mudslag Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Here is a pic of the energy released from the quake http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/chile/chileem.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 The Samoa tsunami was 1.5 meters high about 5 feet, just to give you a frame of reference. 3ft can do a lot of damage and yes given the right circumstances it can kill. Yeah it's true a 3ft tsunami does have a good bit of power, it can sweep away small animals and childern, the ederly, physically disabled, and anorexic models. But largely in Hawaii, 3ft tusnami doesn't do much when Winter and Summer swells can hit 10 to 15ft. This past winter season, waves got up to 30 to 40 ft. Mudslag, that pic makes sense and explains why Hawaii got off easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudslag Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Yeah it's true a 3ft tsunami does have a good bit of power, it can sweep away small animals and childern, the ederly, physically disabled, and anorexic models. But largely in Hawaii, 3ft tusnami doesn't do much when Winter and Summer swells can hit 10 to 15ft. This past winter season, waves got up to 30 to 40 ft. Mudslag, that pic makes sense and explains why Hawaii got off easy. A 30 ft swell is more localized and dont contain the power of a 400+ mph 3ft tsunami, they are two completely different animals. http://www.ussartf.org/tsunamis.htm In the deep ocean, tsunami have very small amplitudes (wave heights are only a few inches), wavelengths of up to 1000 kilometers, and speeds of more than 800 kilometers per hour (500 miles per hour), the speed of a jetliner. The slope of a tsunami surface at sea is only about a centimeter per kilometer (an inch per mile). A tsunami carries an enormous amount of energy that is spread over a large volume of water in the deep sea. However, when a tsunami reaches shallow water, such as a coastline, the energy is concentrated into a smaller volume and the wave's power overwhelms whatever is in its path. In shallow water, its speed decreases and its amplitude increases to dangerous heights, sometimes 50 feet or higher, and it spreads inland many hundreds of feet (in some cases a mile or more). A tsunami is not a single wave, but a set that may last for several hours, and the first wave is not always the largest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brony Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Here is a pic of the energy released from the quake http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/chile/chileem.jpg Wow, and Eastern Island is located somewhere in the middle of the red spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:No-Frost: Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I'm from Santiago de Chile, the capital... Luckily the city resisted quite good... In the south is another story... I can describe to much about what happened but a lot of roads are destroyed and cities and towns in the south were affected horribly... Here you can get a very small view on how are the things here... http://www.flickr.com/photos/madboxcl/ For now all the help I can give is pray for the people... A building felt down, damn... Even that in the city it wasn't so bad we can feel how terrible was everything... EDIT:: Same as before but in video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6abilGGw0w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted February 28, 2010 Member Share Posted February 28, 2010 Glad to know you guys from Chile are okay. I'm sure a lot of people will be keeping you in their thoughts and prayers, including me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEVER85 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 your wrong, there have been many very weird weather occurrences this year throughout the world. for example massive cold air and snowfall in areas that never see any snow. volcano eruptions. predictions are that this spring and summer could be worse with extreme heat, tornado's and severe weather. it's sorta like mother nature is letting out a huge can of whipa** all of the sudden that cannot be explained at all. It's called El Nino. There you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipodman715 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Had contact with (extended) family; they're all ok thankfully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 :( My condolences to those that have died. First Hati and now Chille, hopefully it's less deadly this time around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bogas04 Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 State of Catastrophe not only there but in hearts of all of us. World has really shrank a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 No your wrong, weather has nothing to do with earthquakes The Samoa tsunami was 1.5 meters high about 5 feet, just to give you a frame of reference. 3ft can do a lot of damage and yes given the right circumstances it can kill. A 30 ft swell is more localized and dont contain the power of a 400+ mph 3ft tsunami, they are two completely different animals. http://www.ussartf.org/tsunamis.htm First off, that Tsunami that hit Samoa was like 15 to 20ft (4.6 to 6.1m high). If you even bothered to interpret what you were quoting from your link about the 1.5m you would have bothered to look at WHO was recording that information and WHERE they are located. NOAA is located in Hawaii. Yeah Hawaii didn't get bothered by that tsunami either, it was only 1.5m high when it hit Hawaii. :rolleyes: About the same as the 3ft tsunami that hit Ala Moana beach today. My post was correct, your "correction" was totally off base. :whistle: The Los Angeles Times, quoting a source at the National Park of American Samoa, reported that "four tsunami waves, 15 to 20 ft (4.6 to 6.1 m) high", Furthermore, your statement on the difference between a tsunami and a surf swell was not completely accurate either. Yeah a tsunami is more disperse, which is why it died out as it traveled a distance. A surf swell will hit higher digits but be "localized" as you stated. The reason it reaches the higher digits is contributed to one factor which I alluded to, the reef floor below. A 3ft tsunami will not wash up on a beach in Hawaii to do much damage as would many other places around the world that have no real coral bed. If the Tsunami had been say 6ft it would likely not have been much either, yes the force would have pushed over the coral bed and washed up on the shore (most likely) but would not get far after that as many beaches in Hawaii are angled. The Tsunami would have to be 10ft and higher to be of real concern in Hawaii. Most beaches could still handle 10ft tsunami, although there are a number of places that really are at sea level and would be in danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:No-Frost: Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Here you can have a picture of what happened... http://www.plataformaarquitectura.cl/2010/02/27/terremoto-en-chile/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gate1975mlm Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pyehac Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Nothing