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THE DAILY ASTORIAN FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2016 &20081,7< 1B FLASHY PROPOSAL TOWER OF STRENGTH BE WARNED ne of our (Jewell School District) maintenance staff, -RQ 5DXVFK, SURSRVHG to our 3-4 grade teacher, .D\OD9DLO, this morning (Tuesday, March 8) using our school reader-board to surprise her,” 'RQ$QGHUVRQ, who teaches language arts at the school, wrote. His photo of the couple is shown. ³7KH\PHWDW-HZHOO6FKRRO´'RQH[SODLQHG³-RKQLVDIRUPHU student of Jewell, and Kayla has been teaching here for three years. They live close to the school in the Jewell area.” Judging from the look on her face, the Ear is fairly sure the answer was yes. ‘O - apanese architect +LURVKL1DNDPXUD has come up with a totally innovative design for a community WVXQDPLHYDFXDWLRQWRZHU, which can be seen on the Architecture & Design Magazine web- site at http://tinyurl.com/evactower. The architect’s illustrations are shown. ,QQRUPDOWLPHVWKHWRZHUZKLFKKDVDUDPSUXQQLQJDURXQGLWV H[WHULRUZRXOGEHDFRPPXQLW\KXE,GHDOO\LWZRXOGEHORFDWHGDW DODUJHLQWHUVHFWLRQLQDÀDWSODFHWKDWLVHDVLO\DFFHVVLEOHRQIRRW By providing a safe place to go in a disaster, it is hoped these towers would help community members be able to stay in their homes with- out being uprooted and forced to move to higher ground. ,QVSLUHGE\DVKDUN¶VVNLQZKLFK³VPRRWKO\FKDQQHOVZDWHUDZD\ from its surface,” the architect said. The cylindrical bottom of the WRZHUDOORZVWKHUXVKLQJWVXQDPLZDWHUWRHDVLO\ÀRZDURXQGLWZLWK the ramp entry facing away from the oncoming surge. Up to a height of about 50 feet, the ramp is covered with walls of reinforced con- crete to protect both the building, and the evacuees as they climb to the upper levels, which provide a safe place to wait out the disaster. One of these towers would look pretty interesting in Seaside, wouldn’t it? LEFT OR RIGHT? he sand was saturated with millions of tiny 9HOHOODYHOHOODV QHDUWKH3HWHU,UHGDOH7KXUVGD\´7LIIDQ\%RRWKH of the 6HD- VLGH$TXDULXP wrote, describing her photo, which is shown. So what are they? The 2-3 inch long critters are normally found RXWDWVHDÀRDWLQJRQWKHVXUIDFHLQFRORQLHVDFFRUGLQJWR-HOO\- watch.org (http://jellywatch.org/velella). The Velella’s typical blue sail and below-water detail are shown, inset, in a screen shot from ³7KH6HFUHW/LIHRI9HOHOOD$GULIWZLWKWKHE\WKHZLQGVDLORU´ 'LG\RXNQRZWKDWPRVW9HOHOODVDUH³OHIWKDQGHG´ZLWKWKHVDLO going from upper left to lower right? But, of course, there are some UHEHOVLQWKHIROGZKRDUH³ULJKWKDQGHG´6FLHQWLVWVZRQGHULIWKLV UHÀHFWVDSUHIHUUHGVDLOLQJGLUHFWLRQLQQRUWKHUQDQGVRXWKHUQKHPL- spheres, or eastern and western ocean shores. Guessing aside, no RQHKDVEHHQDEOHWRDFWXDOO\SURYHWKLVWKHRU\\HW,I\RXZDQWWR go out to the beach and start counting left and right-sailed Velellas, IHHOIUHHWRUHSRUW\RXU¿QGLQJVDW-HOO\ZDWFKRUJ So how did they get here? While the wind moves Velellas along by their little sails (be they left or right-handed), they can only move downwind or at a slight angle to the wind. Not being able to change directions sometimes causes them to be pushed en masse directly onto the shore, which is how they wound up in Hammond. ‘T oday is the ¿IWKDQQLYHUVDU\ of the -DSDQHVH HDUWKTXDNH, which took place on a subduction zone some 80 miles off the coast, very similar to the &DVFDGLD 6XEGXFWLRQ =RQH, which is about the same distance off Oregon’s Coast. Here are a few downright scary facts about the quake, from The Telegraph (http://tinyurl.com/telefacts): The 