Life in Tee Harbor, Alaska

Earthquake, Comet & a Tsunami Watch

What an interesting week - I woke up to an earthquake on Tuesday morning, got to see the comet on Wednesday afternoon, and now there is a tsunami watch.

The earthquake on Tuesday was a shallow 5.7 about 110 NW of here.  I was still in bed and awoke to the bed shaking. I was groggy and not sure what was going on, but was pretty sure it was an earthquake.  The wind was blowing pretty hard too, but I tuned into the local radio and my thought was confirmed as they gave the report.

Wednesday just after sunset, I got to see the McNaught Comet - that was cool!  I didn't get to look through the binoculars, but Rod did and said he could see stuff coming off of it and that it was just spectacular.  Lucky I got to see it that day, as it was about the only clear day we've had for awhile.

And then...

About an hour ago, the Emergency Broadcast System beeped on the TV....a tsunami watch had been issued.  I found on the internet that the earthquake was a 8.2 near Japan.

The Emergency Broadcast System just came on again with more specific times - the estimated time of arrival of the first waves, if there are any, is 3:10am here.  We live near the water, but are up a bit higher, so we won't be going anywhere.  If it were light out we could watch the Tee Harbor web cam to see if we get any waves...    http://www.jeffuswilliams.com/teeharbor/index.php

I guess we need to step up the progress on our bug-out bags (72hr emergency supplies)!

Tsunami

9:35 PM, Friday, January 12, 2007 .. Posted by bayleysmom17

I just saw the news (I'm in Oregon) and our coast is suppose to get it (if it happens) around 4:15-4:30 AM. SCARY. I hope it's just a false alarm though. I'm not anywhere near the coast so I won't be affected but it's still a scary thought. Hope you all stay safe!

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10:27 PM, Friday, January 12, 2007 .. Posted by justme

please keep us posted about the tsunami.

I used to live in California near LA and when there was a big quake in LA all I did was wake up thought to my self "Oh an earthquake" and go back to sleep. My sister who was a few blocks away from me jumped up screaming.

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11:16 PM, Friday, January 12, 2007 .. Posted by Anonymous

I think I just saw that our watch has been cancelled. Not sure if anchorage was actually included, but Seward was, and that is close enough for me! I hope they are right and it is all a false alarm!

Ooops

11:17 PM, Friday, January 12, 2007 .. Posted by crewchief

Oops, sorry, that anonymous post was me. Forgot I am on the crew's computer and I needed to log in. *blush*

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11:09 AM, Saturday, January 13, 2007 .. Posted by mdonohue

Woke up this morning and checked the yard - no flooding :o) Rod said we wouldn't drowned anyway - we live in a boat storage lot and we could just jump in one of the boats - hehehe. Luckily the earthquake didn't cause a tsunami, sounds like just a small wave and noone was hurt, nothing was damaged.

Web Cam

12:51 PM, Saturday, January 13, 2007 .. Posted by teapots66

It seems the tsunami scare is over? What a relief for you - I enjoyed peaking at the web cam, too. How far is that from you? -Chris

Web Cam

8:04 PM, Sunday, January 14, 2007 .. Posted by mdonohue

The web cam is just down the road from us - about 3 lots away. The dock you can see on the left is owned by my aunt. She lives at the top. My dad lives next door. My cousin lives next to my dad (in dad's rental house). And another cousin just moved right up the road. My grandparents moved to Tee Harbor in the 1930's and we've been around ever since!

Tsunami

6:58 PM, Monday, January 15, 2007 .. Posted by OklahomaJamie

How's this going? Any bad weather?

Bread recipe??

7:47 PM, Saturday, January 20, 2007 .. Posted by heritagehill

I just came across your blog, and in reading back a ways you were talking about the bread recipe you use. Could you share that please? Thanks a bunch!

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1:28 PM, Sunday, January 21, 2007 .. Posted by CandyFoote

Wow!
I just checked in on you and found out about all of the excitement that you have been having!
I'm glad everything worked out well.

Candy