And then you can have lens effects, where the waves reflections on the coast, focus unto a point on the coastline.
On 3/28/11 14:34 , "Scott Howard" <[email protected]> wrote: >On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM, andrew.wallace < >[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:59 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> > *yawn*. A foot and a half isn't going to be all *that* bad >> >> Remember a wall of tsunami water travels in general at approx 970 kph >>(600 >> mph), think about it. >> > >That's in deep water, where the height of the wave might be a few inches >at >most. > >Once it reaches shallow water the speed drops significantly and the height >increases. > > Scott
