tsunami would barely reg-
ister 50 miles upriver near
Longview, Wash., down at
the mouth of the river the wa-
ter could rise as much as 13
feet and almost 7 feet within
a few miles of Astoria, ac-
cording to OSU engineers.
“There have been pre-
vious models of Columbia
River run-up as a result of
a tsunami, but they had less
resolution than this work,”
David Hill, an associate pro-
fessor of civil engineering
in the OSU College of En-
gineering, told the Columbia
Basin Bulletin. “We carefully
considered the complex hy-
drodynamics, subsidence of
grounds that a tsunami might
cause, and the impacts during
different scenarios.”
According to the recent
OSU study, the lowest eleva-
tion of a tsunami wave gen-
erally occurs at high tide, but
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the greatest because the tide
levels are already so high.
Basically, there’s just more
water out there for a tsuna-
mi to work with. Because
of complex hydrodynamic
interactions, the study found
water would actually wash
up and over the southern spit
of the Columbia River mouth
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prised that the river’s water
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much,” Hill said. “The max-
imum reach of a tsunami on
the Columbia will be based
on the tidal level at the time,
and of course the magnitude
of the earthquake causing the
event.”
Worst-case scenario
OSU Researchers con-
cluded that if a 9.0 magnitude
earthquake and associated
tsunami struck the coast at
the highest tide of the year:
• Just offshore, the tsuna-
mi would raise water levels
about 11.5 to 13 feet.
• Just inside the mouth of
the Columbia River, the wa-
ter would rise about 13 feet.
• At river mile 6, ap-
proaching Hammond, the riv-
er would rise about 10 feet.
• At river mile 25, near
Welch Island, the river
would rise about 1.6 feet.
• At river mile 50, near
Longview, there would be no
measurable rise in the river.
Past provides clues
The Cascadia Subduction
Zone, a seismic fault that runs
60 to 100 miles offshore from
Vancouver Island to northern
California, unleashes mas-
sive earthquakes accompa-
nied by tsunamis every 300
to 600 years, according to ex-
perts. The last one occurred
in January 1700.
But, the Bulletin reports,
according to researchers, the
impact on rivers is difficult
to predict since so many
variables are involved —
the width and shape of riv-
er mouths, bays, river flow,
tides, all of which could
dampen or magnify the ef-
fect of a tsunami.
Still, two events — one
recent and one now decades
in the past — give local
communities some idea of
what to expect.
In 2011, a magnitude 9
earthquake hit Japan, bring-
ing a tsunami with it. That
tsunami was caused by geo-
logic forces similar to those
facing the Pacific North-
west. The violent shaking
and wall of water left more
than 28,000 people dead or
missing, and also included
significant inland reach and
damage on local rivers.
Closer to home but far-
ther back in people’s mem-
ories, a magnitude 9.2 earth-
quake hit Alaska’s Prince
William Sound in 1964. It
caused a tsunami and sent
water rushing up and down
the West Coast, providing
numerous examples of how
a tsunami might affect local
rivers. The waves generated
by the Alaska event were to
blame for most of the dam-
ages and deaths.
In Seaside, hundreds of
miles from Alaska, people
reported that a surge of sea
water entered the estuary
there, according to eye-
witness accounts collected
by NOAA. One man in a
Major crimes rose in Cannon Beach last year
Lesser offenses
took a downturn
CANNON BEACH — Can-
non Beach experienced a 35
percent hike last year in Part 1
offenses — considered to be
major crimes — but a decrease
in Part II or lesser crimes, ac-
cording to an annual report dis-
tributed by Police Chief Jason
Schermerhorn.
Heading the list of major
crimes in 2014 was the murder
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micide in Cannon Beach in de-
cades. The child’s mother, Jessi-
ca Smith, has been charged with
aggravated murder in the child’s
death and attempted aggravated
murder for injuries suffered by
Smith’s 13-year-old daughter.
Smith is awaiting trial in 2016.
Increases also occurred in
robberies, assaults, burglaries
and thefts last year.
Meanwhile, decreases oc-
curred in motor vehicle thefts,
domestic disturbance responses,
fraud, vandalism, sex offenses,
the Cannon Beach Chamber of
Commerce, Rotary Club of Sea-
side and Cannon Beach Rural
Fire Protection District. Scher-
merhorn said he will continue
the event.
