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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 02:15 PM Original message |
Tsunamis. It is not just the height of the wave but the power behind it. |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Traveling at 480+ mph give it serious power |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 02:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yup. too many think of a tsunami as a towering wave, a regular big wave, when it isn't |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
3. To think the big one is overdue here in |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Also, it's not just a wave that breaks and recedes |
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jdlh8894 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 02:58 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. water always wins |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. that is exactly what I meant. it's not just a wave but a really long batch of water |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Right, you don't get hit with a wall, but you do get hit with a full length freight train |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 08:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. Exactly. You might be able to see over it very easily, but the length and volume and strength |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:00 PM Response to Original message |
6. So, let me see if I understand correctly. |
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Gaedel (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Imagine a saucer of water |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Ah ic |
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JetJaguar (207 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. The water goes up, gravity says get back down here. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
12. And it's easy to forget that a cubic meter of water weighs one ton |
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CJvR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
13. I think the... |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
14. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon |
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musette_sf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-11-11 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
15. Having been awoken this morning by police sirens |
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