海嘯造成的損失癱瘓西岸社區

張貼日期2011年3月16日

加州, 夏威夷和奧勒岡州的官員表示, 上星期五海嘯造成的損失金額約為數千萬美元, 且預估還會上升.

週一一名加州官員估計整個州因上星期海嘯造成的的損失超過四千萬美元.

媒體報導, 加州緊急事件管理署的代理署長Mike Dayton, 在巡視了有18艘船沉沒, 約100艘損毀, 12艘仍下落不明的聖塔克魯茲港後, 給出了上述的估計值.

光是聖塔克魯茲港一地的損失金額估計為1千7百萬美元.

加州漁獵局的女發言人Alexia Retallack表示, 在加州北海岸, 遭受嚴重損毀的新月市港口的公務員仍在統計損失金額. 那裡有53艘船被損毀, 包括15艘沉没.

她說, 這個為超過100艘船提供停泊處的港口, 差不多已經被海浪破壞殆盡, 重創了當地漁業, 和這個經濟上主要依賴每日漁獲量的小城.

ㄧ個聯邦小組將在本週末到達新月市, 使用特殊的聲納設備來找沉没在港口裡的船.

Dayton說州官員仍在決定重建工作是否該尋求聯邦援助.

在奧勒岡州, 柯里郡的委員因為週五的海嘯對奧勒岡州海岸造成的毀壞而在週日投票, 決定宣告該郡的三個港口, 奧佛港, 黃金海灘, 和布魯金斯進入緊急狀態.

奧勒岡人報報導柯里郡這個緊急狀態的宣佈是請求聯邦災害補助的第一步.

對碼頭和基礎建設的損失金額至今還沒有估計. 布魯金斯港的執行經理Ted Fitzgerald猜測為1千萬至1千3百萬美元. 布魯金斯港表示它是奧勒岡州海岸最繁忙的休閒娛樂港口, 商業漁船也停泊在這裡.

檀市星報報導海嘯造成的損失目前估計為數千萬美元, 且日本觀光客人數的下降對經濟可能會有很深刻的衝擊.

夏威夷島嶼與自然資源部船舶部門的主管Edward Underwood表示, 夏威夷僅次於阿拉外小船港的第二大港口, 有300個碼頭的凱希潟湖公園,海嘯的災情最為嚴重, 蒙受的損失估計為308萬美元. 凱希潟湖公園的空照圖顯示船擱淺在檀香山國際機場的跑道和附近的拖鞋島上.

Underwood表示, “到處都是破瓦殘礫, 我有個感覺, 更仔細調查後, (308萬美元)損失金額將會上升. 我們仍然必須清除沉船, 拖船因為水面上的殘骸而進不來.”

茂宜島的馬阿拉亞小船港口的災情看來也是非常嚴重, 僅次於凱希潟湖. Underwood 並沒有損失金額的估計值.

Underwood說, 凱希潟湖和阿拉外港口也發現 “數百條不同種類的魚” 死亡.

Tsunami costs cripple West Coast communities

Posted on March 15, 2011

Damage from Friday's tsunami is in the tens of millions of dollars and is expected to climb, according to officials in California, Hawaii and Oregon.

A California official on Monday estimated that statewide damage from last week's surge exceeds $40 million.

Mike Dayton, acting secretary of the state's Emergency Management Agency, gave the estimate after touring Santa Cruz Harbor, where 18 vessels sank, about 100 were damaged and another 12 remained unaccounted for, according to media reports.

The damage in Santa Cruz Harbor alone is estimated at $17 million.

Along the state's north coast, officials at the heavily damaged Crescent City Harbor were still adding up the damage. Fifty-three vessels were damaged, including 15 that sank, said Alexia Retallack, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Fish and Game.

The harbor, which provided berths for more than 100 boats, was virtually destroyed by the waves, she said, devastating the fishing industry in a town where the economy is largely dependent on the day's catch.

A federal team will be in Crescent City later this week to use special sonar equipment to map sunken boats in the harbor.

State officials are still determining whether to seek federal assistance with rebuilding efforts, Dayton said.

In Oregon, Curry County commissioners voted at a special meeting Sunday to declare an emergency at the county's three ports - Port Orford, Gold Beach and Brookings - because of damage when Friday's tsunami hit the Oregon coast.

The Oregonian reports that the declaration is the first step in seeking federal disaster assistance.

There's no estimate of the damage to docks and infrastructure. But Ted Fitzgerald, executive director of the Port of Brookings Harbor, guessed $10 million to $13 million. Brookings says it's the busiest recreational port on the Oregon coast. It also harbors commercial fishing boats.

The Honolulu Star Advertiser reports that damage from the tsunami is now estimated at tens of millions of dollars and that a drop in visits by Japanese tourists could have a profound economic impact.

The 300-slip Keehi Lagoon, Hawaii's second-largest harbor after the Ala Wai Small Boat Harbor, was hit the hardest and sustained an estimated $3.08 million in damage, said Edward Underwood, boating division administrator for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. A flyover of Keehi Lagoon revealed boats aground on Honolulu Airport's reef runway and nearby Slipper Island, Underwood said.

"There's debris everywhere," he told the newspaper. "I have a feeling that those [$3.08 million] costs are going to go up once we get into this. We still have to clear all the sunken boats because tugs can't get in there with all of the debris."

After Keehi Lagoon, Maalaea Small Boat Harbor on Maui appears to have been hit the hardest, although Underwood had no dollar estimate of the damage.

"A couple of hundred fish" of varying species also were discovered dead at Keehi Lagoon and Ala Wai Boat Harbor in a mass "fish kill," Underwood said.

Source: http://www.tradeonlytoday.com/home/509551-tsunami-costs-cripple-west-coast-communities