|
i
@
1107
Visual inspection suggests that an appreciable wive washed over Ingsbi,
‘
:
closer ialands wern surely inundated, and it is even possible that parts of
Kirinian were washed. During @ damage survey on M/ 2, I was foreibly struck
:.
‘
by the peculiar shuenee of burned vegetation om Engedi,
Ee
:
charring was very cevere, as in the case of a wooden raft just off shore.
ng
Bonetholess, no blackened vegetation wes visible on Engebiy the upper brush
a
Surely the thermal
:
was scorched, but grass was visibly green at its bese. This seems moet res-
|
wave action, long after the blast and thermal effects. More direct evidence
f
3
was obtained later on during another inspection trip. Project 6.2 had 10 AA
_
4
guns om the east end of Ingebi, just off shore, where the island is unusually
e
high, about 7 feet, above the lagoon. Mere driftwood wee found lodged in the
2
3
gun mechaniams, scue 7 feet above ground. Also, one gum had been amshed
as
’
g
from several feet above ground by a large boulder, several feet across; broken
parte of this doulier were lying on the gun platforn. 1% seems that only 8
E
:
;
large wave, greater then 15 fect high, could have yrodeced these effects. On
‘
the fax end of Ingubi, avay from the bomb, gravel was deposited around test
{
inetalliations, and growad vines were pulled in a way typical of wave action.
:
The most striking «videnes of wmves cos Rngedi was present on the OCE strue-
:
‘+are; oneteetion cf this, faeing the bisat, was made of corrugated iroa, vith
3
the chanséls running horisontally. Deposited on these leéges and plastered on
i
the wil, wes a mixture of flotecom, sand and fine organic debris, which cer-
q
tainly looks like wave work.
a
feet of the top of this 3) foot structure. It would bevery difficult to as-
a
eribe all. these effects to blast winds Ogle makes a reasopable silternative
This material wes deposited to within several
BEST AYAILASLE COPY
Gu
Pate