Posted on 04/11/2016 7:51:04 AM PDT by JimSEA
This photo is of the aftermath of the 2015 landslide generated tsunami However, A tsunami with a record run-up height of 1720 feet occurred in in Lituya Bay, Alaska in 1958.
Pretty intereswting. There is a better before-after pic set here http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2015/12/18/detecting-landslides-from-a-few-seismic-wiggles/
Many of the Norweigian fjords (where I traveled many times working aboard a RCCL ship) experienced this as well, 600 foot high waves from a icefall or rockslide. Spectacular scenery, unbelievable.
1720’
Wow
I’m definitely not pining for the fjords right now. :)
Should you pine, try to confine your pining to the July-August zone.
I am not especially reco’ing a trip to Norway et al under present conditions. But I enjoyed the Norway-Finland-Sweden-Estonia-Denmark-St Pete circuit about 7 times in 2005.
Incredible!!
I’m reading all about the 1958 incident in Lituya Bay.
Fascinating, thanks for the great link.
That’s a much better article overall. Thanks for posting.
Hydraulics is a wonderful thing.
If we’re just hearing about it now, I’m assuming only moose and sasquatch were affected?
Pretty much. However, these sort of landslide generated tsunamis can happen in a lot of different locations. In particular volcanos can present these sorts of land slides.
One of the Azores is supposedly ready to send about half its land mass into the Atlantic. The resulting tidal wave will wipe out the entire east coast of the US
I remember reading about several of the boats that were in the path of that 1958 Alaskan bay landslide tsunami which I think happened at night.
Can you imagine what a 1700’ tsunami looks, sounds and feels like?
Ho Lee Crap.
RE: “A salmon troller named Edri survived the 1958 tsunami and spent many more years in Southeast Alaska”
Poor Wash DC, NYC & Boston!
On second thought...
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RE: “One of the Azores is supposedly ready to send about half its land mass into the Atlantic. The resulting tidal wave will wipe out the entire east coast of the US”
Supposedly the treat has been downgraded the last few years...like they know....
Don’t imagine that there was a 1700’ tall wave.
The 130’ Japanese Tsunami wave was only a few feet.
They are called “tidal waves” because they come in like a tide that just won’t quit, not like a gigantic breaker.
And yes, “tidal wave” is a better name than Tsunami, which means “harbor wave,” although many scientists prior to Indonesia’s and Japan’s had denigrated the name “tidal wave” because they had never seen on camera why they were called that.
That’s the one I was trying to think of. Almost any ocean edge volcano can present that risk. Quite often somewhat loosely compacted ash moves on downhill when rain permeates and lubricants the material.
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