5-minute earthquake’s energy was that of 8,000 Hiroshima atom bombs when the 280 miles of the earth’s crust fractured. The coastline sank 4 feet in some places, and the entire Japanese archipelago shifted 8 feet east — but the Oshika Peninsula shifted 17 feet east, and the planet itself was shifted 4 inches by the tremor. Naturally, an earthquake of that size also generated a WVX- QDPL, which reached a maximum height of about 130 feet (think about it — the Astoria Column is 125 feet tall). The wave was 30 feet high in many coastal locations, but the sea walls averaged only about 20 feet high in the districts that had them. Two hundred million tons of water hit each kilometer (3,280 feet) of the Tohoku coast in four or more waves that went inland for several miles. A photo of some of the dam- age is shown, courtesy of Lance Cpl. Garry Welch, U.S. Marine Corps. More photos are available at http://tinyurl. com/tsupix When the tsunami hit, +LURPLWVX 6KLQNDZD (pictured inset in an AP Photo) was running to get away, then turned around to get something from home. The result? He was swept 10 miles out to sea on the wreckage of his house, where he stayed for two days until he was rescued by the Japanese navy, according to another story in The Telegraph KWWSWLQ\XUOFRPÀRDW ³, WKRXJKW WRGD\ ZDV WKH ODVW day of my life,” he said. And it easily could have been. Don’t want to get caught like he did? Be prepared: Check out Oregon tsunami evacuation maps at http://tinyurl.com/ NCevacmap. Know where to go, and, where not to. T CATCH THE WAVE WHERE THERE’S LIFE ... $ s devastating as the effects of the 7RKRNXHDUWKTXDNH DQGWVXQDPL were — and still are — on the people and land, DPD]LQJO\¿YH\HDUVODWHUDYDULHW\RIPDULQHOLIHLVÀRXULVKLQJ on the coastal seabeds in the GHEULV left by the double disaster, The Chi- cago Tribune reports (http://tinyurl.com/livelydebris). A screen shot is shown from a video of the seabed, courtesy of NewsOnJapan.com (http://tinyurl.com/life-debris). According to research conducted off the Tohoku coast by the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAM- STEC) and other organizations, the marine organisms (like rag- ZRUPVWKDWOLYHDURXQGWKHGHEULVDUHDWWUDFWLQJFKDQQHOURFN¿VK conger and snow crabs, who dine on them. Photos taken by a robot from March 2012 to November 2015 showed that an average of 114 critters per square meter were found around the tsunami debris — which is 14 times more sea life than in unlittered areas about 16 feet away. The organisms don’t seem to care what kind of debris they live in, but they are more prevalent in the sea- EHGYDOOH\VZKLFKDUHSLOHGXSZLWKLWWKDQLQWKHÀDWWHUVHFWLRQV Big bulky items that were a danger to ships and navigation have EHHQUHPRYHGDQGWKHVHDÀRRUZLOOEHPDSSHG³&RQ¿UPLQJWKH situation of organisms on the seabed after the 2011 disaster will VXUHO\EHXVHIXOIRU¿VKLQJLQWKHIXWXUH´VDLG.DWVXQRUL)XMLNXUD, a senior JAMSTEC researcher. FISH STORY ROLLIN’ ON THE RIVERWALK RJXHZDYHV, towering spontaneous waves that suddenly rear up from the surface of the ocean, are responsible for many ships being lost. They are especially dangerous because they appear with no warning. The good news is that Gizmag UHSRUWVWKDWUHVHDUFKHUVDWWKH0DVVDFKXVHWWV,QVWLWXWHRI7HFK- nology (MIT) have developed an HDUO\ZDUQLQJV\VWHP that can predict when a rogue wave is likely to hit, and give ships a little time to prepare (http://tinyurl.com/rogueseer). The wave SKRWRLVFRXUWHV\RI0,71HZV Previous attempts at rogue wave detection have