Japan tsunami debris could reach B.C. in days: oceanographer

VICTORIA — The largest items swept out to sea following the Japanese tsunami in March could arrive on the B.C. coastline within days, oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer predicted on Wednesday.

The main part of the 20-million-tonne debris field, equivalent in size to the state of California, isn't expected until about 2014, but houses, fishboats and even small freighters could already be close to Canadian shores, Mr. Ebbesmeyer said.

"We just finished running a simulation with a drifter, a buoy that got lost in the area of the tsunami, and we find that the first of the debris would be here now," Mr. Ebbesmeyer said.

Beachcombers along the west coast of B.C. should be on the lookout and report any unusual finds, he said.

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[fazervision]

@OldMrMegaDrive yeah it could be a grave situation.

[OldMrMegaDrive]

20 million tonnes of floating debris? A video of the that junk would be a sight to see.

[worldpeace2u]

thx for info!

[AR15Truther2]

I might post some vids on it as I'm Oregon Coast, its going to suck for the fishing and tourist ships That could hit an underwater log or boat or whatever, thanks for the info