Away houses, cars, and even entire towns. Millions of tons of debris were swept out to sea. A lot of it sank, but the rest started floating across the pacific, carried by currents and wind. These types of debris items, these large debris items that float, are starting to show up on our coastline on the west coast. Asma is with noaa, the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. Its a Scientific Agency that works on everything from weather to coastal and Resource Management to fisheries, really taking a look at how we have an impact on the oceans and what we can do to restore them. Noaa has been tracking debris from japan thats been reaching our shores. Some debris is hard to miss, like a giant dock that washed up in oregon. This motorcycle made it all the way to canada. It was inside a container that floated. Were encouraging people that see tsunami debris to report it to noaa at disaster debris at noaa. Gov. So if this is an unusual type of debris that may have characteristics,
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