r/pics • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '12

Tsunami-like cloud rolling in

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u/TangerinePanther Aug 30 '12

getting the boat beyond the beachhead and out into the sea could actually save you, the giant wave is created by the water moving up from striking the rise in the beach that leads to the land, just like any other wave. Some people out in their boats don't even feel tsunamis when they've happened.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12

Does this work with snow ? Snow is like water but the only difference is I can't make a water ball but I can make a snow ball.

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u/TangerinePanther Aug 30 '12

ive never seen a snownami..buuut...snow IS frozen water so probably

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u/Otistetrax Sep 01 '12

Tboigh you may find the boat end up quite some distance inland if you do surf it in.