Being in deep water actually increases, not decreases, tsunami risk. Hawaii, Japan, etc. typically have steeply sloping sea bottom just offshore to deep water.
So that's not the reason there wasn't much effect at DG. It's possible the size of the fringing reef shallows was so large the tsunami was broken up.
But at least I erred on the side of not causing panic that someone might think they have lost someone at Diego Garcia, which I hope is the case.
Our military and their families have been through hellish times with the MSM blowing anything that happens in Iraq into a front page story.
This has got to take its toll on the family of service personnel.
I loathe the MSM for that reason right now.
>> Being in deep water actually increases, not decreases, tsunami risk. Hawaii, Japan, etc. typically have steeply sloping sea bottom just offshore to deep water.
Diego Garcia differs from Hawaii and Japan in that the island is shaped like a chimney. There is no slope. The origial mountain sunk, while the coral kept growing. When you reach the edge of the reef, the island literally drops straight down. I fished the reef several times in one of the Navy harbor boats, trolling large lures. We would zig-zag over the edge of the reef, from shallow water to deep blue water. One minute we would catch snapper and grouper, the next everyone on the boat would be hooked-up to yellowfin tuna.