The following link has some good information on how Tsunamis form, travel, and what happens when they get to land. http://www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/general/physics/physics.html I was watching a special on the Weather Channel the other day that mentioned that the height of most Tsunami's in deep water on the open ocean is only about 10 - 20 cm. As a result on a boat, you wouldn't even know it. However, the wave is traveling at speeds of up to 400 mph and the wave length can be 200 miles. That is a lot of water! When it reaches the shallow water at shore, it will typically rise to a wave height of 10 - 30 meters. The energy involved together with the physical volume of water, appears to be what causes all of the damage. Steve Holtzman *************************************************************************** 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 - 08:45:57 PST
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