H. Cushing, USA.
As a result, Typhoon Condition I of the Typhoon
and Natural Disaster Plan was set.
Condition I was an advanced
state of emergency with winds expected to exceed fifty knots.
The remainder of the morning was spent in activities preparatory to the passing of a full typhoon.
Classified and RESTRICTED
DATA documents and material were stored in a concrete vault; lashings were placed on the water towers; emergency rations were prepared; and sand bags were prepared and placed.
By 1420 of that
afternoon the LORAN (Long Range Aids to Navigation) Station reported flooding of the generator room necessitating cut-off of the
transmitters.
Ina little more than an hour waves variously es-
timted to be of thirty to fifty feet in height were breaking over
the ocean reef and inundating portions of Eniwetok Island while
the winds were being clocked at seventy kmots.
all Eniwetok Island power was shut down.
Shortly afterwards
This wes the peak of the
storm and by 2050 that even’ng the weather office indicated that
the worst had passed.
At 0336 on the following morning, 30 Decem-
ber, the normal high tide occurred but there was no further inundation.
At O400 the "all clear" signal was passed.
Following the "all clear" notification, local surveys of Eniwetok and Parry Islands were begun.
The damage incurred at Ini-
wetok Island was much heavier than that at Parry Island.
Almost
immediately an inspection team, including General Clarkson, proceeded to Eniwetok in order to determine the extent and influence on
the CASTLE schedule of the damge sustained.
As a result of this