happened but coastal water changes, but its good to be prepared. I rather go home to a normal house than to a flooded house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudslag Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 First off, that Tsunami that hit Samoa was like 15 to 20ft (4.6 to 6.1m high). If you even bothered to interpret what you were quoting from your link about the 1.5m you would have bothered to look at WHO was recording that information and WHERE they are located. NOAA is located in Hawaii. Yeah Hawaii didn't get bothered by that tsunami either, it was only 1.5m high when it hit Hawaii. :rolleyes: About the same as the 3ft tsunami that hit Ala Moana beach today. My post was correct, your "correction" was totally off base. :whistle: Furthermore, your statement on the difference between a tsunami and a surf swell was not completely accurate either. Yeah a tsunami is more disperse, which is why it died out as it traveled a distance. A surf swell will hit higher digits but be "localized" as you stated. The reason it reaches the higher digits is contributed to one factor which I alluded to, the reef floor below. A 3ft tsunami will not wash up on a beach in Hawaii to do much damage as would many other places around the world that have no real coral bed. If the Tsunami had been say 6ft it would likely not have been much either, yes the force would have pushed over the coral bed and washed up on the shore (most likely) but would not get far after that as many beaches in Hawaii are angled. The Tsunami would have to be 10ft and higher to be of real concern in Hawaii. Most beaches could still handle 10ft tsunami, although there are a number of places that really are at sea level and would be in danger. I was reading the wrong Samoa tsunami info, from 2009 not the 2004 one, my bad, dont get your panties in a wad. As for the swell vs tsunami, Im not wrong. Swells dont have the power to reach as far inland with the same amount of power. A smaller tsunami is still going to be more powerful then a large swell. save that for the conspiracy section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 I was reading the wrong Samoa tsunami info, from 2009 not the 2004 one, my bad, dont get your panties in a wad. As for the swell vs tsunami, Im not wrong. Swells dont have the power to reach as far inland with the same amount of power. A smaller tsunami is still going to be more powerful then a large swell. yes, you were wrong, let's move on. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Our planet is angry at the abuse man has done it. It is reclaiming what belongs to it by destroying everything man has built on its surface. The atmosphere is in high gear and all these strange storms we are having (hurricanes that run backwards, tornadoes falling down where they have never fell down before, gigantic cold storms), it?s simply the Earth trying to clean itself and rid the enviornment of the pollution and garbage that man thrown into the air we breath. People don?t realize that nature is alive. It can hear everything we say and see everything we do and just because it can?t talk, doesn?t mean it can?t make it?s point come across and that is exactly what nature is doing by creating all these earthquakes and strange, destructive phenomenons. It is trying to communicate to man and trying to tell him to stop!...But we simply don?t get the message and the destruction is not going to stop until humanity begins to listen. Rob2687 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*RedBull* Posted February 28, 2010 Share Posted February 28, 2010 Our planet is angry at the abuse man has done it. It is reclaiming what belongs to it by destroying everything man has built on its surface. The atmosphere is in high gear and all these strange storms we are having (hurricanes that run backwards, tornadoes falling down where they have never fell down before, gigantic cold storms), it?s simply the Earth trying to clean itself and rid the enviornment of the pollution and garbage that man thrown into the air we breath. People don?t realize that nature is alive. It can hear everything we say and see everything we do and just because it can?t talk, doesn?t mean it can?t make it?s point come across and that is exactly what nature is doing by creating all these earthquakes and strange, destructive phenomenons. It is trying to communicate to man and trying to tell him to stop!...But we simply don?t get the message and the destruction is not going to stop until humanity begins to listen. Your post needs to be in area 51. The earth is not alive and we are not being punished. Earthquakes will happen as they have always happened. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted February 28, 2010 Author Veteran Share Posted February 28, 2010 @SkyNewsBreak: Number of dead after Chile earthquake jumps to 708, president Michelle Bachelet says. :cry: :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Growled Member Posted March 1, 2010 Member Share Posted March 1, 2010 @SkyNewsBreak: Number of dead after Chile earthquake jumps to 708, president Michelle Bachelet says. I'm just thankful that it's not a whole lot worse, like it could easily have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Your post needs to be in area 51. The earth is not alive and we are not being punished. Earthquakes will happen as they have always happened. :rolleyes: The Earth is not alive? Really? How ignorant you are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I am Reid Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Our planet is angry at the abuse man has done it. It is reclaiming what belongs to it by destroying everything man has built on its surface. The atmosphere is in high gear and all these strange storms we are having (hurricanes that run backwards, tornadoes falling down where they have never fell down before, gigantic cold storms), it?s simply the Earth trying to clean itself and rid the enviornment of the pollution and garbage that man thrown into the air we breath. People don?t realize that nature is alive. It can hear everything we say and see everything we do and just because it can?t talk, doesn?t mean it can?t make it?s point come across and that is exactly what nature is doing by creating all these earthquakes and strange, destructive phenomenons. It is trying to communicate to man and trying to tell him to stop!...But we simply don?t get the message and the destruction is not going to stop until humanity begins to listen. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorbing Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 LOL Laugh all you want. You'll remember my words soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mudslag Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 This isnt Pandora, Scorbing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamawesomewicked Posted March 1, 2010 Share Posted March 1, 2010 Laugh all you want. You'll remember my words soon enough. Well if we all die, no one will remember anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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