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To: Vaquero

Tsunamis wouldn’t have any impact at all on a floating city, unless it was so close to shore that it ended up run aground during a tsunami’s initial retreat from the shore. Tsunamis at sea are rarely more than a couple of feet high, and their peak-to-trough is so long you wouldn’t notice them at all.

Now, rogue waves on the other hand would be a serious hazard. However, the benefit to a floating city is that it can be moved to avoid all but the largest areas of heavy seas.


9 posted on 11/13/2017 5:02:31 AM PST by Little Pig
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To: Little Pig

True. Folks vacationing in Phuket etc in 2004 who were offshore barely felt the tsunami.


12 posted on 11/13/2017 5:06:21 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Little Pig
However, the benefit to a floating city is that it can be moved to avoid all but the largest areas of heavy seas.

Or even seasonal relocation. North for the summer, south for the winter.

55 posted on 11/13/2017 9:00:15 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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