Other factors which makes a tsunami more dangerous than a wind generated wave is its high rate of propagation and and its minimal energy loss as it travels.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/ ***************************************************************************
Joseph Sanford wrote: > > Other factors which makes a tsunami more dangerous than a wind generated wave > is its high rate of propagation and and its minimal energy loss as it > travels.Joe s All of this talk of tsunamis reminds me of a time long ago when my wife and I were in Mexico after grad school. We we staying in Acapulco and had befriended the Mexican couple who ran our flea bag hotel. The radio was full of news about an earthquake far out to sea; its tsunami would hit the coast at x hour the next day. Hundreds of Mexicans like that couple and their friends rushed to a good viewing spot slightly south of Acapulco. As we sat there drinking Dos Equis and eating cerviche, even my lame brain told me that this wasn't a smart place to be. Our vantage point was a beach at the end of a long narrow fjord-like bay flanked by high hills! As it turned out, nothing happened. A few large swells came rumbling in that resembled the tidal bores from the Bay of Fundy you get on inlets in Nova Scotia. So I guess seaquakes don't always pan out. However, looking back, I still shudder at what would have happened at that spot had an angry tsunami come rolling down that narrow bay at us! ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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