Thanks for the pics rwfromkansas.
Posted on 12/30/2004 7:06:00 AM PST by dead
From my understanding after reading a lot of these posts, I don't think they did have a chance. The water levels accompanying the waves, the force of the currents, etc.....don't sound to me like something you can just dive below and wait it out. These weren't normal waves like you see people surfing..... at least from what I've read anyway.
Thanks for the pics rwfromkansas.
I think so.
You should have made it clear that your extremely large ego would have kept you afloat.
I'm a little disgusted at the the trashing of this family, which is sadly, probably dead. They were not "dumb".....or "fools". They were a terrified family who didn't know what was happening.
May God Bless them.
Details.
Do I have your permission to save that image and make it smaller to put it on the website of my college newspaper?
I am stuck at home and do not have access to Photoshop, but Irfanview could make that image resized just right.
I would not link from your site. I would upload it to the newspaper server.
Uh....nevermind.
They are separate graphics.
That won't work with the way the site is set up, so I will just have to wait until I get back to college and can photoshop that baby into one image for the site.
I know this sounds dumb ..6/7 ft high ? How could it do THAT much damage ?
6/7 ft high or 30 ft high, your typical wind generated wave has a fairly short length. These tsunami waves were more like the leading edge of a rise in the level of the water, like a storm surge in a hurricane. It just keeps coming and coming until it hits something taller than it is. Also, I agree with those who say you can't just dive into this wave and survive it, because it doesn't simply pass over your head. The energy goes from the surface to the bottom, and by the time it has gotten that close to shore, the water is a turbulent mess. Sadly, certain death except for a lucky few in freak incidents.
Some of the tsunami waves that struck land were reported to be 100 ft and taller. The blue shape in the picture is the tsunami.
No it is the mainland...
You're kidding, right? The white capped line is the wave. The blue area rising behind it are hills.
If those waves were 100 feet and taller, the photographer would have been dead, even with a telephoto.
Snicker.
The Tsunami is not the blue hills. It is the water level rising. It does not look like a huge wave, it is like the rising level of a bathtub. The 'wave' is what happens when the rising level of water, hits land that was "above sea level" previously.
Slow down and look at the images and what everyone is telling you. Stop just insisting that you are correct, in the face of all the facts.
"" I think that depends on the size of the undersea event"
My recollection of the explanation is that undersea events are the result of plate tectonics and never shift more than dozens of feet, not thousands of feet, therefore they cannot cause waves of the 1700 foot variety."
This was a sizeable move. Initial reports say the Island of Sumatra moved 100 feet.
Sorry, just stating the facts. Scores of people on this thread have proved you wrong, yet you still hold to your belief that the land mass in the background is a tsunami. Heck, somebody even posted a pic of that island that was taken long before the tsunami and you still maintain it's a wave and not an island.
You know, I was looking at those pics again, and I think that IS the wave... look at them closely... that ain't a land mass...it changes shape and it really does look like the wave...
A mom will run to her family....even though at some level her brain knows she can't save them, or even help them, she will run towards them to try.
Absolutely. The will to protect and love is there. God bless the mothers of the world. And..the dads too...can you imagine how helpless this poor dad felt with his four children there and him not being able to do anything for them but tell them to run? How sad for those parents and the children. Still can't get over those photos.
"Some of the tsunami waves that struck land were reported to be 100 ft and taller. The blue shape in the picture is the tsunami."
The highest tsunami I've read reported were no more than 30 feet. But assuming you're right, 100 ft < 30 meters. And those mountains/hills are much taller than 30 meters. More like 200-300 meters tall, maybe more.
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