Photos of the Wave

that looks like a scene from the movie The day after tomorrow.


oh my god. how scary

soy chistoso...

It is, basically, shewolfnm, not the real wave but a digital image.

What struck me about the pic in today's paper is that it's NOT particularly scary -- you have to think about it, and once I did I was mentally screaming at the woman in the bikini in the foreground to RUN for it...

Hmm, haven't found it yet.

Apparently the initial wave wasn't the problem...the secondary waves scoured the coast with jetsam.

This is the only place I've found it so far -- the second picture.

That's a picture of the secondary wave, after the first wave and come and the seas receded.

DigitalGlobe has some satellite images here:

http://www.digitalglobe.com/tsunami_gallery.html

Phuket Tsunami

Hinteler's link provides us with commentary from various sources... among which are inflammatory comments from the self-righteous.

Arrogance, insensitivity and sanctimony are having a field day.

I just saw a lot of amazing images. (Walter's link.) Having major connection problem so had to give it up, will go back to it.

One thing I notice is that it's like the whole ocean rose -- usually when there is a big wave, it is a sort of a c shape, the crest at the top and then the back goes back down to sealevel. It looked like "sealevel" itself was affected, so the wave didn't look as big as it actually was.

This link allows you to toggle back and forth between "before" and "after" images:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indonesia/aceh-andaman-tsunami-imagery.htm

tsunami's are caused b y breaks in the plates,by an undersea earthquake,landslip or volcanic eruption that are under water. the land falls and creates a HUGE hole . When the hole fills, the residual water splashes up and flows twords land causing enormous waves.

Sorry... my words are pretty simple and I dont have a link to provide more info.. but I think you get the point.
What is scary to me is that they are pretty much unpredictable and completely destructive, and can happen anywhere the plates meet.
I dont know if there are any joining plates on the costal waters of america?????

Shewolf... here is a map of the plates. It's in Portuguese but I think you get the picture. (sorry, I don't have much time to find one in english right now, and I had this one on my computer already).


Tectonic Plates Map.