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Scientists: Tsunami Waves Reached Worldwide

TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5
Posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 869 times:

Waves Reached United States

New animation from the government's weather forecasting agency shows the worldwide reach of the south Asian tsunamis.

http://www.turnto10.com/news/4076200/detail.html

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Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33
Reply 1, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 858 times:

That's pretty interesting. I wonder how high the waves were on the US coast; all it says in the article is:

However, the waves were by that time much calmer than the devastating tsunamis that struck countries in south Asia.

Harry

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TUNisia From United States of America, joined Aug 2004, 1834 posts, RR: 5
Reply 2, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 854 times:

I was wondering the same thing myself. Perhaps someone will post a similar article, which goes more into the details of the event.

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L-188 From United States of America, joined Jul 1999, 29350 posts, RR: 62
Reply 3, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 818 times:

About a week after the earthquake the Alaska Tsunami warning center reported they had something like a 7 inch wave detected by their monitoring station at Sand Point Alaska.

No other Tidal guage in the state recorded the wave.

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Logan22L From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 4, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 3 days ago) and read 813 times:

Seems plausible. The weird thing about the tsunami was that it wasn't terribly high, like a tidal wave, but just so horribly voluminous. It just kept flowing inland more and more. So, seeing a small "spike" like 7 inches seems reasonable. Please, no slamming for the previous comment.

Logan

ZKSUJ From New Zealand, joined May 2004, 6937 posts, RR: 10
Reply 5, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 19 hours ago) and read 773 times:

Waves reached NZ, it hit the south island and was something like 4 or 40 cm tall

EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40
Reply 6, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 758 times:

Logan - I don't see whats so strange about it, tidal waves are generally (if not almost all the time) not very high. They're not a wave as such, just a huge body of water that moves at high speed through the ocean. They very rarely get any higher than 10 metres and any time they do it is usually when energy hasn't been dicipated by friction or air resistence and then hits a body of earth and rides up the side of it, rather than the wave itself being huge.

KROC From United States of America, joined May 2000, 19737 posts, RR: 76
Reply 7, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 754 times:

So, seeing a small "spike" like 7 inches seems reasonable. Please, no slamming for the previous comment.

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Aerobalance From United States of America, joined Sep 2000, 4634 posts, RR: 51
Reply 8, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 706 times:

It had to have caused the La Conchita mudlside.

At least that bit of news would make DLKAPA happy..... Insane

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Logan22L From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 9, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 679 times:

EGGD: Because tsunamis are more south pacific in nature and do not occur in America, I think we (or, I) have a Hollywood perception of a huge 100-foot high wave, which is just not usually the case.

KROC: Sorry, man. That must've hurt. Like having a waiter holding a nice ribeye in front of you but never putting it on the table.

Logan

EGGD From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2001, 12426 posts, RR: 40
Reply 10, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 639 times:

Logan - I understand, but by the tone of your original post it sounded like you'd expected it to be a hollywood style all-action all-star-cast tsunami.. Big grin

Newark777 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 9348 posts, RR: 33
Reply 11, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 10 hours ago) and read 632 times:

Because tsunamis are more south pacific in nature and do not occur in America

I've actually heard that there is an island in the eastern Atlantic with a cliff that will cave into the ocean eventually. When it does, many people believe it will cause a tsunami in North America. I couldn't find any sites about it, but I know they are out there. If anyone else finds them, feel free to post them.

Harry

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DC10Tim From United Kingdom, joined Jan 2005, 1405 posts, RR: 16
Reply 12, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 598 times:

Harry,

That would be La Palma. The models suggest the size of the tsunami hitting the Eastern seaboard would be enormous.

Tim.

Obviously missing something....

Jayce From Canada, joined Nov 1999, 520 posts, RR: 0
Reply 13, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 586 times:

I recall reading in the newspaper that when the waves hit the west coast of Vancouver Island they were between 7 and 17 cm high (roughly 3" to 7").

Still quite impressive for something so far away.

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Airbus A380 From Singapore, joined Jan 2001, 522 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (8 years 4 months 1 week 1 day 15 hours ago) and read 553 times:

Here's a link.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2000/mega_tsunami_qanda.shtml

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