consisted of complex systems that take too long to completely analyze the nearby wave data, making them ultimately too slow to be XVHIXO0,7¶VPHWKRGLVIDVWHU²QRWDQDO\]LQJHYHU\ZDYH instead looking for groups of waves that roll together. Appar- ently it’s these groups that exchange energy with each other and eventually merge to form a monster rogue wave. ³7KHV\VWHPXVHVDQDOJRULWKPWRGHWHUPLQHWKHSUREDELO- ity of these groups forming rogue waves based on their length DQGKHLJKW´WKHDUWLFOHVD\V³ZKLFKDVLGHQWL¿HGE\DQDO\]LQJ wave data gathered by ocean buoys, combined with special- L]HGZDYHZDWHUHTXDWLRQV´:LWKWKLVV\VWHP0,7UHVHDUFK- ers say the system can predict rogue waves 2-3 minutes before they fully develop. Sounds great, right? The only problem is that to use this WHFKQRORJ\VKLSVQHHGWREH¿WWHGZLWK³FRPSDWLEOHKLJKUHV- ROXWLRQVFDQQLQJHTXLSPHQWVXFKDV/,'$5/LJKW'HWHFWLRQ and Ranging) and radar.” Hopefully, shipping company own- ers will take note. R DYH.LQQH\ is a fan of KRYHUERDUGV³7KH\¶UHDORWRIIXQ DQGEHFDXVHRIP\EDGEDFN,FDQRQO\ZDON7KHKRYHU- ERDUGPDNHVLWVR,FDQJHWDEHWWHUFDUGLRZRUNRXWIRUP\GRJ while getting a little core strengthening for me, in the process.” He is pictured on the Riverwalk with his Pug, 6TXLUW. ³,JHWORWVRITXHVWLRQVDERXWKRZWRRSHUDWHLWDQG,XVXDOO\ MXVWDQVZHUµ,XVHKDSS\WKRXJKWV¶´KHVDLG,VKHZRUULHGDERXW KRYHUERDUGVEHLQJD¿UHKD]DUG"1RSH³,IFKDUJHGSURSHUO\DQG correctly according to the manufacturers instructions,” he insists, ³WKH\ZLOOQRWFDWFKRQ¿UH´ ³2WKHUWKDQWDNLQJDKLWLQWKHFRROIDFWRUDQGORRNLQJOLNHDQ XEHUJHHN´KHDGGHG³WKHVHERDUGVDUHDORWWDIXQDQGFDQEHQH- ¿WIRONVOLNHPHZKRQHHGVRPHWKLQJWRKHOSRXWZLWKWKHLUSHWV´ D elieve it or not, a EDE\VKDUN in 6HDVLGH made the news in the 8.³+HDUWZDUPLQJPRPHQWDPDQSLFNVXSDVWUDQGHGEDE\ shark in Oregon and releases it back into the sea,” the headline read in a Daily Mail story that ran Friday, March 4 (http://tinyurl.com/ grabshark). 7KH PDQ LQ TXHVWLRQ ZDV ,GDKR UHVLGHQW DQG PDULQH ELRORJLVW $ODQ+RO\RDN, who, while taking a stroll with his wife on the beach at Seaside, found a baby shark that was in extreme distress and roll- LQJDURXQGLQWKHVXUI³$W¿UVW,WKRXJKWLWPLJKWEHDVWUDQGHGGRO- SKLQRUSRUSRLVHSXS´KHVDLG³%XWZKHQ,UDQRYHUDQGJRWFORVH HQRXJKWRVHHLWZDVDVKDUN,KDGWKHVKRFNDQGWKULOORIP\OLIH´ ,QFDVH\RX¶UHZRQGHULQJLWZDVDVDOPRQVKDUN7LIIDQ\%RRWKH of the 6HDVLGH$TXDULXPWROGWKH(DU³:HVHHDERXWDKDOIGR]HQ or so each year, all about that size,” she said. Anyway, Holyoak grabbed the 46-inch long baby (which has a full set of razor-sharp teeth, by the way), and carried it out into deeper water. Luckily, he was not bitten. He and the shark are pictured in Caters News Agency photos, courtesy of the Daily Mail online. ³,WZDVKDYLQJDKDUGWLPHEXWDWOHDVWLWZDVJHWWLQJEDFNLQWR the waves — luckily it managed to get its bearings and make it into GHHSHUZDWHU´+RO\RDNUHFDOOHG³,KRSHWKLVVKDUNZDVVLPSO\GLV- RULHQWDWHGDQGLV¿QHQRZ´ ³7KLVLVWKHELJJHVW¿VK,¶YHHYHUFDXJKW´KHQRWHG³DQGLW¶VD VWRU\,¶OOORYHWHOOLQJRYHUDQGRYHU´ B COMMUNITY NOTES SATURDAY Lower Columbia R/C Soci- ety — 8:30 a.m., back room at Uptown Cafe, 1639 S.E. Ensign Lane, Warrenton. Local Acade- my of Model Aeronautics (AMA) chartered radio control model aircraft club meets for breakfast and business. All model aircraft enthusiasts are welcome. For in- formation, call 503-458-5196 or 503-325-0608. Sit and Stitch Group — 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Custom Threads, 1282 Commercial St. Knitting, cro- cheting and needle work. For infor- mation, call 503-325-7780. Columbia Northwestern