Japanese Tsunami Nail Knob Mystery

Last week while visiting the Coast I enjoyed meeting a fellow artist in Moclips by the name of Lee Pickett. This gentleman has gathered several interesting beach debris items, mostly wood, that in all probability drifted across the Pacific after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

The bowed timber is Douglas fir, meaning that wood came back home.

The most mysterious object is what appears to be a ceramic unipart nail knob insulator for electrical fences. To help Lee out in learning more about this item, I have approached several collectors concerning the marking on this insulator and so far no one can identify the source. Any of you readers out there know?

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Tsunami warning station, Ocean Shores, Washington

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This tsunami warning station looks like something Rube Goldberg would've invented

Ocean Shores, Washington

Postcard - Long Beach, Washington

"Foam from winter storm. Winter is exciting on the Long Beach Peninsula -- glass floats, unusual driftwood are there for the hardy beachcomber."

Early 1980s?

Hey, and don't forget now you can find Japanese 2011 tsunami debris. That stuff is still showing up on our coast.

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Ocean Shores, Washington

The tsunami warning tower is barely visible on the far left

Tsunami Warning System, Ocean Shores, Washington

Our thoughts go out to our neighbors in the Pacific Ring of Fire, to our brothers and sisters in Japan, Hawaii, and Alaska. Meanwhile, Washington and Oregon are on tsunami advisory/warning.

Photos taken last month while visiting the west side of our county, at Ocean Shores, Washington.