Mile 178 Report
Cape Cove, Sea Lion Point, Sea Lion Caves
January 1, 2016
It was New Year's Day morning, and no better way to begin 2016 than a visit to my beach!
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It was New Year's Day morning, and no better way to begin 2016 than a visit to my beach! As expected, I noticed lots of landslide/erosion damage from the extreme weather we had in December. What took me by surprise was the volume of tsunami debris. There were fishing nets, buoys, garbage, and plastic crates and totes everywhere. There has been a concern that all this tsunami debris may contain radioactivity from the nuclear power plant in Fukushima Japan. I have access to a Geiger counter and decided to start taking some control readings of the objects that wash up on Oregon's beaches. The readings have been averaging clicks per minute in the mid-twenties, see photo number two. I will continue to monitor these levels in all future visits.
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: 1.3 feet.
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Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Tsunami debris
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Brien M
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