Tsunami - San Francisco

Steve's picture

After seeing all the dramatic footage of devastation from the March 2011 tsunami in Japan, anyone living near an ocean coastline wonders, “What if that happened here?”

Fortunately, by means of computer simulation we don’t have to wait for the real thing to glimpse an answer.

For illustration, imagine a five meter high tsunami wave, 26 km across heading toward the San Francisco Bay Area from the west.  How would the Pacific Coast fair? How much of the wave penetrates through the Glolden Gate?

 

 

I put togehter this short YouTube movie  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlIqfkkRZRQ   to address these issues and more.

Computer simulations like these help scientists assess potential hazards from historical and future tsunami events to get a handle on the question --- “What if THAT happened here?”

Steven N. Ward,  Santa Cruz

 

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Francis88's picture

Tsunami is a really dangerous thing and it is bad to hear that it is all happening in the Japan. The reason is that Japan is consisting of the plate which is in movement as I read in an article at EssaysMama website. You also share this video to understand your meaning in a good way.

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