Mod- el Railroading Club — 1 p.m., in Hammond. Group runs trains on HO-scale layout. For information, call Don Carter at 503-325-0757. Spinning Circle — 1 to 3 p.m., Astoria Fiber Arts Academy, 1296 Duane St. Bring a spinning wheel. For information, call 503- 325-5598 or go to http://astoriafi- berarts.com from a serious brain (mental) illness. For information, contact Myra Kero at 503-738-6165, or k7erowood@q. com, or go to www.nami.org SUNDAY Lower Columbia River Chap- WHU 0LOLWDU\ 2IÀFHUV$VVRFLDWLRQ of America — 5 p.m., Bridgewater Bistro, 20 Basin St. Jim Knight, executive director, Port of Astoria, is the speaker, and will respond to questions. All U.S. armed forces of¿cers, warrant of¿cers, retired, reserve, active duty and former of- ¿cers are welcome to attend. For questions, contact Capt. R. “Steve” Stevens (USCG ret.) at 503-861- 9832. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Support Group — 2 to 3:30 p.m., Seaside Public Library, 1131 Broadway. Family to Family Support Group, for anyone with friend or loved one suffering Line Dancing — 5:30 to 8 p.m., Seaside American Legion, 1315 Broadway. For information, call 503-738-5111. No cost; suggested $5 tip to the instructor. Clatsop County Genealog- ical Society — 1 to 4 p.m., Basic Geneaology Class, Church of Je- sus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 350 Niagara Ave. Park in rear of church. All are welcome. RSVP is appreciated; call Carol Wamsher at 503-298-8917 or Sali Diamond at 503-325-1963. MONDAY Scandinavian Workshop — 10 a.m., First Lutheran Church, 725 33rd St. Needlework, hardanger, knitting, crocheting, embroidery and quilting. All are welcome. For information, call 503-325-1364 or 503-325-7960. Mothers of Preschoolers — 10 to 11:30 a.m., Crossroads Com- munity Church, 40618 Old Highway 30, Svensen. MOPS group is a time for moms to relax and enjoy each others’ company. For information, call 503-502-3118. Senior Lunch — 11:30 a.m., Bob Chisholm Senior Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Suggested do- nation $3 for those older than 60; $6.75 for those younger than 60. For information, call Michelle Lew- is at 503-861-4200. Columbia Senior Diners — 11:30 a.m., 1111 Exchange St. Cost is $5. For information, or to have a meal delivered, call 503-325-9693. Warrenton Senior Lunch Pro- gram — noon, Warrenton Commu- nity Center, 170 S.W. Third St. Sug- gested donation of $5 for seniors and $7 for those younger than 60. For information, or to volunteer, call 503-861-3502 Monday or Thursday. Astoria Rotary Club — noon, second Àoor of the Astoria Elks Lodge, 453 11th St. Guests always welcome. For information, go to www.AstoriaRotary.org Parkinson’s Support Group — 1 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church library, 565 12th St. For informa- tion, call 503-338-8469 or 503-440- 1970. Peninsula Quilt Guild — 1 p.m., Peninsula Church Center, 5000 N Place, Seaview, Wash. Newcomers welcome. Bring non- perishable food donation. For infor- mation, call Janet King at 360-665- 3005. Knochlers Pinochle Group — 1 p.m., Bob Chisholm Community Center, 1225 Avenue A, Seaside. Cost is $1 per regular session per person. Players with highest and second highest scores split the prize. Game is designed for play- ers 55 and older, but all ages are welcome. Seaside Lions Club — 5 p.m., West Lake Restaurant & Lounge, 1480 S. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside. For information, call 503-738-7693. See NOTES, Page 2B
