Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan

[Marshall Eubanks <tme () americafree tv>]

On Mar 28, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Gavin Pearce wrote:

> > You guys forget a lot of folks on the list are working on cabling ships and off shore platforms, its not all about 
> > what happens on shore in this industry.
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> Valid point ... however in deep ocean, these things are pretty imperceptible. The effect on ships on the surface are 
> nominal, and off shore platforms are (generally) built with these things in mind: 
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27324535/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/

Here is a video of the recent Japanese tsunami from a JCG ship in the the open ocean. The waves (@ ~4:20 and 6:40 into 
the video) caused them no trouble, but they were certainly not imperceptible. 

Regards
Marshall

> At the other extreme, Lituya Bay is a good example of a Mega Tsunami (1,720 feet):
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_megatsunami