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Ofanato was the first city hit by the tsunami - it was 20 minutes after the quake Sendai was hit by the tsunami 15 minutes later The coast dropped 3 feet because of the quake - which lowered the sea walls somewhat - but I think the bottom line is that the tsunami was just too strong to be held by any sea walls (unless maybe if they were 200 feet tall) My sense is that they had too many elderly people living in wooden houses on the flatlands next to the coast Massachusetts - Maine - are you listening? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "massfire" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/massfire?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
