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Post by lmtengs on Mar 14, 2011 17:26:27 GMT -8
That link also has an interesting summary of the "highest tsunami ever recorded" in Alaska. Its height was well over 500 meters, however it was largely contained within a fjord and was caused by the combination of an earthquake, landslide, and glacier breakoff. Lituya Bay, 1953, a 524 m wave, or just about 30 meters shy of the CN Tower's height. The real crazy thing is that there is local speculation, based on the elevation of the really old trees in Lituya bay, that there may have been an even bigger wave around 250 years ago. 1958, actually, just for the sake of accuracy.
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Post by Scott on Apr 3, 2011 11:36:22 GMT -8
Just saw some footage on CNN.com of a K-class type ferry sitting on dry land in Japan. I finally found this footage again and captured a screen shot of the ferry I saw before. I've tried to find where such a ferry would operate, but I can't, especially with most websites being in Japanese. I'm also not sure what town this is, where the ferry is washed up. ] There's an article and video on CNN about a captain who sailed his little boat through the tsunami and is now ferrying people and supplies to the island of Oshima from the mainland city of Kesunnuma, both of which were decimated by the earthquake and tsunami. The reason I bring up this story is that in the video clip, there is a 3-4 second shot of the regular ferry sitting high and dry (on the video, it shows up around 1:42). I'm quite certain it's the same ferry. www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/japan.tsunami.captain/index.html?hpt=C1
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