Thanks gleeaikin. It's a two-list topic. :')
- chevrons keyword
Posted on 12/11/2013 8:05:53 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
A cave on the northwestern coast of Sumatra holds a remarkable record of big tsunamis in the Indian Ocean.
The limestone opening, close to Banda Aceh, retains the sandy deposits washed ashore by huge, earthquake-induced waves over thousands of years.
Scientists are using the site to help determine the frequency of catastrophes like the event of 26 December 2004.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.co.uk ...
Actually, Phuket has a considerable amount of high ground.
The resort that I was in was hundreds of feet above the shoreline
“How much was Cebu affected by the typhoon ?”
_________________________________________________
Not bad at all where I live, 2 hours south of Cebu city.
As a precaution, we spent two nights in a hotel over on the main highway, but my house, 100 ft from the shore, had no damage. Power in our town was out for about 8 hours.
There was a bit more damage in Cebu City. but I have not been up there since the typhoon.
Great find! Thanks!
BTW, I skimmed the article twice but did not find the elevation above sea level of the opening of the cave. Would you ping me as to that fact? Thanks.
Hope not ... would be devastating. Same with a southwest cauldron explosion ... doubly devastating. Prayer for neither.
If the New Madrid were to elicit even a 6+ on the Richter Scale it wouldn't be the damage of the earthquake that would be devastating, it would be the actions of the indigenous population of the major city that would make New Orleans/Katrina look like a minor event.
The New Madrid quakes were not only very large, but their effects were felt over very long distances—as far away as the east coast. Don’t know about Memphis, but St. Louis is a city built of brick. Brick buildings don’t fare well in earthquakes. The death toll in STL alone would be huge.
As I travel to points east of the river at Memphis, have looked into alternative routing based on survival of bridge structure post a New Madrid shake. The I-40 span was strengthened and may survive, but the approaches will need rebuild to use. The crossing at Natchez may be a sufficient distance south to avoid liquefaction issues. Suspect the new Hannibal, Mo. bridge for I-72 extension is driven to bedrock and will survive.
Rail, grid crossings, pipeline, barge traffic in addition to trucking will be curtailed. Highways in the river basin sediment plain will fail due to subsidence. Earthen levy failure will be dessert.
“Earthen levy failure will be dessert.”
Horrid to imagine a New Madrid 10.0 happening during spring melt water floods.
My wife is from Oroquieta City, on Mindanao. I’m sure that’s not far from you. Before we got married she and her family lived on a beach. Thankfully they never got a tsunami, but she remembered one that hit a nearby city (Dipolog?) in 1977 and killed 3,000 people.
That’s fascinating how they can look back through the strata.
Yes, Dipalog is exposed to a large expanse of open sea/ocean.
While I am on a beach, I am surrounded by other islands.
As with the Typhoon that hit Leyte, it does not take much to kill many people in the Philippines. So many live in shabby bamboo huts. Where I live, everything is concrete.
I am more concerned with earthquakes. I know, and can prepare for a typhoon, but not a quake.
I forgot...Go to this link. Study the photo before reading the text...I see a house with some damaged fence in front.
http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/images/frontpagephotos/clippings_qrt21.jpg
It is not what I thought, haha.
Grand Canyon Gorge Is 9 Times Older Than Thought
National Geographic News | 4-9-2008 | Hope Hamashige
Posted on 4/9/2008 4:26:29 PM by blam
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1999143/posts
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
