There is also the conflict of view that, vhereas City Manager Ralph 

 Jones observed the first wave at 5:^5 p.m., according to Chance (1968), 

 Norton and Haas (1966) report the following incident took place after 

 6:00 p.m. 



"Mayor Deveau reached the municipal building shortly after 

 6:00 p.m. along with several off-duty policemen, who checked 

 in with Chief Jack Rhines . Although he still had no direct 

 knowledge, Deveau reported to Rhines and to City Manager Ralph 

 Jones his conviction that there would be a tidal wave. Deveau 

 wanted to sound a siren alarm. There was a large Civil Defense 

 siren on the hill but it was tied into the long-distance phone 

 lines warning system, and was out of commission. Deveau urged 

 sounding of the fire siren over the fire station. Jones was 

 inclined to agree, but Rhines wasn't convinced that this was a 

 wise procedure, as they had no evidense to substantiate Deveau' s 

 conviction. However, the mayor's view prevailed and the siren 

 was sounded." 



The italics in the quotation are ours. 



There is factual evidence that sheds further light on events because 

 the first (or second) wave was photographed by Alf Madsen (professional 

 photographer and hunter) as shown in the sequence of photographs, Figures 

 91 to 95, reproduced from his color slides. It is possible to identify 

 the exact locations from which these photographs were taken, and the 

 directions and angles of view. These are indicated in Figure 96, a pre- 

 earthquake map of Kodiak City and harbor with land levels as they were 

 before the subsidence. 



In photographing Figures 91 and 92, Madsen occupied a corner posi- 

 tion of the concrete-slab, ground floor of the Elks Club bowling alley 

 (under construction) (location A in Figure 96). From the position of 

 cars and trucks, from their extent of submergence, and from distant 

 water level looking down Marine Way, the water is judged to be about 12 

 feet above MLLW (an unchanged reference dat\im). In Figure 93, Madsen 

 had withdrawn to position B on the floor slab. Wall-reinforcing bars 

 show in the foreground. Water level at this time had risen about one 

 foot higher, as judged from car submergence and levels against the flat- 

 roofed waterfront structure (Harbormaster's office). Clearly the rise 

 of water is gentle, almost peaceful. However, the water was on the 

 verge of surrounding the Elks Club, and Madsen retreated to higher ground 

 on the opposite side of Mill Bay Road at position C (Figure 96). Here 

 he apparently found time to fit his camera with a wider-angle lens to 

 secure the photograph of Figure 9^- The Elks Club structure now shows 

 in the right center with some indication that water has lapped over one 

 corner of it. Water level may here be judged at about 16 or 17 feet 

 above MLLW. In the final photograph, Figure 95, taken from Location D 

 (Figure 96) the water has begun to drain away as judged by the hydraulic- 

 jump formations appearing as bow-wave patterns relative to fixed struc- 

 tures on either side of the road. In this view, the piledriver barge is 



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