they had a discovery channel show on last night about tidal waves, and they said the size of the wave is limited (with regards to quake caused waves) to the amount of plate shift that occured during the quake. Apparently the two sizes are directly related.
Whereas the most massive tidal waves that they talked about happened as a result of huge landslides. One in a bay in alaska measured over 500 feet high. I kid you not. more than ten times as high as the indian ocean ones, although this happened in a bay, so the effects were magnified i guess. did anyone else watch this? -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 9:36 AM 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141863 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
