It would be impossibly for a surface explosion to cause a tidal wave and indeed chances of the shockwave causing much of a dispersion wave would be minimal as an explosion on the surface would be dampened by the water....it would more than likely go up into the air as the pressure of thee explosion would look to the quickest and easiest way out. - which would be up.
-----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 January 2005 14:36 To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Conspiracy theory Michael Dinowitz > 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. Even if you take a supertanker and fill it with TNT, succeed in sinking it without breaking it into pieces and detonating it you still have only about 400 kiloton. It is going to cause serious damage if you do that in New York harbour, but then it will be a shock wave and not a tidal wave because there isn't enough water there for a tidal wave. If you do it offshore, people will just see a pretty mushroom cloud :-) Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Protect your mail server with built in anti-virus protection. It's not only good for you, it's good for everybody. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=39 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141859 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
