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It only becomes a visible problem in harbours (or otherwise in shallow waters). It looks like a tidal wave in the sense that it's a lot of water moving in a gi
by jarek 16y ago
It only becomes a visible problem in harbours (or otherwise in shallow waters).
It looks like a tidal wave in the sense that it's a lot of water moving in a given direction. The mechanism causing it is not the same at all, so the name tidal wave is misleading.
- mixmax 16y agoAs an example a friend of mine was on a boat during the massive 2004 tsunami, but since he was a few miles off the coast where the water was deep he didn't even notice the tsunami sweeping under his boat. Once it hit land it did massive damage.