Experts: Tsunami debris 800 miles from US — Waters could be jammed starting next month — School buses, houses tearing up fishermen’s nets (VIDEO)

    Published: September 8th, 2012 at 3:42 pm ET
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    Fox 13 Washington:

    Anchor: [...] The worst is yet to come. Experts say northwest waters could be jammed with tsunami debris as soon as next month. 500,000 tons of it.

    Curtis Ebbesmeyer, Retired Oceanographer. “It’s going to be a terrible thing if it does start coming ashore… Just so enormous that we just… it’s going to take everybody.”

    Anchor: He says the debris is now 800 miles off our shores.

    He’s hearing from fishermen who’s had school buses and houses tear up nets.

    [...] State relying on volunteers to pick up what they can.

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