Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan A tsunami moves at 500 mph. A tidal wave doesn't. Therefore, a tsunami covers long distances and a tidal wave doesn't. If dictionaries nowadays disagree, take a time machine back to Hawaii, early 60s, where we and the local media had the word clearly defined while nobody in the 48 states had ever heard the word, and argue with them. If the word has since been dumbed down and Americanized, that's not my fault. Have a cheeseburger. I lived in Japan 2 years. Then I lived in Hawaii 4 years, and went through several tsunami alerts including about 3 Waikiki evacuations. (I didn't live in Waikiki, but I sure heard about it from my schoolmates who had to move out for the night.) Then I lived in Southern California and went through the media panicking over many earthquakes, including several that I felt. The famous 1971 San Fernando earthquake (see link) shook my bed so much that I woke up, hopped out of bed fully awake after only 2 hours of sleep, and spread my legs standing, as i had learned to do in my several previous earthquakes. It's more fun to feel an earthquake that way. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/historical.php An hour ago there were a 5.0 and a 5.7 in the same place as the 7.1 and 8.9 Japan ones. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan My wife was supposed to be working there this week, but ended up in Denver instead and flew pack to PDX last night. Her division VP, her direct regional manager, and her counterpart were in Waikiki at the Marriott this morning (that's where they stay when they work there). She called them all and everybody is OK, but they all missed flights back to the States this morning. They were staying high enough in the hotel that they didn't have to be evacuated, apparently. Crazy.
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan a tsunami did hit hawaii and the west coast. Waves were affected here as were rip currents, it did not go inland though. http://wokv.com/common/ap/2011/03/11/D9LT6J5O1.html
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan Yes, the blazers will win the championship in 2012. Thanks for reminding us. barfo
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan It says the waves were 7-foot waves. Those happen every day there. Surfers don't get up off their towels for that. I guess you could call it a tsunami, even when it arrives unnoticeably as a regular-sized wave. I'm talking about tsunamis that hurt anyone. There are about 10,000 times as many tsunami alerts as there are tsunamis that hurt anyone. When I hear the word tsunami, I think, "Yeah, right." The only real tsunami, travelling thousands of miles, that killed anyone that I've noticed in my lifetime is the one of a couple of years ago, which started in Indonesia, yet killed people in India. That is extremely rare. You might find one or two more that didn't get as much publicity so I forgot them, but the point is, when you hear the word tsunami, be skeptical that it's not just a short-range tidal wave, while respecting the trouble that it's causing, of course. Think of the force it takes for a wave to go from Japan to Oregon. Oregon authorities issue warnings so they won't be criticized later by panic artists for sleeping through it, which they probably did after issuing the warnings.
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan I'll buy you all the beer you want if you just stay the hell off my lawn. barfo
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan 1964 is before you were born? I didn't realize you were younger than me. Considerably younger than me.
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan Good call. Opinion on everything, master of nothing. Plus, some lookie-loos had to be pulled out of the water in Gold Beach after ignoring the warnings. Usually your idiotic rants are amusing, but you dangerously missed on this one.
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan I'll say anything to win an argument. You really went for that stuff about me in Japan, Hawaii, and Southern California? How could I have possibly lived in Southern California?
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan My expert opinion is that El Presidente planted that article. Besides, did it get to Oregon? Who cares about those welfare rats in California? If you don't like enjoying our great country and not complaining about tidal waves, move to Libya.
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan The answer to that is found in my post. Anyhow, I know from years of experience that you're basically a gimmick (or possibly a caricature of your gimmick these days), and I'm fine with that.
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lan...y-harbor-destroyed-people-swept-into-sea.html
Re: 8.8 Magnitude Quake Hits Japan Crescent City is 20 miles south of Oregon. Since you have lost all crediibility, I rest my case.
