Warnings Ignored: The Crescent City Tsunami | Fascinating Horror

This video explores the Crescent City tsunami of 1964 - an unprecedented tidal wave that resulted from the Great Alaskan Earthquake... Fascinating Horror posts weekly videos covering the true stories behind some of history's greatest disasters. The channel is made possible by supporters on Patreon and YouTube channel members. HUGE thanks to everyone who supports this channel! LINKS: 🔗 ► My other channel:    / @fascinatinghistoric   ► Support this channel:   / fascinatinghorror   |    / @fascinatinghorror   ► Follow me:   / truehorrortales   |   / fascinatinghorror   |   / horrorfascinating   ► Get in touch: [email protected] CHAPTERS: 🔖 ► 00:00 - Intro ► 00:51 - Background: Crescent City ► 01:58 - The Crescent City Tsunami ► 08:04 - The Aftermath MUSIC: 🎵 ► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory SOURCES: 📑 ► "M9.2 Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami of March 27, 1964" published by the USGS. Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak... ► "Why Earthquakes Happen in Alaska" published by the University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Earthquake Center. Link: https://earthquake.alaska.edu/earthqu... ► "The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake & Tsunami" published by Cal Poly Humboldt. Link: https://rctwg.humboldt.edu/1964-great... ► "Remembering the Deadly 75-Foot Tidal Wave that Leveled Crescent City in 1964" published by Active Norcal, October 2022. Link: https://www.activenorcal.com/remember... ► "Tsunami Legacy Lives with People of Crescent City" by Richard Gonzales, published by NPR, November 2005. Link: https://www.npr.org/2005/11/18/500786... ► "California Town Still Scarred By 1964 Tsunami" by Richard Gonzales, published by NPR, November 2005. Link: https://www.npr.org/2005/11/17/500786... ► "Crescent City's Dark Disaster" by Wallace Griffin, published by the Crescent City Print Company, 1964. More info: https://www.google.co.uk/books/editio... ​​​​​​​#documentary​​​​ #history​​​​​​​​​ #truestories #disaster​