Giant Tidal Wave in Thailand.....

Joe English wrote:

>> It is the speed.

>> Tsunamis can travel with several hundreds mph speed.
>>
>> You can simulate it in your batthub. Test the difference between
>> blowing at the surface, and letting bounce your belly.

> The water would have to be awfully deep to get my belly to bounce in the
> water!

If you've ever done a belly flop off of a normal diving board you've fallen perhaps 5
feet, and you probably thought it hurt a bit. Falling 5 feet your speed when you hit
the water would be about 18 feet per second, or 12 mph. To hit the water at 100 mph
(146.67 feet per second) you'd have to accelerate for 4.58 seconds. Ignoring wind
resistance, you'd have to start your belly flop 336 above the water to impact at 100
mph. I feel confident in the belief that even in water 1/2" deep you'd bounce pretty
well at that speed. Standing on a beach and being hit by a wave traveling at 100 mph
wouldn't really be any different, except that "bounce" wouldn't be the proper
description of the result.

Luckily for thousands of survivors, much of the forward speed of the wave is
converted into height as the wave reaches shallower water, so they weren't actually
hit at 100 mph. It's drowning or being battered against objects with a different
velocity that do the damage.



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On 27-Dec-2004, "Randy Buckner" <Randybuckner@nospamaol.com> wrote:

> One witness said Phuket's famed Laguna Beach resort area is "completely
> gone." The area provides 40 percent of Thailand's $10 billion annual
> tourist
> income.

Yet today, I found a photo from the Laguna Beach Resort (Sheraton) where I
stayed 9 years ago, in the article

http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=260605

Part of the text says: In teh background, the bar on the beach is being
repaired. On the beach there are small piles of wreckage. Parts of the pool
is closed. Apart from that, little tells about the disaster in the area. The
photo is showing an Austrian couple relaxing at the hotel.

Sheraton also informs on their pages:
In light of recent concerns over the earthquake and tidal waves that
occurred in the Indian Ocean on Sunday 26th December, Sheraton Grande Laguna
Phuket would like to inform guests that the resort is in operation,
including the beach at the resort, except for two of its beachfront
restaurants, one of which is expected to re-open by 7th January. Phuket
International airport is operating as normal.
See also
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/promot...I_HP_TL_APSPEC

Arne

<mark@bluespark.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Now believe possible (but not sure) on MV Catch Up also known as MV
Amarpon

Have you heard anything yet, Mark?

My heart goes out to you.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
> news:C5hEd.35240$6l.11537@pd7tw2no...
>
> > Have you heard anything yet, Victoria?
> >
> > My heart goes out to you.
>
> What about me? I lost an entire day of diving. Where's CNN to hear my
> story?

Hmm, today, I just don't find you funny.

"chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
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>> What about me? I lost an entire day of diving. Where's CNN to hear my
>> story?
>
> Hmm, today, I just don't find you funny.

Don't worry, you're probably just tired after your long trip.

And I was kidding of course: losing a day of diving wasn't really a huge
tragedy since the diving sort of sucked anyway.

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> wrote in message
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> "chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
> news:2DkEd.38661$8l.24165@pd7tw1no...
>
> >> What about me? I lost an entire day of diving. Where's CNN to hear my
> >> story?
> >
> > Hmm, today, I just don't find you funny.
>
> Don't worry, you're probably just tired after your long trip.

I am very tired and I think I have pneumonia.

>
> And I was kidding of course: losing a day of diving wasn't really a huge
> tragedy since the diving sort of sucked anyway.

(rolling my eyes)

"chilly" <slarson@shaw.canada> wrote in message
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>> Don't worry, you're probably just tired after your long trip.
>
> I am very tired and I think I have pneumonia.

Dengue more likely, or malaria. Filariasis, leishmaniasis, onchocerciasis,
and American trypanosomiasis are other intriguing possibilities to worry
about. I thought I had pneumonia when I returned from my trip, or maybe
SARS or avian flu, but I'm feeling a bit better today. I held my coughs and
sneezes until after we cleared immigration since we came direct from Taiwan,
SARS HQ, and I didn't feel like spending the next 90 days in quarantine.

This weather sucks. Like living in frickin' Seattle and I thought I was
over that phase of my life. Another half-inch and my pool starts
overflowing. It's never done that before. So far the storms have killed 7
in California. It may not be a tsunami, but it's no laughing matter either
(like anyone would joke about a tsunami).

"Greg Mossman" <mossman@qnet.com> pounded away at his keyboard
resulting in:
: I thought I had pneumonia when I returned from my trip, or maybe
:SARS or avian flu, but I'm feeling a bit better today.

Sounds like you had a flu shot.

Dan Bracuk
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.


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Greg Mossman wrote:

> I held my coughs and
> sneezes until after we cleared immigration since we came direct from Taiwan,
> SARS HQ, and I didn't feel like spending the next 90 days in quarantine.

Good idea. You're far more likely to get that CNN coverage you want if you infect the
entire city than if you're just an isolated case.

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"Steve" <SPAMTRAPglawackus@hvc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Good idea. You're far more likely to get that CNN coverage you want if you
> infect the entire city than if you're just an isolated case.

Hopefully Fox News too so the rest of the newsgroup can see me.