Pacific Ring Tsunami
Feb. 28th, 2010 11:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stickmakerA one-meter tsunami doesn't sound like much, does it? Many people are ignoring the warnings. The problem is that this is not just a meter high wave, it's moving *fast*. With all that inertia behind it, even at low tide it could sweep far inland. If it hits at high tide...
Also, remember those warnings about not trying to cross a swift moving flood, even a shallow one? Water is pretty dense. Add even a moderate velocity, and knee-deep water can sweep away anything not anchored. Like cars and people.
Someone standing above the high-tide mark to watch a one-meter tsunami come in could be knocked down by something moving faster than they can run, then swept out to sea in the backwash.
Whatever you do, when you see the preliminary _lowering_ of sea water which often precedes the arrival of a tsunami, *DO* *NOT* walk out onto the exposed seabed.
Be careful out there, folks.
Also, remember those warnings about not trying to cross a swift moving flood, even a shallow one? Water is pretty dense. Add even a moderate velocity, and knee-deep water can sweep away anything not anchored. Like cars and people.
Someone standing above the high-tide mark to watch a one-meter tsunami come in could be knocked down by something moving faster than they can run, then swept out to sea in the backwash.
Whatever you do, when you see the preliminary _lowering_ of sea water which often precedes the arrival of a tsunami, *DO* *NOT* walk out onto the exposed seabed.
Be careful out there, folks.
