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Tsunami: Santa Cruz harbor dock destroyed, man swept out to sea near Klamath River
At 11:15 a.m., a large surge came through the Santa Cruz harbor and sent dozens of boats, some as big as 40-feet long, turning onto their sides and slamming into other boats that were tied up at nearby slips. Several boats sank and people in the crowd gasped loudly and yelled as the boats' masts hit the water.
There were also reports of significant damage in the harbor in
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Crescent City, where 35 boats were crushed.
The majority of the damage in Santa Cruz has been centralized at one of the docks -- known as the U dock-- which was destroyed in spectacular fashion.
"The dock, it looked like an explosion," said Michael Sack, co-owner of Sanctuary Cruises. "The dock just blew up. It buckled and it splintered."
Sack said a 30-foot boat sank and at least four other boats broke loose. Early in the morning, there were an estimated 40 boats tied up in the U-dock. By 11:15 a.m., there were only three or four.
"They were just floating back and forth in the harbor, slammed into other boats," Sack said, adding his 48-foot whale watching boat was not damaged.
ReNae Ammon of Scotts Valley lost her 31-foot sports fishing boat.
"You forget how powerful the ocean is," Ammon said. "You can really be at its mercy."
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