The department also spon-
sored and participated in the
eighth annual South Coun-
ty Citizens Academy, which
Schermerhorn started when he
worked for the Seaside Police
Department. The academy takes
citizens interested in law en-
Jessica Smith is awaiting trial on charges that she mur- forcement “behind the scenes”
dered her 2-year-old daughter last year. The alleged mur- and trains them in various as-
der is the first in Cannon Beach for decades.
pects of local law enforcement
activities. Also participating in
drug/marijuana cases and oth- with that, the accidents were the academy were Seaside and
ers.
down as well,” Schermerhorn Gearhart police departments,
However, the department said. “That was good to see.”
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provided more than twice the
Overall, the department had and the Clatsop County District
number of citizen assists than a good year, he said.
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last year. Warnings for overnight
“I think the department is
Schermerhorn said the de-
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cantly.
different things and a lot more other community outreach
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house at the lower channel
of Neawanna Creek said he
saw a surge of water head-
ing straight toward him. The
family dog first heard the
roar of the water, the man
told NOAA. They had less
than a minute to evacuate
before water and huge drift-
wood logs crashed through
their house.
Water also surged up the
Necanicum River. A bore
going up the Necanicum
Channel tore an abandoned
bridge from its pilings with
the sound of “giant eggshells
cracking.”
Local warnings
Still, little has been done
locally to understand exact-
ly what sort of devastation
communities can expect
when a massive earthquake
and resulting tsunami hit the
coast here.
In Oregon, the commu-
nity in Cannon Beach has
paid for extensive modeling
and tests to determine where
everyone should run when
the earthquake and tsunami
hit and how they should re-
spond afterwards.
In Pacific County, 11 “All
Hazard Alert Broadcast”
sirens have been placed
throughout the county and
will blare a warning if a
tsunami is on its way. Signs
along the roads alert visi-
tors that they are entering
a tsunami zone and signs
at local beach approaches
warn about the hazards of
tsunamis. But locals have
criticized the evacuation
maps provided by county
emergency
management,
saying they are difficult to
read, out of date and may not
even provide the best routes,
and plans to build a vertical
evacuation berm in Long
Beach where there is vir-
tually no high ground have
stalled.
A 1997 paper by Bri-
an Atwater and Eileen
Hemphill-Haley,
“Recur-
rence Intervals for Great
Earthquakes of the Past
3,500 Years at Northeastern
Willapa Bay, Washington,”
examined sequences of bur-
ied soils in low-tide areas
in northeastern Willapa Bay
and found evidence to indi-
cate regular earthquakes af-
fecting the area. The authors
concluded that about 500
years elapsed between mas-
sive earthquakes of magni-
tude 8 or larger.
The Columbia Basin Bul-
letin assisted with this re-
port.
BY THE NUMBERS
Crimes
2014
Criminal homicide
1
Robbery
1
Assault
5
Burglary
13
Larceny/theft
34
Motor vehicle theft
0
Arson
0
Domestic disturbance responses:
15
Criminal trespass/notice
10
Forgery/counterfeit
3
Fraud
2
Embezzlement
0
Vandalism/criminal mischief
21
Weapons laws/carrying a concealed weapon
1
Sex offenses
0
Drug/marijuana cases
19
DUII arrests
13
Furnishing alcohol to minors
5
Disorderly conduct
5
Fugitive arrests
10
Minor in possession of alcohol
19
Number of calls
2014
2412
This was a 15 percent increase over last year.
Services provided by officers
2014
Citizen assists
719
Local security checks
25,613
Assist other agencies
476
City code violations addressed
64
Vacation checks
690
Overnight camping warnings issues
668
Welfare checks
64
Traffic Enforcement
2014
Traffic warnings
1,629
Traffic citations
182
Motor vehicle accidents information exchanges 30
2013
0
0
4
7
29
1
0
19
11
2
5
0
32
1
2
43
21
2
4
14
20
2013
2,086
2013
1,620
21,186
357
100
649
486
72
2013
1,843
206
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The Rivertide Suites
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We are looking for fulltime
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Also hiring Housekeepers.
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46 A NNOUNCEMENTS
70 H ELP W ANTED
Jewell School District #8
Announces Elections for:
School Board Member
Positions #1, #3 & #5
Clatsop County School Board
Elections will be held May 19, 2015.
The terms for Positions #1, #3 & #5
on the Jewell School Board end
on June 30, 2015 and the new
term will begin July 1, 2015 and
run through June 30, 2019.
Astoria Crest Motel
Has the following positions open.
Apply in person
5366 Leif Erikson Dr.
•Front Desk 3-11pm flexible
•Night Audit/laundry 11pm to 7am
•Housekeeper flexible schedules
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If you would like to consider
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the governing board, please
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Required skills include excellent
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We offer competitive wages with the
opportunity to earn incentive pay
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Please apply in person at 414 N
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