RECENT STORMS... DOING A NUMBER
ON THE SANTA CRUZ HARBOR.
PARTS OF IT... NO LONGER SAFE TO
NAVIGATE.
KPIX 5'S KIET DO JOINS FROM
SANTA CRUZ -
WHERE STORM DAMAGE COMES WITH
QUITE A PRICETAG.
KIET..
IT'S LATE AFTERNOON IN THE
SANTA CRUZ HARBOR, AND THE LOW
KING
TIDE IS PROVING TO BE A ROYAL
PAIN. IT'S EXPOSING LARGE MOUNDS
OF SEDIMENT THAT HAVE BEEN
DEPOSITED HERE BY RECENT STORM
RUNOFF. IT'S SO BAD, ABOUT A
HALF DOZEN BOATS HAD TO BE
RELOCATED. (NATS)
THIS ONE IS STUCK, AND WILL HAVE
TO WAIT FOR HIGH TIDE. (NATS)
RUBEN OWNS A BOAT NEARBY, AND
DOESN'T HAVE IT QUITE AS BAD,
BUT HIS KEEL IS STILL BURIED A
FEW FEET IN THE MUCK.
IT WOULD ALSO TAKE A HIGH TIDE,
AND A LOT OF WORK TO GET IT OUT.
(NATS waves)
AT THE HARBOR ENTRANCE THE
POUNDING WAVES HAVE DUMPED
MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF SEDIMENT INTO
THE CHANNEL.
DREDGERS DOING THEIR ANNUAL
WINTER WORK HAVE HAD A TOUGH GO
THIS STORM SEASON. THE
PORT RECENTLY CONDUCTED
UNDERWATER SONAR SCANS, AND
THEIR MAPS SHOW IT'S PILED UP
HIGH. (NATS)
THROW IN SOME SEA WALL DAMAGE
UNDERNEATH ALDO'S RESTAURANTâ
AND A BUNCH OF DEBRIS BLOWN INTO
THE HARBOR, AND YOU HAVE A VERY
EXPENSIVE STORM CLEANUP AND
REPAIR BILL.
(Lisa Ekers, Santa Cruz Harbor:
Q: Did you know this was going
to happen? We kind of figured.
History tends to repeat itself.)
SANTA CRUZ PORT DIRECTOR LISA
EKERS SAYS IT'S GOING TO COST
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. THE COUNTY
HAS DECLARED A STATE OF
EMERGENCY, AND WILL SOON ASK THE
STATE TO HELP PAY FOR IT.
(Ekers: Currently estimating
somewhere near $10 million
dollars for dredging work, if it
has to be done in an exotic or
extraordinary way. We are )
UNTIL THEN, THE HARBOR STAFF
WILL DO WHAT THEY CAN, AND
DREDGE WITH IN-HOUSE STAFF AND
EQUIPMENT. NEARBY BOAT OWNERS
HOPE THEY'RE NOT NEXT.
(No name soundbite: What
concerns me is that it can cause
damage to your boat.)
SOME GOOD NEWS OUT OF THIS
STORM: NILES CANYON - A MAJOR
EAST BAY
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