GCJ1M1 TSUNAMI ANNIVERSARY (Traditional Cache) in California, United States created by The GeoGadgets Team

This cache has been archived.

Nomex: Hi The GeoGadgets Team
As there's been no cache to find for months, I'm temporarily archiving this to keep it from continually showing up in search lists. Just contact us when you have the cache repaired, [RED]and assuming it still meets the guidelines[/RED], we'll be happy to unarchive it.

Don't hesitate to email me via the link on my Profile if you have any questions. [red]Please be sure to include the cache name and GCxxxx number, or better yet, the URL of the cache page.[/red]

Thanks for your cooperation!
Nomex
Northern California Volunteer Cache Reviewer

GCJ1M1 ▼

A cache by The GeoGadgets Team Message this owner

Hidden : 3/28/2004

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Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

An easy walk along one of the areas most damaged by the 1964 Tsunami

Forty years ago, on Good Friday, March 27, 1964, a 7.1 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Alaska. Within only a few hours, and over a thousand miles away in our little town of Crescent City, California, a tsunami in a series of enormous waves began to dismantle the waterfront, beginning around 10 o'clock p.m. The first surge of water caused massive damage, but it was the subsequent waves that killed the people who had gone out to view the destruction. Eleven people died, two of them small children. Buildings and train cars were moved blocks from their original locations, or completely destroyed. One lot gave no indication that, only a few hours before, a gas station had been there. The small town of Crescent City, who's prosperity relied almost completely from commercial fishing and the logging of deciduous trees, sustained over $7 million worth of damage in 1964 dollars, when Citizen's Dock and nearby lumberyards were destroyed.

This cache commemorates this tragic event which happened on this date, March 28, 1964 - 40 years ago. Let us hope that we can learn from our mistakes.

For more information on Tsunamis and Tidal Waves, visit the website of the Del Norte Amateur Radio Club, who's members were instrumental in keeping the lines of information and contact open during one of this area's darkest moments.

The contents of the ammo can are the usual stuff, though we hope to add some Tsunami related items, or items related to this specific area (anything made of Redwood, fishing equipment, logging or commercial fishing memorabilia) as we find it. The only First Finders item is oriented toward local geocachers. Non-Del Norte County residents will not be able to use it. This is not to punish out-of-area geocachers, but instead is an attempt to encourage LOCAL geocachers to put the effort into finding new caches as they are placed.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre ohfu orarngu jung gur jnirf yrsg oruvaq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)