Quake Rocks Japan

Diomedes · March 11, 2011, 07:41:56 AM

when there is a tsunami like this, what happens to the wildlife in the ocean? do you find fish and whales and sharks and turtles all the way inland after a tsunami? or do they all know what's up and swim out to sea?

ice grillin you · March 11, 2011, 07:52:58 AM

Quote from: Diomedes on March 11, 2011, 07:41:56 AM
do you find fish and whales and sharks and turtles all the way inland after a tsunami?

not really...its not until just before it hits land does it carry any real power...anything real close to or on the shoreline will get carried....but out in the ocean its just a simple displacement of water that doesnt effect anything until it get to something that isnt more water

in general tsnunamis arent very powerful its just that many of the worlds coastlines are so incredibly vulnerable to rising water...hence the great fear over global warming...in a global warming scenario you dont even have waves that are causing mass destructions all you have is the a simple rise in sea levels

Don Ho · March 11, 2011, 07:58:51 AM

Apparently that's one of the cool things during a tsunami is the fish flopping around when the water drawsback. That's why lots of people were killed in 1960 in Hilo. The first wave hit and when the water receded and the bay was exposed, people ran out to check out all the fish and were grabbing them by the dozens. The next wave came that people weren't expecting and killed 61.

Don Ho · March 11, 2011, 08:00:45 AM

OK, 3 AM and nothing on Kauai yet. C'mon, I stayed up for this. Let's go.

mussa · March 11, 2011, 08:11:46 AM

Don't believe it, where are the links...

Diomedes · March 11, 2011, 08:24:12 AM

Quote from: ice grillin you on March 11, 2011, 07:52:58 AMnot really...

How disappointing. I've been imagining people getting devoured by sharks a mile inland, or hitching rides to safety on whales.

smeags · March 11, 2011, 08:29:49 AM

really ? can i have some of what you're smoking ?

smeags · March 11, 2011, 08:58:24 AM

Quotefrom CNN -
-- Between 200 to 300 bodies found in Japanese coastal city of Sendai, the Kyodo news agency reports.

Diomedes · March 11, 2011, 08:59:45 AM

has Vegas set up a pool for the final kill count yet?

Hawk · March 11, 2011, 10:25:37 AM

So I'm guessing it didn't hit Hawaii??

Diomedes · March 11, 2011, 10:29:41 AM

oh, it hit: a great white shark is gnoshing on Don Ho in his back yard right now

PhillyGirl · March 11, 2011, 10:33:17 AM

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_japan_earthquake_pacific

Hawk · March 11, 2011, 10:49:12 AM

Quote from: PhillyGirl on March 11, 2011, 10:33:17 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_japan_earthquake_pacific

I thought IGY said that it impacting Hawaii or the US was horseshtein???

ice grillin you · March 11, 2011, 10:53:50 AM

looks pretty nuts over there....i hope don and his full tank of gas are ok

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/group-people-gets-splashed-wave-beach-Honolulu-Friday-March-11/photo//110311/480/urn_publicid_ap_org64052458e25a4e4da0a60ec496e277f7//s:/ap/us_japan_earthquake_pacific

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Group of people gets splashed by wave

A group of people gets splashed by a wave on the beach in Honolulu on Friday.
March 11, 2011.

Hawk · March 11, 2011, 11:00:46 AM

And there were 7 foot waves that hit other parts and caused damage. The reason for the warnings is that tsunamis have hit the the west coast in the past and taken lives. Better safe than sorry.