On Thursday, December 30, 2004, at 01:02 AM, Michael Neverdosky wrote: > I was sure they were talking much larger. > The size would depend on where (when) you measured it. The link below is to a BBC transcript which describes the discovery of mega-tsunami (including someone riding a boat over one and living to tell the tale!). From this transcript: "Narrator: If this island collapses it would create a mega-tsunami that would race across the Atlantic and hit the east coast of the United States. Every city on the shoreline would be destroyed. From New York in the north to Miami in the south. The wave would wreak havoc for as much as 20 kilometres inland. " "HERMANN FRITZ: If the Cumbre Vieja were to collapse as one single block it would create a giant mega-tsunami with an initial wave height of 650 metres and a wavelength of 30-40 kilometres travelling westwards across the Atlantic with speeds up to 720 kilometres an hour towards America. " Link to transcript: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2000/mega_tsunami_transcript.shtml - Bill Haller *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Dec 30 2004 - 08:09:35 PST
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