In a message dated 11/11/1999 4:10:18 PM Central Standard Time, WILAX_at_aol.com writes: << But a quick change of tide totaling 5 inches could certainly break mooring lines of ships moored to a pier, strand a fisherman that had ventured to the end of a jetty or wash your precious kayak away from the beach during the camping trip. Many more Tsunami warnings were copied during my stint out there. I never did see Godzilla. Tom Rhode Island >> A Tsunami wave in the middle of the ocean might not be more than 5 inches high and would not be noticed, but as the wave approaches shore, it rebounds off the bottom and the amplitude increases tremendously. Also they travel at a very high rate of speed. This slows down a lot when the wave cycle contacts the bottom and friction has an effect on the wave. This does not lessen the destructive capability though. As to movie or video footage of them, when I taught school we had a movie that had a short film clip taken by an amateur photographer aboard a ship. He was filming his friend on the dock waving to him when it hit. All hell broke loose, the camera continued to roll and the friend disappeared. After the water from the wave receded, you could see the destruction to the wharf area. The friend was nowhere to be found. I wish I had a reference to the production company or the name of the film but I don't recall it. John LeBlanc O (____/_______) ~~~~~~/~~~~~~~~~ Bluecanoe2_at_aol.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Nov 11 1999 - 15:01:32 PST
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