fellow photographers... please value your life more than what you think would be an award winning shot
... in northern California's Del Norte County, a 25-year-old man was declared dead Friday afternoon after being swept out to sea off a beach while trying to photograph a tsunami launched by the massive earthquake near Japan, according to a Del Norte County, California, official...
...A tsunami warning was in effect in the rural area where the 25-year-old man and two friends had dared to go on the beach north of Redwood National Park, a Coast Guard spokesman said. All three were swept into the ocean, but the two friends were able to return safely to shore near Klamath, California, the spokesman said. The man had been standing on a sandbar at the mouth of the Klamath River when he was washed away, Young said.
Starting shortly after 10 a.m. PT Friday, Coast Guard helicopters searched for the man, said Lt. Todd Vorenkamp, a Coast Guard spokesman. Five hours later, the man was declared dead, authorities said.
"I don't know if it was a tsunami that got this guy or just standard northern California waves," Vorenkamp said earlier in the afternoon, while the search was ongoing...
...The shoreline here is a dangerous, treacherous place on a good day, and with a tsunami warning, it's exponentially worse," Vorenkamp said.
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As U.S. damage measured, emergency declared in California counties - CNN.com
tsunami waves from Japan hits California... photographer killed
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