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[v6z] Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan
- Subject: [v6z] Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan
- From: scott at doc.net.au (Scott Howard)
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 19:34:34 -0700
- In-reply-to: <[email protected]>
- References: <[email protected]>
On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM, andrew.wallace <
andrew.wallace at rocketmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:59 AM, <Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu> wrote:
> > *yawn*. A foot and a half isn't going to be all *that* bad
>
> Remember a wall of tsunami water travels in general at approx 970 kph (600
> mph), think about it.
>
That's in deep water, where the height of the wave might be a few inches at
most.
Once it reaches shallow water the speed drops significantly and the height
increases.
Scott