Oh see one en vue!
This is one of my favorite photos because it was taken at nearly the exact moment that a tsunami was supposed to strike the beach, sometime around 8:40 pm April 17, 2005! What was really difficult was to get the cell phone take a picture with the lighthouse light lit up at the exact right time. Dian and I had heard of the warning so we cruised on up to the North Head Lighthouse (passed a jam of fire trucks/emergency vehicles at the Beard's Hollow Overlook). We walked out to watch a spectacular sunset with 50 other like minded folks. Of course...those of you reading this blog might want to look up the history of what happened to the Scotch Cape lighthouse on Unimak Island when a 42 meter tall tsunami hit it (it was wood..not masonry like North Head). If you look left of the lighthouse, you'll notice ocean swells, one of which extends from the edge of picture to the headland and I like to think that's the "wave" from wherever it origininated (probably Aleutian Islands).
That's also code for too much L and C on the brain. 2009 is here and 2000 seems like yesterday. 1/10th of the new century is rapidly rolling up so it's time to kick the tires and light the fires. In the coming months I shall (attempt) to bore into..in no particular order: Beach ecology, global climate change, weeds, man and nature, local historical stuff here and there, the future of kind, the truly weird, pine trees, tsunamis, dogs, groundwater, etc. Some politics thrown in. Stay tuned.
Jim
That's also code for too much L and C on the brain. 2009 is here and 2000 seems like yesterday. 1/10th of the new century is rapidly rolling up so it's time to kick the tires and light the fires. In the coming months I shall (attempt) to bore into..in no particular order: Beach ecology, global climate change, weeds, man and nature, local historical stuff here and there, the future of kind, the truly weird, pine trees, tsunamis, dogs, groundwater, etc. Some politics thrown in. Stay tuned.
Jim
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