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And somehow we think we are masters of the planet. When nature's true forces come to bear there isn't much we have ever built that stands in the way. Here's to wishing all those that survived a speedy recovery and my condolences to those who know people who didn't make it.
To be fair, theres nothing of nature's that stands in nature's way. It ruins it's own shit too. It's all entropy right?
What was wrong with the term "Tidal Wave"? It looks like a huge tide rolling in.
They are nothing to do with tides. Tsunami means harbor wave which is a good description - at sea they are almost unnoticeable - it'sonly when the water is concentrated on a shore - or in a harbor that they have such an effect
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Was going to post the same - it gets really bad at 4:30. Cleaning up this mess is going to cost several GDP's.
$35bn apparently http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870402750457619...
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They are nothing to do with tides. Tsunami means harbor wave which is a good description - at sea they are almost unnoticeable - it'sonly when the water is concentrated on a shore - or in a harbor that they have such an effect
Not really getting the "harbor" connection. And it still looks like a big surge tide rolling in.
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They are nothing to do with tides. Tsunami means harbor wave which is a good description - at sea they are almost unnoticeable - it'sonly when the water is concentrated on a shore - or in a harbor that they have such an effect
Not really getting the "harbor" connection. And it still looks like a big surge tide rolling in.
It looks like a tidal wave in the sense that it's a lot of water moving in a given direction. The mechanism causing it is not the same at all, so the name tidal wave is misleading.
So what happens to all this water? Does it eventually go back into the sea the way it came in? Or is this the default sea-level now?
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Not really getting the "harbor" connection. And it still looks like a big surge tide rolling in.
It's because the tsunami only becomes visible when it hits your harbors. They used to be called "tidal waves," but the term is inaccurate — that's why it isn't used anymore. They're not like normal waves out at sea, and they have nothing to do with the tides. The fact that it "looks like a big surge side rolling" in does not actually make it tidal.
Color me educated. I used to think that a tsunami was a giant wave which would splash, and then it's gone. I didn't know/realize how slow-moving but MASSIVE this was. So what happens to all this water? Does it eventually go back into the sea the way it came in? Or is this the default sea-level now?
And yeah, in the long term, most of the water will go back out to sea (or evaporate off). Of course, areas that were below sea-level before hand, will now be big ponds until they're drained, but by and large, the water will withdraw (which does extra damage!).