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To: Political Junkie Too

I hadn’t noticed that part (said inches, not feet, BTW), but the tides affect every part of the ocean, not just near shore. Really idiotic journalist.


6 posted on 01/19/2016 4:08:41 AM PST by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

“I hadn’t noticed that part (said inches, not feet, BTW), but the tides affect every part of the ocean, not just near shore. Really idiotic journalist.”

I really do not think you understand the force of the ocean...

A 4” rise (or drop) of the ocean floor covering a few hundred square miles is a tremendous, potential, force. These buoys are firmly attached to the ocean floor. Waves crash upon them all day and night. Tides are different than waves and easily accounted for. A 100’ tidal wave would register on a buoy as a 4” to 6” ‘long pulse’ that would only turn into a wave when it neared the shore and the depth of the ocean, relatively, decreased.

I escaped a rogue wave one evening because I was: 1) aware, 2) young, fit and capable of running fast and 3) lucky enough to find a HUGE driftwood log to jump onto.

The two ladies south of me in their coats taking a stroll after a movie were not so lucky...

Next session: undertow.


11 posted on 01/19/2016 4:32:27 AM PST by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin
Funny. Said inches in the first reference, but repeated himself and said feet in the part that I quoted.

-PJ

12 posted on 01/19/2016 4:34:17 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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