Tsunami Pic

[AggieJohn]

don't know if it's been photoshopped but i think it's amazinghttp://img46.exs.cx/img46/6791/tsunamiindonesia4lb.jpg

[Ranger Mom]

That page asked me for a password!:confused:

That was weird....first it had a link and the second time I went back to the post - a picture was there!!:thinking:

[Keith7]

thats a fake picture.. download a video off limewire, they look nothing liek that

[AggieJohn]

check it agian

[Holmes_Fans]

It's fake

[AggieJohn]

how can you tell

[jason]

cause its taller than the buildings....the biggest waves reported were 'only' 20 feet tall....

[Ranger Mom]

Originally posted by jason
cause its taller than the buildings....the biggest waves reported were 'only' 20 feet tall....

Not according to the special on the Discovery Channel!:D

[jason]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
Not according to the special on the Discovery Channel!:D thats what i heard on the news....are u sure the discovery channel wasnt talking about tsunamis in general ?

[SintonFan]

Thats super-imposed with the movie "The Day After" and some Asian city.

[Ranger Mom]

Quote from a NOAA website:

But when this massive undersea wave reached the shallow water near the coast of India and the other countries in the area, it began to rear its ugly head. The trough of the wave hit first, and so water along the shore rushed out to fill it. This is exactly what survivors reported. Suddenly there was a vast expanse of new beach where there had been many feet of water minutes before. The crest followed the trough and as it entered ever more shallow water, friction with the ocean floor slowed it somewhat but at the same time it piled up‚ on itself, just like wind driven waves. The crest of this wave reached heights as high as 40 feet, creating a surge of water racing inland destroying everything in its path

[AggieJohn]

hmm...it's a curious picture
but think about it...couldn't the waves have been higher away from the coast and hit the actual land at 20 or 40 feet high

[Keith7]

nevermind

[jason]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
The crest of this wave reached heights as high as 40 feet, creating a surge of water racing inland destroying everything in its path ok, but thats not taller than buildings...:doh:

[NSUTrumpet08]

It looks real doctored up...the picture is obviously a fake. The water can't be that blue if it was stirred up; it should be a brown muddy color.

I believe that it could have reached as high as 30-40 feet but this is with out a doubt that this picture is hoax...just my opinion...

[spiveyrat]

Let's think about this... most rooms have 8-10 foot ceilings. This does not include floor joists/trusses between floors which makes it a conservative number. So, a 40 foot wave would be 4-5 stories high approximately. That wave looks to be a little taller than 4-5 stories tall.

Also, we would have seen this picture all over the news if it were real...

[spiveyrat]

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[Black_Magic]

some of you crack me up! " Duh... can I pet the rabbits George?" IT IS FAKE! come on! You cant tell that?:doh: :doh:

[spiveyrat]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
hmm...it's a curious picture
but think about it...couldn't the waves have been higher away from the coast and hit the actual land at 20 or 40 feet high

No. Waves don't work that way. The shallower the water, the taller the wave becomes. In deeper water, the wave is only displacing other water, so it appears smaller. As it gets into shallower water, it cannot displace the earth below it so it's energy carries it higher. (Or something like that) ;)

[superslyguy06]

but still, these buildings look at least 15 stories tall, and even w/ 9 foot per story, these waves would have to be 135 feet tall if my math is correct . . . now im sure they were big, but THAT big? i dont think so.

[spiveyrat]

Are you mis-reading my posts? I am in agreement that the picture is a fake.

[CHS_Grad '85]

:clap: Fake - snopes.com (http://www.snopes.com/photos/tsunami/tsunami2.asp) :D