Grizzly Bear #399 and cubs, Tetons, Wyoming 2018.  The Secretary of Interior approved hunting grizzlies including mothers and cubs in their dens.  A federal judge blocked the approval for now.  Bear #399 is 25 years old, a grandmother and one of 800 grizzlies in the lower 48 states.  Hunters have proclaimed they want to kill her as soon as they can get the ban lifted.  Bear #399 has learned to navigate a delicate balance between the areas where humans are and the area where male grizzlies are; they will sometimes kill cubs.

Crescent City Bay 2018.  On March 28, 1964, a 9.2 magnitude earthquake struck Alaska.  About five hours later a tsunami struck Crescent City, California in the early morning hours.  Three smaller waves struck the downtown doing some damage followed by a sense of calm; but later a 21-foot wave killed 11 people and destroyed 29 city blocks; 289 buildings were damaged.  Today there’s a tsunami siren warning system.  The shape of the city now is a result of the largest tsunami to strike the United States.

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