Earthquake - Page 19

classicman · 03-01-2010, 12:57 PM

Hi Ali! <don't hold your breath>

SamIam · 03-01-2010, 02:41 PM

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It's also emerged that the tsunami generated by the earthquake was more severe than earlier assessments and the coastal towns badly affected.

The scenes from small towns near the ocean in Concepcion state show utter devastation.

Boats and cars have been turned over by the tsunami and the earthquake has also caused many buildings to collapse.

http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au...49.htm?desktop

It sounds to me that the tsunami in Chile could easily have been 10 feet or more.

Aliantha · 03-01-2010, 04:19 PM

Well 10 feet is a lot different to 10 metres. It's less than a third the size. 10 feet is about the maximum wave size I've been able to find.

Hey Classic.

tw · 03-01-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Well 10 feet is a lot different to 10 metres. It's less than a third the size. 10 feet is about the maximum wave size I've been able to find.

With the report were pictures of 50 foot fishing vessels deposited well inland. More than what a 10 foot wave might have done. Reports put the wave penetrating as much as one half or a full kilometer inland. Also noted was one building in which 350 people died or are missing.

Due to the underwater location of that quake, a tsunami on Chile's coast would be limited to a in a narrow region north of Conception.

Aliantha · 03-01-2010, 08:10 PM

The effects were felt - however mild - all over the pacific, including in Australia. I wouldn't call that a narrow region.

ZenGum · 03-02-2010, 06:16 AM

A normal wave that is ten feet high is maybe 20 feet thick. A tsunami with a ten foot front may be several hundred feet thick. I will be moving faster and so has the momentum to "run-on" inland and up hills. Height aint everything.

classicman · 03-02-2010, 08:06 AM

That makes much more sense - thanks Zen.

SamIam · 03-02-2010, 10:54 AM

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PELLUHUE, Chile – The 40 retirees enjoying summer vacation at a seaside campground nestled under pine trees knew they had to move fast after Chile's powerful earthquake struck.
They didn't make it. The tsunami came in three waves, surging 200 meters (yards) into this Pacific Ocean resort town and dragging away the bus they'd piled into, hoping to get to high ground. Most of those inside were the retired Chileans, and only five of their bodies had been found by Monday, firefighters and witnesses said...

"We ran through the highest part of town, yelling, 'Get out of your homes!'" said Claudio Escalona, 43, who fled his home near the campground with his wife and daughters, ages 4 and 6. "About 20 minutes later came three waves, two of them huge, about 6 meters (18 feet) each, and a third even bigger. That one went into everything."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100302/...N1bmFtaXN3ZXB0

So Chile, at least, was seriously impacted by tsunami's. How awful for the poor people on that bus.

TheMercenary · 03-02-2010, 12:33 PM

A 10 foot was is just over 3 meters high.

lookout123 · 03-02-2010, 12:58 PM

i think 10 foot was's are scary as shit.

Pie · 03-02-2010, 03:46 PM

footfootfootfootfootfootfootfootfootfoot?

tw · 03-02-2010, 05:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Aliantha

Oh and tw, I'd be interested to know where you got your info from about the 10m waves in Chile.

ABC News is now reporting one wave was 15 meters. And again, the tsunami (the only part that is significant) would be limited only to a narrow part of the Chilean coast apparently because the quake was in the ocean and directed at the coast - not out to sea. Quake was maybe 100 to 250 kilometers offshore.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-02-2010, 07:10 PM

The pictures at Boston dot com make it appear as the tsunami did as much damage as the quake, but that may be because it makes better pictures.

But the quake did make our days shorter by 1.26 microseconds.

SamIam · 03-02-2010, 07:46 PM

This picture from Boston.com really intrigued me. I wonder if the rescuers mistook the dog's whining for a human being. Its a sweet picture but shouldn't they have been digging up man, not man's best friend?

xoxoxoBruce · 03-02-2010, 07:48 PM

They are searching house by house, and bringing out everything alive, even people.

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Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	The effects were felt - however mild - all over the pacific, including in Australia. I wouldn't call that a narrow region. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

03-02-2010, 06:16 AM	#276
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	A normal wave that is ten feet high is maybe 20 feet thick. A tsunami with a ten foot front may be several hundred feet thick. I will be moving faster and so has the momentum to "run-on" inland and up hills. Height aint everything. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	A 10 foot was is just over 3 meters high.

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03-02-2010, 07:10 PM	#283
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	The pictures at Boston dot com make it appear as the tsunami did as much damage as the quake, but that may be because it makes better pictures. But the quake did make our days shorter by 1.26 microseconds. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-02-2010, 07:46 PM	#284
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	This picture from Boston.com really intrigued me. I wonder if the rescuers mistook the dog's whining for a human being. Its a sweet picture but shouldn't they have been digging up man, not man's best friend? Attached Images

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xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They are searching house by house, and bringing out everything alive, even people. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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