Just found this chart which should give an indication of when any tsunami will be felt.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ced-killer-tidal-waves.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
Um, Kennas, "untidy"?????Some of the footage is unbelievable.
Just a giant wash of water covering towns and destroying anything in it's path.
I hope that was isolated and not along the majority of the coast.
Otherwise, this is really, really, untidy.
Not at all to be dismissive of the tragedy of the Japan earthquake and tsunami which is horrific, the empathy thing is interesting.I didn't used to feel disasters on a personal level as much as I do now.. probably after experiencing the QLD floods my empathy has really increased.
Yes, very untidy!Um, Kennas, "untidy"?????
In the world of euphemisms, this would appear to be an extreme example.
Some years ago the term 'compassion fatigue' became popular. It resonated with my own sense that I had only so much capacity to feel distress/sadness etc without being personally submerged, and so there seemed to be a cut off point of empathy.
Yep, I was in the Peru earthquake a few years ago and it is the only time I really thought I was about to die.
(well, second)
I'm not so sure this is so isolated. Yes, it's just the coast, but it's a big coast, and a very populous country.
Just found this chart which should give an indication of when any tsunami will be felt.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ced-killer-tidal-waves.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
So different from the Christchurch earthquake where all the buildings destroyed were a part of my life and where my concern was for family and friends who may have been killed.
Some years ago the term 'compassion fatigue' became popular. It resonated with my own sense that I had only so much capacity to feel distress/sadness etc without being personally submerged, and so there seemed to be a cut off point of empathy.
I hope to raise this is not to be insensitive to the tragedy that is unfolding in Japan.
I certainly don't mean to be.
Hawaii should be OK. Apparently there is no continental shelf around these islands so the wave doesn't break... that's what I've learned from the Galapogas anyway.
Well Bellenuit, New Guinea, The Indonesian Archipelago and The Great Barrier Reef will block or quash any tidal wave.After saying Australia was not on Tsunami alert, that has been changed in the last hour to Australia now being on Tsunami alert.
Take care those on the north and east coasts.
Taiwan roads reopened and guests at a Philippines resort reported no unusual waves after Japan’s strongest earthquake in at least a century triggered tsunami warnings across the Pacific, including the U.S. west coast.
Well Bellenuit, New Guinea, The Indonesian Archipelago and The Great Barrier Reef will block or quash any tidal wave.
Is the San Andreas fault next?
After my personal experiences working as a white monkey with the Japanese quite frankly after the respect they afforded me I wouldn't give a rats ass if the whole archipeligo sunk into the Pacific never to be seen again.
Looked like some good surfing to me
Um, Kennas, "untidy"?????
In the world of euphemisms, this would appear to be an extreme example.
Not at all to be dismissive of the tragedy of the Japan earthquake and tsunami which is horrific, the empathy thing is interesting.
When I heard the news I thought 'oh how dreadful' but to be honest it was an objective reaction but devoid of inflicting on me any personal level of distress.
The cooling system has failed at a second reactor.critical to the disaster is the ability to contain the overheating at the fukushima.
The cooling system has failed at a second reactor.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-03-11-japan-quake-reactors_N.htm
Gee fella, depends on who schooled you hey?Tsunami, not "tidal wave".
tidal wave
n.
1. The swell or crest of surface ocean water created by the tides.
2.a. An unusual, often destructive rise of water along the seashore, as from a storm or a combination of wind and high tide.
b. A tsunami.
3. An overwhelming manifestation; a flood:
tidal wave
noun
Definition of TIDAL WAVE
1. something overwhelming especially in quantity or volume <a tidal wave of tourists>
2. a : an unusually high sea wave that is triggered especially by an earthquake
b : an unusual rise of water alongshore due to strong winds
tidal wave
noun
1. The swell or crest of surface ocean water created by the tides.
2.a. An unusual, often destructive rise of water along the seashore, as from a storm or a combination of wind and high tide.
b. A tsunami.
3. An overwhelming manifestation; a flood: a tidal wave of illicit drugs; an emotional tidal wave.
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