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Could have made the olympic surfing competitions interesting (which they moved sooner because of the storm that passed by)

bamboozled 5y ago
The Tsunami was in Alaska, not Japan.
- aaomidi 5y ago
  You see, they're all connected to the same body of water. And if the tsunami was directional towards the Japanese coast it would've caused issues there.
  - bamboozled 5y ago
    I think we all know that. I just don't see how this had anything to do with typhoons and surf contests in Japan, seemed silly. I guess I didn't get the "joke"
- akg_67 5y ago
  In Japan, TV advisory was extra rough seas (no tsunami) on pacific side throughout the day tomorrow (Friday) as a result of this earthquake.
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  Here's the big Japanese tsunami that devastated Fukushima arriving in California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY
  - vajrabum 5y ago
    I only know this because I clicked on some more stuff after looking at that but the Fukushima tsunami caused a fair amount of damage in the Santa Cruz, CA harbor both to docks and boats. Apparently the waves can get magnified when they go into a narrow channel or harbor. Another thing I only learned today reading the comments of that video is that tsunami literally means harbor wave in Japanese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dC_tf4mhO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dC_tf4mhO4
- Turing_Machine 5y ago
  Tsunamis from the 1964 Alaska earthquake (M9.2) killed 12 people in California and caused damage in Japan and Hawaii. Tsunamis can travel for a very long distance in open ocean. Alaska is pretty close to Asia, especially if you look at the great circle distance. Cargo planes from China, Korea, and Japan normally refuel in Anchorage, and before the extended range of modern passenger jets, most passenger planes also had a refueling stop there. In 1983, KAL Flight 007, a Boeing 747 passenger airliner en route from New York to Seoul, was shot down by the Soviet Union after departing Anchorage and inadvertently entering Soviet airspace.

bamboozled 5y ago

The Tsunami was in Alaska, not Japan.

aaomidi 5y ago
You see, they're all connected to the same body of water. And if the tsunami was directional towards the Japanese coast it would've caused issues there.
- bamboozled 5y ago
  I think we all know that. I just don't see how this had anything to do with typhoons and surf contests in Japan, seemed silly. I guess I didn't get the "joke"
akg_67 5y ago
In Japan, TV advisory was extra rough seas (no tsunami) on pacific side throughout the day tomorrow (Friday) as a result of this earthquake.
ceejayoz 5y ago
Here's the big Japanese tsunami that devastated Fukushima arriving in California. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdMDCLwblkY
- vajrabum 5y ago
  I only know this because I clicked on some more stuff after looking at that but the Fukushima tsunami caused a fair amount of damage in the Santa Cruz, CA harbor both to docks and boats. Apparently the waves can get magnified when they go into a narrow channel or harbor. Another thing I only learned today reading the comments of that video is that tsunami literally means harbor wave in Japanese. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dC_tf4mhO4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dC_tf4mhO4
Turing_Machine 5y ago
Tsunamis from the 1964 Alaska earthquake (M9.2) killed 12 people in California and caused damage in Japan and Hawaii. Tsunamis can travel for a very long distance in open ocean. Alaska is pretty close to Asia, especially if you look at the great circle distance. Cargo planes from China, Korea, and Japan normally refuel in Anchorage, and before the extended range of modern passenger jets, most passenger planes also had a refueling stop there. In 1983, KAL Flight 007, a Boeing 747 passenger airliner en route from New York to Seoul, was shot down by the Soviet Union after departing Anchorage and inadvertently entering Soviet airspace.