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Cold War Spook

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3. In Monterey CA

Reply to Warpy (Reply #1)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 05:43 PM

Aug 2017

I was stationed at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey CA when the earthquake hit Alaska. The surfers were on their boards waiting for the first waves. When they saw them, I have never seen surfers paddling into shore that fast before or since. No one stayed out to catch those waves, even the 8-10 foot ones.

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