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Feb 28, 2010 | 12:17 AM

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tlk50

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I would suspect not Dave, 10cm is only 3" high? I know you meant 10 m but I had to say it.

Feb 28, 2010 | 04:59 AM

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10 meters is like 39 1/2 feet +/-. Not sure what he meant?

Feb 28, 2010 | 11:03 AM

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10 cm sounds right from what they have been talking about on the news. Robinson Curusoe island, off Chille got several feet, but it has not been to bad as far as the tsunami waves have been going.

Feb 28, 2010 | 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by tlk50

I would suspect not Dave, 10cm is only 3" high? I know you meant 10 m but I had to say it.

Actually I did mean 10 CM or about 3'. Thats how small it was by the time it reached places like NZ or the northwest USA/canadian west coast.

If it were 10 meters we would still be seeing live coverage on CNN and some of Al Gore's investment properties in the bay area would have been hit.
The warning issued was mainly precautionary because while they were able to make a reasonable computer model after the indonesian disaster, its still a non exact science, so better safe than sorry even if predictions are for such a small rise in sea level.

As I explained in my earlier post, the indonesian tsumami was basically a "prefect quake" in that conditions were unusually ideal to produce the disaster that happened there. Quakes of the same strength are not really equal because it depends on how the energy is released and what direction the earth's crust moves.

Feb 28, 2010 | 11:49 PM

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One (1) centimeter = 0.3937 inches / one (1) Inch = 2.54 cm / 10 cm = 3.94 inches, and a 40' tsunami is not that unusual. The 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska killed people in Northern California, Washington, and Oregon. The wave that hit Oregon was estimated to be over 30 feet. The wave was calculated as traveling at a speed of 500 mph.

Feb 28, 2010 | 11:57 PM

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Tlk I just talked to bracken he is back in wasilla, but heads up to the slope in the morning.

Mar 1, 2010 | 01:24 AM

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tlk50

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Thanks Star,
When he gets on R&R PM me with his number. I have an issue with my 7.3 (oil leak) I'd like to discuss with him. I'd pay him for his time.