Posted on 03/12/2011 5:01:15 PM PST by Kaslin
Tsunami swirls near a port in Oarai, Ibaraki Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011
The tsunami was triggered by an 8.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of Japan at 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time. Video footage shows a boat swirling in the massive eddy. It's not known whether anyone was on the vessel.
Based on eye-witness accounts and video in recent years, whirlpools probably occur with some regularity after large tsunamis, said Ruth Ludwin, a retired seismologist at the University of Washington in Seattle.
"Whirlpools have a big impact on the human imagination," Ludwin said. "They're very notable and very frightening. But from the perspective of the geological record, they don't leave any particular sign that has been recognized so far."
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I saw Old Sow on the history channel the other day.
In larger area pictures there’s a breakwater on one side so when the water went rushing by it caused the water to swirl behind the breakwater and where it was open to the sea.
Anybody know what ever happened to that boat?
I was thinking the same thing.
It probably was destroyed
As seen in this widely distributed photo, the whirlpool was inside a harbor. There is a seawall just out of the picture to the right and you can see it in this Google Maps view. Note that the trapezoidal shaped pier is submerged.
Your photo shows a larger area
I’m sorry, but what, or who is Old Sow?
A regularly occurring whirlpool off Deer Island New Brunswick.
Thanks
Why do think so?
Here's a Google maps view approximating the view of the photo, but a little wider to show the sea wall. Note the observation tower which is just out of view to the left in the photo.
You must have read my mind. Your picture showed up before question post
Looks like a scene from Pirates of the Caribbean. Very scary.
I can vouch for the truth of that statement! Thirty plus years ago I was on a canoe trip down the Wacissa River near Tallahassee, FL. We were not familiar with the river and took a wrong turn that led us off along a tributary of some sort. Everything looked fine to us until we rounded a little curve and realized it looked like the waterway ended just ahead. Hmmmm . . . There was all sorts of trash and debris floating on the surface and as you got closer you realized it was moving. Around. In ever tighter circles! Wow, talk about pucker factor! We realized we were looking at a huge whirlpool in the river!
Turns out the tributary we had wandered onto went underground there to a cave and the water going in ends up in the Gulf of Mexico some miles west of there.
That was scary.
God pulled the plug.
Godzilla
It was Godzilla swimming in circles.
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