To learn more about the '64 Tsunami

April 04, 2009 12:02 pm

There is no shortage of other accounts of the 1964 tidal waves. Here are some sources:

■ “The Raging Sea,” a book by Dennis Powers that is still in wide distribution

■ “Dark Disaster,” a book by Wally Griffin, has just been reprinted by the Del Norte County Historical Society

■ Author Beverly Raffael’s first-hand account can be read at
open.salon.com/blog/beverlyjraffaele/2009/01/02/when_the_pacific_ocean_came_through_our_front_door

■ To view numerous color photos of the destruction posted by the Maris Ward family, go to
www.picasaweb.google.com/orcaspilot/1964CrescentCityTidalWave#