If I remember correctly, exploding all of the US and Soviet nuclear arsenals on the central Atlantic sea floor would produce a wave of about 2 extra inches on the British and Eastern US coasts. Moving this cloaser to the coasts would result in a higher wave, but not my much. Shock damage would be a bigger concern than the resulting wave.
We had this discussion in a Geophysics class I took a few (many) years ago. We were discussing the amount energy released in an earthquake. Russel Madere Webmaster 504.832.9835 SunShine Pages by EATEL www.sunshinepages.com -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 6:40 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Conspiracy theory So the latest Arab conspiracy theory is that the tsunami was an Israeli nuclear test with help from America and maybe India. Got to love these governments (they run the papers). Why am I bringing it up? Because I'm wondering how much explosive force would really be needed to cause such a tsunami? Could a ship full of explosives be set off (maybe sunk and set off) off the coast of NY and cause a tsunami? Is it all science fiction or is it physically possible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes by Ben Forta http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141851 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
