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Gonz
2/27/10, 03:06pm
:bolt:

HOLY CRAP!!!!! That makes the ones I've been in seem tame.

Time to compare 3rd world building codes? 147 in Chile...300,000 in Haiti.

Amazing.
Luis G
2/27/10, 03:19pm
That's what you call an earthquake :eek2:
ResearchMonkey
2/27/10, 03:35pm
:bolt:
Time to compare 3rd world building codes? 147 in Chile...300,000 in Haiti.

Amazing.Racist!!!!!
catocom
2/27/10, 04:05pm
I certainly hope there isn't any more loss of life, or property destruction.
I do hope though that there's some decent equipment setup in case there is a big tsunami.
so data can be gathered.
It'd be a shame if an opportunity was missed. Especially if more property damage
does occur.
At least there'd be some gain from it.
Winky
2/27/10, 04:24pm
yeah I want cali to get with an 8.8!
then we'd have something to talk about
ResearchMonkey
2/27/10, 04:25pm
Cali needs an 8.8. LA or SF, take your pick.

And then there is Hawaii....

http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/4607/1267295464096.gif
Gonz
2/27/10, 05:50pm
Fox has a camera waiting on the Big Island, waiting for the 400' movie tsunami to show up. It's a boring scene with a long wait.
catocom
2/27/10, 06:23pm
was...they said the effects are starting to be felt...the water is receding!...,
and now they quit showing it.
ResearchMonkey
2/27/10, 06:49pm
Yeha, been streaming 4 channels, very little action. While its still cool it lacked the vicious attack we all were hoping for.

I loved seeing the swimmer and the surfer out there tempting fate. :bgtup:
catocom
2/27/10, 06:55pm
so far, it looked like a cool little drop-n-rise event, but surely somebody
got some better vid than what I've seen.
I've seen much bigger stuff on the North Shore, in surfing events.
catocom
2/27/10, 07:00pm
here we go....Yeah Baby!

http://www.otcentral.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=7179&stc=1&d=1267311589
ResearchMonkey
2/27/10, 07:14pm
different type of wave.

A surge is wide perpendicular to a normal crest, like miles sometimes. Its more as if the sea level rises as it passes.
catocom
2/27/10, 07:23pm
yeah, but it still looks cool.

I wonder what the record is for riding a tsunami inland is.
I heard about one couple in Fl, that rode a house top for about 18hrs,
and over 30 miles in a hurricane surge once.
ResearchMonkey
2/27/10, 08:03pm
Riding live/dead/combo?
catocom
2/27/10, 08:08pm
eh, I started to edit that post, but....I'm lazy.

rode..."and lived".

wouldn't be good to spectate on the dead, according to my religious beliefs.
ResearchMonkey
2/27/10, 09:38pm
Naw I gotcha on that point. I more referring to distance surviving/bobbing that might be a record.

Being pulled along with a surge though a city has got to be tough on the body.
catocom
2/27/10, 10:48pm
I don't know how rough it was, but I have heard of a person surviving
3 days at sea, with no flotation anything, after the boat was sunk by waves.

Not much obstacle to try to avoid there though.
AlladinSane
3/02/10, 08:38am
So, the Tsunami lost strenght it seems?
valkyrie
3/02/10, 01:40pm
Cat, your surfer pick looks like it's from Endless Summer/Endless Summer II (Bruce Brown movies).
catocom
3/02/10, 03:41pm
I dunno.
It was just one of the first up on google. :p
valkyrie
3/02/10, 03:50pm
I dunno.
It was just one of the first up on google. :p
There are giant waves out at sea that boats will take you out to. I can't recall the name of the area but the waves are gigantic (like in the pic) and each surfer will have someone with a wave runner (like in the pic) to "spot" him/her in case something very bad happens while riding the wave. It's quite spectacular to watch. You have to be very, very, very good to do this (and have money to pay the boat and crew).
MrBishop
3/02/10, 05:39pm
The big difference seems to be the location of the epicenter. In Haiti, it was 25kms from Port-au-prince and on-land...also 'shallow' (13km down).

The Chili one was 100kms off-shore and far deeper (32.3kms deep)

Makes a world of difference.
catocom
3/02/10, 05:46pm
Makes a world of difference.

lol, that's a fact, and in more ways than one.
valkyrie
3/03/10, 05:31pm
The big difference seems to be the location of the epicenter. In Haiti, it was 25kms from Port-au-prince and on-land...also 'shallow' (13km down).

The Chili one was 100kms off-shore and far deeper (32.3kms deep)

Makes a world of difference.
True that. I heard an interview with a seismologist that explained the differences between the two quakes. It was very interesting and very informative.