Darwin Award - Mr. Dustin Douglas Weber
From
The Oregonian:
Man in Crescent City swept away by high tsunami surf
A 25-year-old man taking photos at the mouth of the Klamath River south of Crescent City, Calif., was swept away by high tsunami surf at 11 a.m. Friday and is still missing.
The man has been identified as Dustin Weber, 25. Cmdr. Bill Steven, of the Del Norte Sheriff's Department, said Weber was with two other men who jumped in to rescue him were unable to save him. They swam to safety.
The Coast Guard is still searching for the missing man.
"The waters are pretty rough (in the harbor)," said Wendy Malone of the Del Norte County Sheriff's Office. "I can't imagine what it looked like at the mouth. People don't know the force of the ocean."
Stevens said people should listen to warnings from law enforcement. "The reason we do evacuations is to avoid what happened."
One of the commentors linked to a few sites -- Mr. Weber was
known to the
authorities and was
in jail as late as 2011.
Posted by DaveH at March 12, 2011 9:07 PM