Thanks. That takes care of that idea. :) > 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. > > > >
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