August 26, 2009 in Outdoors, City

‘Minor tsunami’ closes Lake Roosevelt campground

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The Porcupine Bay campground on Lake Roosevelt will be closed for at least a few days while docks and other equipment are repaired.

The campground’s docks, swim platform and swim barriers were damaged by a wave that the National Park Service is calling a “minor tsunami.” The 8-to-12-foot-high wave was caused by a landslide on the opposite shoreline Tuesday, according to a news release today.

Park Service officials will decide Thursday whether to reopen the campground for the weekend.

The landslide occurred about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday on Spokane Tribe land.

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  force_vector on August 26 at 2:13 p.m.

  The Seattle PI had this story first thing this morning. Why do I get local news from a Seattle “paper” before the Spokesman decides to chime in? Pathetic. Maybe it’s because roughly half of Spokesman stories are actually AP stories from the day before, reprinted. Don’t believe me, look at the author next time. And to think people actually pay for this garbage. Everything they print for a fee was available the day before online for free. Truth is, there are no good outlets for local news here. No outlets to talk about the fact that many of the recent road rage incidents of the past few weeks were a direct result of Spokane drivers feeling entitled to drive in the fast lane whether they are passing someone or not. No outlets to talk about the things that matter here. But hey, they have the whole “shock” story market cornered. And good for them, since it matters so much that the little league team won the little league championship for a town whose schools rate poorly, roads are in horrible shape and a whole laundry list of other issues. Bravo Spokesman.