Description
On Good Friday, 1964, the town of Crescent City, California, was preparing for the long Easter weekend. No one there knew that thousands of miles away, an earthquake registering 8.4 on the Richter scale was tearing through Alaska. And no one knew the quake would set off a series of tidal waves that would stretch across the Pacific and right to their back doors....Here is the first book ever devoted to the shocking event that all but destroyed scenic Crescent City-and tested the fortitude of its 3,000 residents. Dennis Powers re- creates the events of the fateful night when thirty city blocks were ravaged, 289 homes and businesses were damaged or destroyed, and eleven people lost their lives. Moment by gripping moment, The Raging Sea tells of the remarkable courage displayed by local heroes who came together before, during, and after the tsunami to save the lives of friends and strangers. It's the story of how Crescent City rose up from the ashes of disaster to face its new, if uncertain, future-and a testimonial to the spirit of a community determined to survive. ISBN:0786017511
