Huge Japanese dock washes up on Oregon Coast

[Redbellypiranha]

very cool

 

[Dan F]

State police were posted to keep people from climbing on the dock, said Mitch Vance, shellfish program manager for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/70-foot-dock-japan-washes-oregon-beach-article-1.1091301

Thanks for posting that - I would have been pretty ticked-off if I got there (over 2 hours drive) and they wouldn't let me climb up on it. Oh, well, like Eddie said, I'm sure the weather will probably be nasty this weekend.

 

[Dan F]

Going to Newport next weekend, gonna see if its still there lol.

I have a feeling it might not be. It probably won't be too hard to pull that thing off the beach, and I read that it is causing parking/traffic issues with all the gawkers.

 

[Tayler]

How crazy would that be if some people were on it.

 

[Gill Blue]

'Alien' sea creatures hitch a ride to U.S.
http://news.yahoo.com/officials-worry-creatures-tsunami-dock-165802958.html

 

[Dan F]

'Alien' sea creatures hitch a ride to U.S.
http://news.yahoo.com/officials-worry-creatures-tsunami-dock-165802958.html

They scraped off everything and buried it, then went over it with blowtorches. Probably a little excessive, considering the hundreds of Japanese freighters that come to Portland every year.

 

[skooby]

I still would wanna climb it and also eat sushi sounds good never tried though lol

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[ballinouttacntrol]

Just occurred to me I'm minutes from Newport, is it still here?


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[Dan F]

It was not that long ago, I'm pretty sure it is still there. They aren't stopping people from climbing on it anymore either, since they cleaned off all the seaweed.

 

[Allan01230]

I heard a few ghost ships are on their way to the U.S. from the tsuami also. That would be pretty cool to see.