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It was an one-two punch because either one by itself unlikely would have produced the disaster: the earthquake not only produced the tsunami, it also sunk the c
by vpeters25 11y ago
It was an one-two punch because either one by itself unlikely would have produced the disaster: the earthquake not only produced the tsunami, it also sunk the coastline about 4 feet rendering tsunami barriers useless.
I read somewhere their tsunami barriers where just high enough to stop the tsunami but the coastline sinked. No engineer could have predicted that.
- thaumasiotes 11y ago> It was an one-two punch because either one by itself unlikely would have produced the disaster But that's what I'm saying! Tsunamis can't happen by themselves. They're caused by earthquakes (or volcanic eruptions, nuclear explosions, or other literally earth-shaking events). The odds of a record-breaking earthquake co-occurring with an extreme tsunami approach 100%. Similarly, it's not at all surprising for the coastline to sink in an earthquake.