Surges

Sporthaven Port, Brookings, Oregon.

It was a long day yesterday waiting for the tsunami wave to hit our coastline and we paid attention to staying away from the beach areas but, late in the afternoon, many crowded to the Port and other beach areas to take pictures of the aftermath.


The first surge came into our Port area at seven thirty a.m. and it swept together with a current going out of the Chetco river and coming in from the sea. It washed away the docks and ripped the boats from their moorings. The man who took the pictures said a cabin cruiser was gone and a sail boat damaged. There was probably more damages to the boats as they bumped into one another , and flying debris everywhere. We have nothing to complain about as our sister city some twenty seven miles south, Crescent City, Ca., had allot more damage and several people died we are told. We will have to wait for the local papers to come up with more details.

With all that happened along our coast line, it is nothing in comparison to what happened to Japan and the Japanese people. The horror we have yet to hear about. The news and pictures yesterday were unbelievable and the earth has yet to settle down. Japan has a history of earthquakes but never one this size. We keep hearing about the fault line that follows our coast line and how it is going to erupt one day and we need to prepare. Words are so easy to say, but the deed is something else again. There is little that you can save and when it comes down to the actual event the most important 'thing' to save is your life. 'Things' lose their importance as soon as the earth shakes and the tsunami waves take over. We soon learn what is important in our lives.

So today, pray for all of the Japanese people. There is help going over and some will survive but there are thousands of souls to pray for that have already gone on. Words sting the brain as you hear a train disappeared filled with people. An entire village gone, thousands and thousands of real live people. Nature becomes a hard task master. Will such an event change the tone of our world? We can only hope, for 'their but the grace of God, go I' . . . Hugs to all.