By Lt. Gordon McCraw, Tillamook County Emergency Management Director The recent tsunami scare has raised awareness but also raised some questions and concerns. I will try to address those that I have…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
Adventurous Wind Surfer in Rockaway Beach – 1/25/18
Photos by Don Best With snow on the Coast Range, many coastal residents were stoking their fires today, but Don Best caught this adventurous wind surfer taking advantage of continued big surf…
Diver rescued from Tillamook Bay by local law enforcement officers during marine patrol
Tillamook Bay-On January 22, 2018 around 1:09pm, a Marine Deputy from the Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office and an OSP Fish and Game Trooper were conducting a routine marine patrol in the Crab…
Alaskan Earthquake Triggers Coastal Tsunami Watches, Evacuations; All Clear, Watch Cancelled at 4:20 am
At 12:32 am Alaskan Time (1:31am PST) a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck 175 miles SE of Kodiak in the Gulf of Alaska, prompting a tsunami warning for Alaska’s southern coast and a tsunami watch…
UPDATE: Coast Guard responding to oil sheen in Astoria, Oregon Jan. 20
ASTORIA, Oregon — Coast Guard and local salvage personnel discovered the potential source of the oil sheen and are working to minimize environmental impacts on the Columbia River near Astoria, Saturday. Coast…
Coast Guard responding to oil sheen in Astoria, Oregon Jan. 19
ASTORIA, Oregon — Coast Guard personnel are responding to an oil sheen caused by an unknown source near the Cannery Pier Hotel in Astoria, Friday. Sector Columbia River dispatched personnel from the…
Epic Ocean Waves Battered Oregon Coast Jan. 18 – Don Best Images of Twin Rocks
From Cape Disappointment on the Long Beach Peninsula down to Lincoln City, and beyond, record-breaking ocean waves driven by storms at sea and high tides wreaked havoc on Thursday January 18th. One…
MAN SWEPT AWAY OFF ROCKS IN DEPOE BAY
News Release from Oregon State Police Posted on FlashAlert: January 18th, 2018 2:00 PM On January 18, 2018 at approximately 11:20am the Oregon State Police responded to Depoe Bay for a report…
Coast Guard helo crew hoists 3 men at Ecola State Park Today Jan. 17th
A GoogleMaps photo shows Indian Beach where a Coast Guard aircrew rescued three men after they became stranded by the rising tide at Indian Beach, January 17, 2018. ASTORIA, Ore. — A…
Beautiful January Day Provides Picturesque Ocean View – Photos by Don Best
Oh, ocean … waves and winds combined on Monday January 15th for some pretty spectacular wave viewing. Don Best captured it at Twin Rocks, and as he said, “I was so impressed…
