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”
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.