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Tsunami's eerie
warning sign
New York Daily News ^
| 12/28/04
| WILLIAM SHERMAN
Posted on 12/28/2004 1:48:01 AM PST by kattracks
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posted on
12/28/2004 1:48:01 AM PST
by
kattracks
To: kattracks
another reminder that mother nature is a far greater force than mankind ever will be, and we should remember.
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posted on
12/28/2004 2:05:28 AM PST
by
William of Orange
(I'm John Kerry and I approve this message. No I don't. Yes I do. No I don't. Yes I do. Maybe, not.)
To: kattracks
To: kattracks
Simple physics. All that displaced water has to go somewhere. And so it goes to the most vulnerable low-lying area imaginable. They showed a tsunami on Miami:CSI a couple of weeks ago. As long you're on high ground, you're safe.
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posted on
12/28/2004 2:59:15 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
To: Critical Bill
Prince William Sound, Alaska, earthquake of March 27
photos
To: Critical Bill
Oops those Prince William Sound, Alaska photos are
here
To: William of Orange
Don't be so sure about that. Just over 100 years ago, people were saying it was impossible to fly. I'm sure future technology can control earthquakes and tsumamis. Probably by drilling holes in certain areas to relieve pressures.
Nature can and will be conquered.
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:11:53 AM PST
by
SamAdams76
(No intolerant liberal is going to take my Christmas away from me)
To: SamAdams76
Probably by drilling holes in certain areas to relieve pressures. That's the best idea I have heard of to date. They just need the technology to determine where pressure build-up's are in the earths mantle/crust.
To: kattracks
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:16:10 AM PST
by
BunnySlippers
(Happy Festivus ...)
To: Critical Bill
That's the best idea I have heard of to date. They just need the technology to determine where pressure build-up's are in the earths mantle/crust. won't drilling holes create the very tsunami's that you want to prevent?
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:18:47 AM PST
by
William of Orange
(I'm John Kerry and I approve this message. No I don't. Yes I do. No I don't. Yes I do. Maybe, not.)
To: kattracks
The part about his recent Tsunami is about what happened to all those divers/surfers and sunbathers. What a horrific experience. Imagine scuba diving and all of a sudden being sucked out to sea with all the coral rushing past you, and while you still have functioning scuba equipment, being unable to fathom what the hell is happening. A nightmarish experience I don't even want to contemplate.
To: William of Orange
won't drilling holes create the very tsunami's that you want to prevent? No sure how? We would be talking about 1 meter wide holes that would gradually release pressure.
To: All
To: Critical Bill
I doubt if a few holes would help.
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posted on
12/28/2004 3:54:20 AM PST
by
shubi
(Peace through superior firepower.)
To: kattracks
Maybe these countries should have taught their people geology 101.......
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posted on
12/28/2004 5:37:34 AM PST
by
Route101
To: Route101
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posted on
12/28/2004 5:58:57 AM PST
by
Max in Utah
(By their works you shall know them.)
To: Route101
Maybe, but there hadn't been a tsunami in the Indian ocean since 1883, and with no living memory of an event, and extreme poverty, there would be little understanding of geology 101 or tsunami 101.
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posted on
12/28/2004 6:03:40 AM PST
by
twntaipan
(France is NOT a US ally. Chirac is an enemy of freedom loving people, but a hero to liberals.)
To: kattracks
Good article, but the image included continues one of the big misconceptions people have in trying to imagine Tsunamis. As I understand it there generally isn't a huge wave curl, like pictured, or like you see in surfing films. Go back to what these used to be called:
Tidal Waves. I've been told it's better to imagine the tide, coming in and going out, but at a much accelerated rate and up to 30 feet above and below normal (that's the outflow described). Yes, there are waves associated with this, but they are on top of this large surge of water. It's the surge that kills, just like in hurricanes.
Of course, then there's Larry Niven's description of a surfer trying to surf the 1,000 meter mega tsunami from a comet impact in the Pacific Ocean in Lucifer's Hammer. He almost made it. Nose bleed from the G forces and all. If only that high rise condo hadn't been built a half mile in from Malibu Beach....
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posted on
12/28/2004 6:15:35 AM PST
by
Phsstpok
(Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform - Mark Twain)
To: SamAdams76
Maybe nuclear bombs set off in the tsunami just as it's approaching shore to disperse it and vaporize the water into the atmosphere?
That might work.
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posted on
12/28/2004 6:20:04 AM PST
by
OKSooner
To: SamAdams76
Don't be so sure about that. Just over 100 years ago, people were saying it was impossible to fly. I'm sure future technology can control earthquakes and tsumamis. Probably by drilling holes in certain areas to relieve pressures. The entire island of Sumatra moved laterally in this earthquake. Drilling vertical holes wouldn't relieve anything.
It's more likely that we'll be able to forecast major quakes and get people out of harm's way.
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posted on
12/28/2004 6:22:17 AM PST
by
dirtboy
(To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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