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Alcatraz
[al-kuh-traz]
noun
a small island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: site of a U.S. penitentiary 1933–63.
Alcatraz
/ ˈæəˌٰæ /
noun
an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
Example Sentences
And in the San Francisco Bay Area, near-shore tsunami could cause waves to surge 4 feet above mean sea level at San Francisco’s Aquatic Park, Alcatraz Island, Redwood City and Richmond; 5 feet in Alameda; 6 feet at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach; 7 feet in Sausalito; 8 feet in Pacifica in San Mateo County; and 9 feet in Bolinas in Marin County, according to the California Geological Survey.
Near-source tsunami: In Northern California, a near-source tsunami could generate a tsunami of 9 feet above sea level in Bolinas; 8 feet in Pacifica; 7 feet in Sausalito; 6 feet at Ocean Beach; 5 feet in Alameda; and 4 feet at Alcatraz Island, Treasure Island, Aquatic Park, Redwood City and Richmond.
The maximum projected distant-source tsunami could result in tsunami of 32 feet above mean sea level in San Francisco’s Ocean Beach; 31 feet in Pacifica in San Mateo County; 27 feet in Bolinas in Marin County; 18 feet in Alameda; 14 feet in Sausalito and San Francisco’s Aquatic Park; 13 feet on Alcatraz Island; and 11 feet in Richmond and Treasure Island, according to the California Geological Survey.
Trump recently suggested that Alcatraz be turned back to a working prison, which, given his draconian immigration policies, forces one to wonder how soon before he decides to replace the Statue of Liberty’s torch with a “do not enter” sign or destroy Lady Liberty altogether as the Nazis did during their fictional takeover of the U.S. in “The Man in the High Castle”?
You’ve probably heard that Trump is even talking about rebuilding and reopening Alcatraz, that infamous prison in San Francisco Bay, a symbol of past mistreatment.
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