Re: [v6z] Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan

[Franck Martin <fmartin () linkedin com>]

And then you can have lens effects, where the waves reflections on the
coast, focus unto a point on the coastline.

On 3/28/11 14:34 , "Scott Howard" <scott () doc net au> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 6:28 PM, andrew.wallace <
> andrew.wallace () rocketmail com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:59 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > > *yawn*.  A foot and a half isn't going to be all *that* bad
> >
> > Remember a wall of tsunami water travels in general at approx 970 kph
> > (600
> > mph), think about it.
>
> That's in deep water, where the height of the wave might be a few inches
> at
> most.
>
> Once it reaches shallow water the speed drops significantly and the height
> increases.
>
>  Scott