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Worst Tsunami in a while.
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Some of the deepest water in the world exists off the north coast of the DR. Massive underwater landslides down such steep slopes in the very recent past have caused huge displacement of water creating "rogue waves" which have damaged the north coast and drowned more than 30 people.Mr_DR said:
These were real Tsunamis and without the protection by the barrier reefs, would have been much more dangerous. The destruction of parts of the reefs by a certain power plant to facilitate their operation opens a gap in this protection and should not have been permitted. These reefs can not be repaired. Even now many reefs are dying because of coastal pollution which has many side effects including ciguatera in reef and other fish.'Nuff said! Canadian Bob.
Anna Coniglio said:
pakistan was no where near the tsunami. forget about it. spoke to agent there today. didn't even bring it up.
this is a stupid thread. people talking about tsunami's no can happen in dr.
well golly. friggin did in 1946. read thread i started in "living". 1800 killed in 1946. i first heard about this about 5 years back, talkin' to me wife's uncles and aunts....two of which died during hurricane jean jean the dancin' machine. after i heard the story, i cursed the design of my building....windows great for protection against thieves but impossible to exit during a hurricane or tsunami.
we need a tsunami watch. who cares if we never get it again? tourists will demand it.
Jasper, read the whole thread (you must not have the first time, judging by your comments). We talked about the 1916 and 1946 tsunami's in the DR.
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i'm sure there was/is some kind of memorial on the malecon for the memphis and all those killed.
i read about the ship a long time ago, but can't remember if i actually went down to see this memorial somewhere near one of the obelisks or if i just dreamt the whole thing up.
i read about the ship a long time ago, but can't remember if i actually went down to see this memorial somewhere near one of the obelisks or if i just dreamt the whole thing up.
Seems the Morgan sea Gypsys new what to do there whole village ran away as soon as they saw the ocean get sucked out this was something they were told as kids by there fathers that had been handed down generation to generation.
Also a young girl from the UK had just finished a project at school on these killer waves, when she saw it happening she told her mother who with resort staff evacuated the beach no one from this resort is known to have died but many just a short distance away that looked on did. The young girl was 10 yrs old.
I found this intresting after reading another post here that said My dad always said if you can pick the fish up from the ocean run like hell .Well somthing like that. Seems we have the signal we need to help us just need to know the signs needed to implement it.
Also a young girl from the UK had just finished a project at school on these killer waves, when she saw it happening she told her mother who with resort staff evacuated the beach no one from this resort is known to have died but many just a short distance away that looked on did. The young girl was 10 yrs old.
I found this intresting after reading another post here that said My dad always said if you can pick the fish up from the ocean run like hell .Well somthing like that. Seems we have the signal we need to help us just need to know the signs needed to implement it.
It was there a few years ago, in a spot called 'El Placer de Los Estudios' at the end of the Malec?n. Written on a stone slab on a short pedestal, almost hidden behind the concrete benches. The words suggest the memorial is for the locals who jumped into the sea to save the seamen:
Al ver la nave zozobrar perdida
un noble gesto les cost? la vida
un noble gesto les cost? la vida
Mirador
It CAN happen here
The Dominican Republic sits on the northern edge of the Caribbean plate.
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html
The earthquake of 2003 ocurred along the fault line on the northern edge and was 6.5 on the Richter scale.
http://www.redtailcanyon.com/items/17050.aspx
The US Geological Survey has this article that states this island is at HIGH risk for tsunamis:
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/caribbean/background/background.html
Consider this: the southern edge of the Caribbean Plate is off the coast of Venezuela about 400 miles (644 km) from the south coast of the DR. The 9.0 Richter earthquake off Banda Aceh, Indonesia sent tsunamis that reached Phuket Thailand, 375 miles (600km) away in 75 MINUTES! A 9.0 quake off the coast of Venezuela would send similar devastaing waves right at the south coast of the DR. What would be the devastation along the Malec?n, the las Americas Highway, the airport, the south coast resorts, the population centers, or even the caba?as along 30 de Mayo near Haina? Dios m?o! Can you say dying in the saddle?
Here I'm quoting Pinar Quemado:
"Eighty-eight tsunamis have been reported for the entire Caribbean Region in the past 500 years, including 14 tsunamis reported from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Lander et al., submitted). 30 tsunamis caused significant damage including reports of as many as 9600 fatalities, which can be attributed to tsunamigenic earthquakes and tsunamis combined."
