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coldelephant said:
Gracious, Eric Julien has time on his hands, doesn't he?
coldelephant said:
When a tsunami finally reaches the shore, it may appear as a rapidly rising or falling tide, a series of breaking waves, or even a bore. Reefs, bays, entrances to rivers, undersea features and the slope of the beach all help to modify the tsunami as it approaches the shore. Tsunamis rarely become great, towering breaking waves. Sometimes the tsunami may break far offshore. Or it may form into a bore: a step-like wave with a steep breaking front. A bore can happen if the tsunami moves from deep water into a shallow bay or river. The water level on shore can rise many feet. In extreme cases, water level can rise to more than 50 feet (15 m) for tsunamis of distant origin and over 100 feet (30 m) for tsunami generated near the earthquake's epicenter. The first wave may not be the largest in the series of waves. One coastal area may see no damaging wave activity while in another area destructive waves can be large and violent. The flooding of an area can extend inland by 1000 feet (305 m) or more, covering large expanses of land with water and debris. Flooding tsunami waves tend to carry loose objects and people out to sea when they retreat. Tsunamis may reach a maximum vertical height onshore above sea level, called a runup height, of 30 meters (98 ft). A notable exception is the landslide-generated tsunami in Lituya Bay, Alaska in 1958, which produced a 525 meter (1722 ft) wave.
I expect Mr Julien will reveal that it was diverted from its path by friendly extraterrestrials, or ritual magic, or some such malarkey.
Forgive me for asking, but didn't this thread start off as discussion of an asteroid chunk heading for us? Not a comet? Or is the asteroid hiding behind the comet, and is even now plunging slowly but inexorably down to Earth...... aaaargghhh! Run to the hills!Jerry_B said:Latest news from APOD, with a nice animated sequence:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060523.html
Apparently the comet has already made its closest pass.
aaaargghhh! Run to the hills!
Peripart said:Forgive me for asking, but didn't this thread start off as discussion of an asteroid chunk heading for us? Not a comet? Or is the asteroid hiding behind the comet, and is even now plunging slowly but inexorably down to Earth...... aaaargghhh! Run to the hills!
"The flooding of an area can extend inland by 1000 feet (305 m) or more, covering large expanses of land with water and debris."
We will all go together when we go.
All suffuse with an incandescent glow.
No one will have the endurance
To collect on his insurance,
Lloyds of london will be loaded when they go.
Oh we will all fry together when we fry.
Well be french fried potatoes by and by.
There will be no more misery
When the world is our rotisserie,
Yes, we will all fry together when we fry.
Down by the old maelstrom,
Therell be a storm before the calm.
And we will all bake together when we bake.
Therell be nobody present at the wake.
With complete participation
In that grand incineration,
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.
Oh we will all char together when we char.
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
Just sing out a te deum
When you see that i.c.b.m.,
And the party will be come as you are.
Oh we will all burn together when we burn.
Therell be no need to stand and wait your turn.
When its time for the fallout
And saint peter calls us all out,
Well just drop our agendas and adjourn.
GadaffiDuck said:"On the 26th...."
The word for the far side of the world is Antipodes..feen5 said:Hey Anome whats the word for the far side of the world seen anything?