Chapter 10 talked about the Southern Coastlands, which in many was is similar to life in Crescent City because it is also located along the coast, yet it is also different. The only things that really grow in Crescent City and its surrounds are blackberries, raspberries, thimble berries, and apple trees. Some people have a pear tree or two and others even have blue berries. There are no orange trees or even lemon trees like there are along the southern coastlands though.

Crescent City receives a significant amount of rain each year, about 65 inches a year. The region also experiences a significant amount of lightening storms. Many of the children learn how to count approximately how far away the center of the storm is because a good number of the storms have strong enough winds that many of the residents lose power. Storming nights are a common thing, with many of the children even playing in the rain simply because it meant not having to stay in the house for 2-3 days at a time. Storms are not the only weather relate events that the region has to worry about. There have been a few earthquakes that have occurred to the south that have been felt in Crescent City, none have been strong enough to cause damage though like what residents in Southern California have seen.

Damage from the 1964 Tsunami (Source:

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With these earthquakes there is also the possibility of tsunamis. Tsunamis can be seen as this regions hurricanes, although there has only been 1 on record to produce significant damage. The tsunami occurred on March 27, 1964, as a result of the Good Friday Earthquake off Anchorage, Alaska. The earthquake set off a trans-Pacific tsunami that sped in three hours down the U.S. West Coast to the state of Washington. Destroying anything in its path and continued down the coast. Four and 1/2 hours after the earthquake occurred the tsunami hit Crescent City, four waves struck over a two-hour period. Almost 300 buildings had been destroyed, hundreds of cars ruined, fishing vessels destroyed and 12 people had died. Many other individuals were also missing, many were later found but some to this day still have an unknown fate. It was estimated that the city had suffered more damage then Anchorage did from the earthquake.

Damage to Dalys Dept. Store (Source:

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I would like to add that on March 11, 2011 due the to Japan earthquake, the Crescent City harbor experienced major damage. All docks were damaged, many completely destroyed, and the 35 remaining boats int he harbor were all damaged as well; many of them sinking. Majority of the boats that were in the harbor though left the harbor before the tsunami hit in an attempt to ride the waves out in the high seas. This decision proved to be very helpful and smart on their part in the beginning, they avoided being in the harbor when the surges hit, yet many of the came close to completely running out of fuel because they had to wait until the surges halted. It has been estimated that the damage could very well top out at 25 million dollars.