I read somewhere that there have been 8 major tsunamis in the same area where the Banda Aceh quake occured in 208 years (I've forgotten the link). Let me make a leap here; Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are to our east but sufficiently close, I think to draw some loose conclusions about our risk factor.
http://www.caribseek.com/Caribbean_Maps/map-of-caribbean.shtml
14 in 500 years in our region is a frequency of .028 per year; 8 in 208 years off Sumatra's west coast is a ratio of .038 per year, about a 35% greater frequency, admittedly for different time periods. It's probably to be expected that the quakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire are more frequent but IMHO it's not by that much. The question is what is the stress along the southern fault line of the Caribbean Plate and has it been released sufficiently over the years to prevent a catastrophic tsunami producing quake?
Volcanos are popularly referred to as active, dormant and extinct. The Hawaiians have a great expression for this attempt to classify their fire breathing mountans. "You never know."
The Dominican Republic sits on the northern edge of the Caribbean plate.
http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html
The earthquake of 2003 ocurred along the fault line on the northern edge and was 6.5 on the Richter scale.
http://www.redtailcanyon.com/items/17050.aspx
The US Geological Survey has this article that states this island is at HIGH risk for tsunamis:
http://woodshole.er.usgs.gov/project-pages/caribbean/background/background.html
Consider this: the southern edge of the Caribbean Plate is off the coast of Venezuela about 400 miles (644 km) from the south coast of the DR. The 9.0 Richter earthquake off Banda Aceh, Indonesia sent tsunamis that reached Phuket Thailand, 375 miles (600km) away in 75 MINUTES! A 9.0 quake off the coast of Venezuela would send similar devastaing waves right at the south coast of the DR. What would be the devastation along the Malec?n, the las Americas Highway, the airport, the south coast resorts, the population centers, or even the caba?as along 30 de Mayo near Haina? Dios m?o! Can you say dying in the saddle?
Here I'm quoting Pinar Quemado:
"Eighty-eight tsunamis have been reported for the entire Caribbean Region in the past 500 years, including 14 tsunamis reported from Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands (Lander et al., submitted). 30 tsunamis caused significant damage including reports of as many as 9600 fatalities, which can be attributed to tsunamigenic earthquakes and tsunamis combined."
I read somewhere that there have been 8 major tsunamis in the same area where the Banda Aceh quake occured in 208 years (I've forgotten the link). Let me make a leap here; Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are to our east but sufficiently close, I think to draw some loose conclusions about our risk factor.
http://www.caribseek.com/Caribbean_Maps/map-of-caribbean.shtml
14 in 500 years in our region is a frequency of .028 per year; 8 in 208 years off Sumatra's west coast is a ratio of .038 per year, about a 35% greater frequency, admittedly for different time periods. It's probably to be expected that the quakes along the Pacific Ring of Fire are more frequent but IMHO it's not by that much. The question is what is the stress along the southern fault line of the Caribbean Plate and has it been released sufficiently over the years to prevent a catastrophic tsunami producing quake?
Volcanos are popularly referred to as active, dormant and extinct. The Hawaiians have a great expression for this attempt to classify their fire breathing mountans. "You never know."
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Yet another 'result' of tsunami
I know this isn't strictly speaking 'environmental' but isn't exploiting child tsunami victims about as low as it gets?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4145591.stm
Keith, do move this if you feel it is better elsewhere. I do however feel it ought to be somewhere.
I know this isn't strictly speaking 'environmental' but isn't exploiting child tsunami victims about as low as it gets?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4145591.stm
Keith, do move this if you feel it is better elsewhere. I do however feel it ought to be somewhere.
Domincans survive Tsunami
For those of you that asked about that Dominican woman and her son vacationing in Thailand,
That lady, her husband and her child was able to escape the Tsunami because when they went to the hotel they told her that there were no more vacancies and they then decided to go back to Bangkok.
For those of you that asked about that Dominican woman and her son vacationing in Thailand,
That lady, her husband and her child was able to escape the Tsunami because when they went to the hotel they told her that there were no more vacancies and they then decided to go back to Bangkok.
Scary report!!! I went out to buy myself some floaters after reading this one! 
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~ward/papers/La_Palma_grl.pdf
http://www.es.ucsc.edu/~ward/papers/La_Palma_grl.pdf
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