Just Jack Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 The nearer tsunami wave comes to shore, the more quickly it will change height as the water becomes more and more shallow. I can believe it. The farther out you go, the smaller the wave.
DC Tom Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Do you believe him? It's certainly possible...a tsunami is a pulse of displaced water that extends to great depth (unlike normal waves, which are surface effects) but doesn't show much on the surface until the sea bed shoals. So if you're out far enough, and the water is deep enough...yeah, you can ride over it. I know that, were I in his situation, I'd swim toward the wave as well. Swim towards shore, and you're likely to be killed by debris the wave sweeps up. Swim out to sea, and try to swim through the wave, and you have a better chance at survival (probably not a lot better...but I'd still rather face a wall of water than a wall of water filled with trees and cars and building debris and such.)
linksfiend Posted October 7, 2009 Posted October 7, 2009 Great lead sentence: "A British survivor survived the tsunami." I wonder how many survivors didn't survive?
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