Re: New tsunami advisory warning - Japan

[TR Shaw <tshaw () oitc com>]

On Mar 28, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:

> On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:28 AM, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>
> > On Mar 28, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Gavin Pearce wrote:
> >
> > > > You guys forget a lot of folks on the list are working on cabling ships and off shore platforms, its not all about 
> > > > what happens on shore in this industry.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Valid point ... however in deep ocean, these things are pretty imperceptible. The effect on ships on the surface 
> > > are nominal, and off shore platforms are (generally) built with these things in mind: 
> > > http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27324535/ns/technology_and_science-innovation/
> >
> > Here is a video of the recent Japanese tsunami from a JCG ship in the the open ocean. The waves (@ ~4:20 and 6:40 
> > into the video) caused them no trouble, but they were certainly not imperceptible. 
>
> With the video :
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XSBrrueVoQ&feature=player_embedded#at=19
 
Didn't show much and they were near the epicenter. 

My friend was on her 44' sailboat  about halfway between Galapagos and Easter Island went Chile's earthquake happened 
which caused a 10' tsunami in the Galapagos. They never noticed a thing.

Tom
Tom