Holy crap. 4,800 people dead?!?
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Originally Posted by MahoneyL80
if a tidal wave hit florida, georgia,north carolina, south carolina,california,texas,alabama,mississippi,loui siana, oregon or any other coastal state that had a large population, the death toll would be greater just because we have more populated coastal miles. especially if a tidal wave hit florida from the atlantic coast, a 50 ft tidal wave would reach about 100 miles if not more inland because of how low the land is in relation to sea level, jacksonville itself contains close to 1 million people in the greater metropolitan area and if a tidal wave hit us directly, about half of that would die.
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From: Gilbert, AZ
Originally Posted by ADRteg
So my ex g/f is in thailand visiting her dad...
last week she went to the beach there...she saw all the waves hit from her hotel room.
check out these pictures that she took from their hotel. the first wave had already hit there, and you see the second big one coming. she said it was all surreal and didn't realize how big a deal it all was until she went to the airport to leave the beach. she could feel the earthquakes too from there.. scary shit cause she was supposed to go down to the beach that morning (hit there around 10am).. i'm so glad she's okay, scared me cause i knew she was around there...
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last week she went to the beach there...she saw all the waves hit from her hotel room.
check out these pictures that she took from their hotel. the first wave had already hit there, and you see the second big one coming. she said it was all surreal and didn't realize how big a deal it all was until she went to the airport to leave the beach. she could feel the earthquakes too from there.. scary shit cause she was supposed to go down to the beach that morning (hit there around 10am).. i'm so glad she's okay, scared me cause i knew she was around there...
Phuket tidal wave pictures
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From: Montréal, Canada
Originally Posted by wagon89
The ongoing pissing contest needs to stop none of you are even qualified to give such estimates
"especially if a tidal wave hit florida from the atlantic coast, a 50 ft tidal wave would reach about 100 miles if not more inland because of how low the land is in relation to sea level, jacksonville itself contains close to 1 million people in the greater metropolitan area and if a tidal wave hit us directly, about half of that would die." where did you get those numbers?
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Originally Posted by axemansean
You can have a building made of 40 layers of concrete and it will still collapse. Could something major like this happen to the US? Probably not, I don't remember if there are any major plates under the US. I know there are some in the Atlantic and the real bad ones in the Pacific. Some of the countries are better off than others because of the newer warning systems. You can't stop a natural disaster, you can prepare for it and lessen the damage but it'll still suck.
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The last I heard, 52k killed and still counting.
The U.S. would have less deaths due to warnings being issued immediately. The only hitch would be how many could evacuate in time. I think we'd have more than 2 hours due to the expanse of the Pacific ocean and the fault placement; I think the time would be more like 6 hours+
The east cost is pretty safe from a tsunami since there is a not a major plate subduction in that region of the Atlantic. Now the west coast...that's another story. The Pacific is a hotbed of earthquake activity. Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Wash. & Cali. are all at risk.
The U.S. would have less deaths due to warnings being issued immediately. The only hitch would be how many could evacuate in time. I think we'd have more than 2 hours due to the expanse of the Pacific ocean and the fault placement; I think the time would be more like 6 hours+
The east cost is pretty safe from a tsunami since there is a not a major plate subduction in that region of the Atlantic. Now the west coast...that's another story. The Pacific is a hotbed of earthquake activity. Hawaii, Alaska, Oregon, Wash. & Cali. are all at risk.
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Originally Posted by Grand Moff Tark_0
I think that if were to happened US there would be less dead. Building are stronger, better infrastructure and usually less population per Sq mile....
(1)The US Pacific coastline is protected by the string of detectors on the Pacific floor, installed and designed to specifically detect earthquakes and the ensuing tsunami phenomenon;
(2)The US Pacific coastline has high ground very close to the shore, whereas the tens of thousands killed in the Indian Ocean were in densely populated areas at or even below sea level.
The King of Thailand has lost a grandson in this tragedy and Lord Attenborough (the movie director) has lost a granddaughter, daughter and son in law.
Something tells me that the governments on the Indian Ocean will finally listen to the recommendations for a detection and early warning system.
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just wondering...does anyone know if these early warning systems are really expensive?
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also, the continental US isnt near any major underwater fault.
1)The US Pacific coastline is protected by the string of detectors on the Pacific floor, installed and designed to specifically detect earthquakes and the ensuing tsunami phenomenon;
(2)The US Pacific coastline has high ground very close to the shore, whereas the tens of thousands killed in the Indian Ocean were in densely populated areas at or even below sea level.
(2)The US Pacific coastline has high ground very close to the shore, whereas the tens of thousands killed in the Indian Ocean were in densely populated areas at or even below sea level.
also, the continental US isnt near any major underwater fault.
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Indonesian officials have revised the island nation's death toll dramatically upward to 27,174, boosting the overall toll from Sunday's tsunamis to 56,029. Rescuers today finally reached remote areas, like Aceh province where they found massive destruction.
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Originally Posted by RB26DETT
just wondering...does anyone know if these early warning systems are really expensive.
There's a treaty between several nations with coasts on the Pacific, providing for the installation and maintenance of an early warning.