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Post by auntym on Mar 27, 2011 18:47:16 GMT -6
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Post by lois on Mar 27, 2011 19:48:11 GMT -6
I just heard about this from Louise, how awful. Those poor people. Let hope the water does not come in again.. and what about the Reactors this time.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2011 21:00:53 GMT -6
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Post by skywalker on Mar 28, 2011 7:54:08 GMT -6
With all of the eartquakes Japan has been having lately 6.5 isn't all that unusual. They have been having quakes similar to that every day.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2011 13:26:23 GMT -6
I'm guessing it's not something you grow used to I'd be wondering if the nasty aftershocks are causing more damage to the reactors..if one will trigger another tsunami..if more buildings will fall. I can't even imagine their fear.
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Post by auntym on Jun 29, 2011 11:55:49 GMT -6
www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2009446/Huge-underwater-landslide-causes-hair-raising-tsunami--coast-CORNWALL.html?ITO=1490Huge underwater landslide causes 'hair-raising' tsunami... off the coast of CORNWALL * Tide shifted up to 164ft in a matter of minutes * Shift in air pressure created static that left women's hair standing on end By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 3:58 PM on 29th June 2011 A massive underwater landslide 200 miles off the coast of Cornwall caused a series of mini-tsunami waves and tides on Monday. Holidaymakers, fishermen and conservationists were stunned when the tide suddenly shifted up to 50metres in a matter of minutes. The rapid drop in tide led to a perceivable shift in air pressure which remarkably created so much static in the air that it cause people's hair to stand on end. No longer one-way: A massive underwater landslide 200miles off the coast of Cornwall caused a series of mini-tsunami waves and tides. A wave travels against the natural flow of the River Yealm in Devon Dozens of reports of fast tidal shifts - and bore-like waves surging up estuarine rivers - were reported across the south coast as a 3ft wave hit Britain. Although dramatic for the South coast of England, the scale of the tsunami is minute when compared to the waves of up to 133ft that struck the coast of Japan in March. Amazing photos taken by witnesses to this week's event show the tsunami travelling up rivers against its natural flow. Experts today confirmed the extraordinary events were probably caused as a result of a landslide on the continental shelf 200miles west of the Cornish coast. The mini-tsunami was recorded on tidal gauges from Cornwall to Hampshire which revealed the 2ft-high column of water moved from west to east. Dr Martin Davidson, of the University of Plymouth, said the wave was probably caused by a sand or mud slide at sea. He said: 'They are quite rare and it was probably not a tidal phenomenon but more likely a tsunami of some kind. 'It was probably not due to an earthquake, which is the normal cause of a tsunami. This one was probably more likely to have been caused by a landslide.' TO CONTINUE READING CLICK ON ABOVE LINK
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