'We're going to be dealing with this for years to come'
NEWPORT, Ore. - With waves of tsunami debris appearing on the Oregon coast, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Kurt Schrader, D-Ore., met with fishermen and federal officials on Saturday to try to avert a potential disaster at sea.
Earlier this month, a huge dock washed ashore at Agate Beach near Newport and since then, other potential tsunami debris has made its way to beaches in Warrenton, Tillamook and Long Beach, Washington, among other areas.
Wyden and Schrader are concerned about the possible danger that debris floating out in the ocean could have for local fishermen and those who work the waters off Oregon's coast.
So they met with fishermen, Coast Guard officials and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Saturday to talk about the best way to monitor that debris.
"We're going to be dealing with this for years to come," said Schrader. "That's the way the ocean currents work. The stuff's just going to cycle around and around out there."
As far as the dock is concerned, a contractor is in place to begin breaking it up and removing it from the beach. That should happen sometime in mid-July.
Several bars of soap have "washed" ashore. If we get another dock we'll have a paradox.
Any sign of plastic bags washing ashore from Japan or Seattle?
Why the hype now? We have been dealing with washed up junk for many, many years and have never got a handout from the feds. Why all of the sudden do we need a welfare check from D.C.?
 Do people realize the more we get from the federal government the more we "owe" them? It's like the mafia.... they do something for us, but we have to repay with interest. That junk on the beach that only the valley people seem to be worried about is going to cost us a lot more if you go crying to the feds about it.
The Washington D.C. mafia would love to do us a "Favor" ... It's just going to cost us.
@Rick Smitt Yes, we have had beach debris, all sorts of it washing up forever-This is potentially harmful from non-native parasites, radiation pockets etc-we are aware-why not ask the feds for funding? We send them money to cover these sorts of things. Hell we even send them roughly $1Million (1% of a $12-$14 Billion annual budget) a month for the WoD's/Cannabis Eradication.
Funny how Fox news has scooped K2 on the story of the bobbin *bow up" 40 foot fishing vessel off of the west coast.  When it gets closer it could become a diving torpedo covered with tons of sea life weight. As a life time commercial fisherman it would be a disaster to run in to in heavy seas......up to even larger vessels.
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My suggestion is to "drill" some holes into the entrance for the bow, and sink it before it becomes a problem
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Wow, its nice to see the good senator from New York taking some time out of his busy schedule to visit Oregon.
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However, I'll bet my lunch money the good senator will be back in NYC in time to celebrate the fourth with his family.
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"We're going to be dealing with this for years to come," said Schrader."
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Really? How many years of high school did you take to come to that conclusion.
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I smell a money grab coming down the road.
@RalphCramden I called Schrader (wyden doesn't give a crap about his electorate post election-so I didn't bother) right after they estimated the arrival of all this debris and asked what the future plans were to protect his Dist 5 constituents. Nothing. I got Nothing. So, for me-trying to figure out a solution to a problem after it arrives when you knew about it with-in Weeks of the quake tells me we have unqualified representatives that have no common sense or awaited ways to personally profit-Whatever their reasons there is NO excuse to start planning for a disaster/problem nearly a year and a half after they Knew about it.
When I read the headline I thought they were going to talk about this portland city council
Mark my words, the liberal politicians are just frantic at the possibility of getting to form a brand new bureaucracy. With all tax payers bent over to grab their ankles, these parasites are heII bent on wasting any cash they can get their hands on. They'll say the sky is falling, global warming, anything they can come up with to create a new job for their friends in feeble attempt to justify their own existence. And their ever expanding budget.
@last boyscout And how is this any different than the conservative politicians who actively participated in some of the biggest expansions of our government?
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 The difference could be ideology. While I would support money spent on guarding our borders, you may support money spent on classes teaching English as a second language. As for this particular story, Oregon has been governed by liberal politicians for the last 27 years or so. And it's no secret to anyone that we are nearly broke. So any politician willing to spend any more of our money than absolutely necessary has to answer to us. And I feel that liberal politicians are much more likely to unnecessarily expand government than conservatives. For example, Light Rail would not exist if conservatives were in office in Oregon. Liberal politicians will not even allow a vote by the people on Light Rail. That alone should prove my point.Â
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