tsunami12h.JPG 1964-Tidal Wave, Crecent City, CA /San Francisco Chronicle. ... Even Crescent City Mayor Bob Seligman went home to his house on a hill and went to sleep.

In Crescent City, the first alarm was sounded at 8:14 p.m., Wilson said. “The weather folks told us we had about a 15-minute window -- that the wave, if it was coming, would get here at 8:29 p.m.” ...

A Quiet Anniversary for Huge Tidal Wave. By Kenneth Reich . ... Bill Stamps, who broadcasted from a tiny radio station in Crescent City on the night of the 1964 tsunami, ...

2005-06-16 04:00:00 PDT Crescent City, Del Norte County-- The name of the bowling alley in this small North Coast town was changed a few years ago to Tsunami Lanes, a measure of the lasting impact ...

An 8.1-magnitude earthquake north of Japan created a small tsunami that found its way to Crescent City, Calif. Back-to-back surges destroyed two docks and rattled nerves in the small community ...

Crescent City’s claim to fame is it the only town in the continental US where a tsunami has killed residents. On March 28, 1964, a 21-foot tsunami wave created by a earthquake in nearby Alaska surged ...

THE RAGING SEA: The Heroic Story of America's Worst Tidal Wave Dennis M. Powers, . . Citadel, $15.95 (288pp) ISBN 978-0-8065-2682-9 ...