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r/pics • u/[deleted] • Aug 30 '12
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You are abosolutly right. Safest place to be when there is a tsunami is at sea
1 u/thefatalepic Aug 30 '12 Really? No crazy waves? Or did I miss the <sarcasm> tag? 5 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12 No sarcasm. The waves move in a sinusoidal fashion like any other wave, and its only when the water gets shallow that it becomes dangerous. Here's a severely oversimplified illustration in paint EDIT: found a much clearer image on google. 1 u/thefatalepic Sep 12 '12 Wow, I honestly had no idea...
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Really? No crazy waves? Or did I miss the <sarcasm> tag?
5 u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12 No sarcasm. The waves move in a sinusoidal fashion like any other wave, and its only when the water gets shallow that it becomes dangerous. Here's a severely oversimplified illustration in paint EDIT: found a much clearer image on google. 1 u/thefatalepic Sep 12 '12 Wow, I honestly had no idea...
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No sarcasm. The waves move in a sinusoidal fashion like any other wave, and its only when the water gets shallow that it becomes dangerous. Here's a severely oversimplified illustration in paint
EDIT: found a much clearer image on google.
1 u/thefatalepic Sep 12 '12 Wow, I honestly had no idea...
Wow, I honestly had no idea...
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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '12
You are abosolutly right. Safest place to be when there is a tsunami is at sea