" A tsunami does not dredge the ocean." Ahh, ok. Who are you talking to, btw?
On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 7:45 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Blaze Spinnaker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another tsunami could come up and dredge all that out to the ocean and >> currents will drag it over to the west coast of NA. >> > > No, that is not possible. A tsunami does not dredge the ocean. You can see > what it does in the many videos taken of the disaster. A wave, by > definition, does not drag on the bottom of the ocean, or disturb it. The > water moves up, and then down. There is no back-and-forth motion in a wave. > If it did drag, the energy from the wave would soon be dissipated and the > wave would vanish. The energy is released when the wave reaches a shallow. > That is why the wave then stops moving, rather than crossing the entire > continent. > > Even if the radioactive debris in the shallows is moved by the passing > wave, it would fall right back to the bottom again. Or it would be washed > ashore, I suppose. It is not going to be transported to the West Coast of > North America. Some floating debris did reach the West Coast. If > radioactive debris floats, it would be everywhere in the ocean already. > > > >> Tsunami is a japanese word for a reason. >> > > Yes. The reason is that the older English word, "tidal wave," is > technically inaccurate. It has nothing to do with the tide. > > The Japanese word is 津波. The first character means "port, harbor." The > second is "wave." In other words, a wave that reaches into the harbor or > anchorage. > > - Jed > >
