My understanding of the tsunami is that while ar sea the wave might have so little height as to be hardly discernable. But unlike wind generated waves, the tsunami has great depth and width: much, much water is involved. As the leading edge of the little wave approaches shore it is slowed down . The wave then builds to great heights as it is pressed by the water behind it. It is the great volume of the wave that is unique. As I am not involved in matters of the sea, except in kayaking, these are my opinions only. Perhaps someone more qualified might correct me or offer better perspective. Joe s *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Nov 12 1999 - 02:33:03 PST
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