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L.A. Creek Freak posted this video of Friday's tsunami wave rolling uphill in Ballona Creek, accompanied by another video of the wave's doings at Catalina Island's isthmus. "Perhaps more of a curiosity...but for me, a reminder that powerful forces can touch us from far away," says the blogger.
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Tsunami surges (gently) up Ballona Creek
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