don't know if any of you have seen the awful pictures of the tsunami that hit bay of bengal today. my wife told me about tsunami that hit las galeras in 1946.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=1685
eerily i was watching the history channel yesterday about the tsunami that hit hawaii in 1960. it started with an earthquake in alaska. i don't worry too much about hurricanes because at least they are somewhat predictable, but a tsunami scares the hell out of me.
my wife's aunts and uncles tell her that there were fish in the trees 300-400 mtrs from the ocean. we have our place about 250 mtrs from the ocean so i am somewhat concerned. from what i can see on the internet, 1800 people were killed in the dr from this tsunami and the "wave" was 15' high.
it also concerns me because i have sat through a couple of earthquakes in the area and nobody actually thought to head for the highlands just as a precaution.
if any older dr1er's can tell us more about this tsunami, it would be interesting. would like to see the govt put a project in place to inform people in so far as do's and dont's. ie. when the water get sucked back from the shore, don't go picking up all the fish washed up on shore.
http://www.iadb.org/idbamerica/index.cfm?thisid=1685
eerily i was watching the history channel yesterday about the tsunami that hit hawaii in 1960. it started with an earthquake in alaska. i don't worry too much about hurricanes because at least they are somewhat predictable, but a tsunami scares the hell out of me.
my wife's aunts and uncles tell her that there were fish in the trees 300-400 mtrs from the ocean. we have our place about 250 mtrs from the ocean so i am somewhat concerned. from what i can see on the internet, 1800 people were killed in the dr from this tsunami and the "wave" was 15' high.
it also concerns me because i have sat through a couple of earthquakes in the area and nobody actually thought to head for the highlands just as a precaution.
if any older dr1er's can tell us more about this tsunami, it would be interesting. would like to see the govt put a project in place to inform people in so far as do's and dont's. ie. when the water get sucked back from the shore, don't go picking up all the fish washed up on shore.