looking at tsunamis closer to home

[piranha]

it's been interesting to read over recent reports from the pacific tsunami warning center. i never before realized how many earthquakes occur in alaska, *duh*. the last big tsunami vancouver island experienced was caused by one of those in 1964, which was at the time the second strongest earthquake ever. nobody died here, which is amazing when one looks at the pictures of port alberni (i left the wrong link in your LJ, matthew; sorry).

dr. george pararas-carayannis's site (say that three times really fast) is extremely informative about tsunamis though you might wish to wear sunglasses because he has a very ... lively idea of optimal web colouring.

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[novazembla.livejournal.com]

The project I was working on before this one had to do with earthquake engineering, and one of the research sites in Oregon has a giant new wave-generation tank (http://nees.oregonstate.edu/IT/timeMagPictofWeek.html) for studying this sort of thing. I saw a (remote) live demonstration in mid-November; it's too bad it became so relevant so quickly.

I also have a friend who's spending a month vacationing in Indonesia. I wonder what she'll have to say about it.

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