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Tsunamis are only an issue close to shore. In the ocean it's barely a mild wave. In a boat going further out is the safest thing you can do if there's a tsunam
by Grimburger 2mo ago
Tsunamis are only an issue close to shore. In the ocean it's barely a mild wave.
In a boat going further out is the safest thing you can do if there's a tsunami warning.
- wahnfrieden 2mo agoSafer than going inland..?
- lostlogin 2mo agoThere have been 70m tsunamis and lakes get tsunamis too, so… maybe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tsunamis
- stelliosk 2mo agoDepends on how the tsunami was created. By earthquake or by land slide. For example, the following tsunami no boat is safe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja_tsunami_hazard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbre_Vieja_tsunami_hazard
- embedding-shape 2mo agoThat's a hypothetical "hazard" of a megatsunami and on top of that, seems reaaaally unlikely to happen within the lifetime of any of us: > Giant landslides are rare events.[117] Humanity has never witnessed enormous collapses on La Palma[59] and there is evidence that the western flank of La Palma is currently stable[65] and a collapse in the near future is unlikely.[133] A worst-case scenario giant landslide like the one modelled by Ward and Day 2001 is a very low probability event, probably much less common than once per 100,000 years[123] But, never say never, apparently we're ruining the planet faster than anyone of us thought possible just 50 years ago, so who knows what could happen.
- stelliosk 2mo agoOne that happened, earthquake triggered rockslide: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and_megatsunami https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Lituya_Bay_earthquake_and...