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Ketchikan: Tlingit
Master Carver Rescued After Hunting Trip - Tlingit Master
Carver Nathan Jackson was rescued Monday after he was unable
to find his boat after a deer hunting trip on Bold Island. -
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Tuesday - December 28, 2004
West Coast/Alaska: Catastrophic
tsunami possible on West Coast - The type of devastating
tsunami that struck the southern coast of Asia is entirely possible
in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, but might not
cause as much loss of life there because of better warning systems,
according to experts at Oregon State University.
OSU is home to the Tsunami
Wave Basin at the Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory, one of the
world's leading research facilities to study tsunamis and understand
their behavior, catastrophic effects and possible ways to reduce
the destruction they can cause. -
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Tuesday - December 28, 2004
Ketchikan: 2004
Southeast Alaska Experienced Warmest Summer Ever - The National
Weather Service in Juneau, reports that Southeast Alaska had
the warmest summer ever experienced in this region. This can
be attributed to a large persistent upper level high pressure
area that was positioned over most of the panhandle and the Yukon
Territory which deflected most of the low pressure storms more
south or north of the area. - More...
Tuesday - December 28, 2004
Christmas Classic Scores: Scores for Monday's games, December
27, 2004:
Philomath 61 - Prince Rupert 42
Craig 69 - St. Helena 61
Metlakatla 69 - Charles Hays 38
Ketchikan 92 - Houston 37
Ketchikan: Blue
Heron Causes Power Outage - According to Ketchikan Public
Utilities (KPU) Electric Division Manager Jay Hansen, the power
outage that occurred at approximately 6:30 am Sunday was caused
by a Blue Heron, that unfortunately for the bird and KPU customers,
flew into the system switch gear at the Ketchikan substation
near the ball field. - More...
Tuesday - December 27, 2004
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