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To: Carry_Okie
Studies on methane seeps and limnic eruptions indicate that rapid gas release can generate dangerous waves and seiches in enclosed water bodies.

Empirical and numerical models of sudden gas releases (e.g., limnic eruptions like Lake Nyos, 1986) suggest that such an event could generate initial wave heights of 30 to 100+ feet (9–30+ meters) near the source.

And yet we have no reports of waves accompanying these Booms.

Seneca is the very definition of a small lake. It is 38 miles long and 3 miles at its widest. People build their homes right at the edge of the water, just a foot or two above the water.

People would have noticed a 30 foot wave.

50 posted on 06/03/2026 9:13:26 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac
People would have noticed a 30 foot wave.

Correct. Which is why I posited that before looking further into the possibilities.

54 posted on 06/03/2026 10:44:12 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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